Big Ten Tournament, Finals
Submitted by Darren Demaree on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 11:52
#5 Ohio State Vs #3 Purdue 3:30pm
The Boilermakers and Buckeyes split the season series, with the Buckeyes taking the first game 80-72 in Columbus, and then the Boilermakers came back with a 75-50 beat down of the Buckeyes in West Lafayette.
This is the last game before the announcement of who is in and who is out in reference to the Big Dance. For these two teams, it’s not waiting to find out if they’re in, it’s waiting to find out what seed they get, which region they’re in, and who they’ll have to go through to get to the sweet sixteen. These teams are close to each other in the seeding questions, but it doesn’t appear that even if the Buckeyes win today in Indianapolis they will be able to leapfrog the Boilermakers for a higher seed. I’d say if the Buckeyes win, they’d end up with a #5 seed. If the Boilermakers win, they’ll be looking at as high as a #3.
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