Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin, Michigan St., UCLA and Maryland , WHO WINS BT.

[Blimpy]

Michigan is the team to beat it seems, H- Ill, Mary, Mich St. Rd- Mich St, Nebr. , Ohio St. = 3-3 + 11-2 =15-5
Purdue (not easy), H-Wisc, Ucla, Rutgers. Rd-Ill, IU, Mich St. = 4-2 + 11-3 =15-5
Wisconsin (easiest) H-Ill, Ore, Rut, Wash. Rd- Mich St. Minn, Purdue = 6-1 + 9-4= 15-5
Mich St. (brutal) H-Mich, Purdue, Wisc. Rd- Ill, Iowa, Mary, Mich = 4-3 + 10-3 =14-6
Maryland (2nd easiest) H- Iowa, Mich St, NW, USC Rd - Mich, Ohio St. = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6
UCLA (doable) H- Minn, Ohio St., USC. Rd- IU, NW, Purdue = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6

 

[rgarlitz]

My gut feel:
I think Purdue will win out at home. Not saying it will be easy. Wisconsin and UCLA in particular will be 40-minute knock-down drag-outs. But this team has the talent and maturity to get it done. The other side of that coin is I can see Purdue losing all three of its remaining road games:

MSU: Not completely sold on Sparty, but Purdue has dominated that series in recent years. The payback could be coming Saturday. Plus, if MSU loses at Illinois, the Purdue game becomes Izzo's coronation for passing Knight in B1G wins.

Indiana: I think Purdue is the better team, but Indiana is much more desperate. The toughest games to win this time of year are road games at bubble teams. Indiana will also be confident after playing Purdue even in Mackey. The Hoosiers will want to send Woody out with a rivalry win. Purdue will have to overcome a lot of intangibles to win this one.

Illinois: I don't know what to make of the Illini. They're talented but inconsistent. Could depend on who's all healthy for both teams going into this game. It seems like Purdue has had Illinois's number in recent years, too.

I'd say Purdue has to win out at home and steal at least one on the road to stay in the fight. If Purdue drops another road game they'll probably have to win two on the road.

 

[DrEss]

Made it very difficult for themselves when they dropped the PSU and OSU games. Going to be tough to overcome those two.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

To me Tuesday is everything. Granted yeah, we can't afford a slip-up at home. But if we go into this assuming Michigan and Michigan State split with each other - which is a fair assumption - then a win at East Lansing gives us the tiebreaker against both.

 

[Roeder]

Michigan is the team to beat it seems, H- Ill, Mary, Mich St. Rd- Mich St, Nebr. , Ohio St. = 3-3 + 11-2 =15-5
Purdue (not easy), H-Wisc, Ucla, Rutgers. Rd-Ill, IU, Mich St. = 4-2 + 11-3 =15-5
Wisconsin (easiest) H-Ill, Ore, Rut, Wash. Rd- Mich St. Minn, Purdue = 6-1 + 9-4= 15-5
Mich St. (brutal) H-Mich, Purdue, Wisc. Rd- Ill, Iowa, Mary, Mich = 4-3 + 10-3 =14-6
Maryland (2nd easiest) H- Iowa, Mich St, NW, USC Rd - Mich, Ohio St. = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6
UCLA (doable) H- Minn, Ohio St., USC. Rd- IU, NW, Purdue = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6

Yeah, I think losing the Michigan game cost Purdue any shot at winning this outright. A lot can happen though. Nothing easy for Michigan, Purdue, and MSU. Wisky, UCLA, and Maryland have favorable enough schedules that they could crash the party and grab share if things break right for them and they finish hot.

I think 4 losses will win it out right for someone. Michigan has best shot, Purdue would need to go 5-1, which is hard to see.

15-5 will get a team a share with Michigan.

If 14-6 wins, it could be a 5 way tie, lol.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

On paper, it’s Michigan, but the games are not played on paper. Purdue just needs to take care of business and the rest normally takes care of itself.

 

[pubill]

My gut feel:
I think Purdue will win out at home. Not saying it will be easy. Wisconsin and UCLA in particular will be 40-minute knock-down drag-outs. But this team has the talent and maturity to get it done. The other side of that coin is I can see Purdue losing all three of its remaining road games:

MSU: Not completely sold on Sparty, but Purdue has dominated that series in recent years. The payback could be coming Saturday. Plus, if MSU loses at Illinois, the Purdue game becomes Izzo's coronation for passing Knight in B1G wins.

Indiana: I think Purdue is the better team, but Indiana is much more desperate. The toughest games to win this time of year are road games at bubble teams. Indiana will also be confident after playing Purdue even in Mackey. The Hoosiers will want to send Woody out with a rivalry win. Purdue will have to overcome a lot of intangibles to win this one.

Illinois: I don't know what to make of the Illini. They're talented but inconsistent. Could depend on who's all healthy for both teams going into this game. It seems like Purdue has had Illinois's number in recent years, too.

I'd say Purdue has to win out at home and steal at least one on the road to stay in the fight. If Purdue drops another road game they'll probably have to win two on the road.

If Wiscy beats us today, they may win the BT.

 

[pubill]

Michigan is the team to beat it seems, H- Ill, Mary, Mich St. Rd- Mich St, Nebr. , Ohio St. = 3-3 + 11-2 =15-5
Purdue (not easy), H-Wisc, Ucla, Rutgers. Rd-Ill, IU, Mich St. = 4-2 + 11-3 =15-5
Wisconsin (easiest) H-Ill, Ore, Rut, Wash. Rd- Mich St. Minn, Purdue = 6-1 + 9-4= 15-5
Mich St. (brutal) H-Mich, Purdue, Wisc. Rd- Ill, Iowa, Mary, Mich = 4-3 + 10-3 =14-6
Maryland (2nd easiest) H- Iowa, Mich St, NW, USC Rd - Mich, Ohio St. = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6
UCLA (doable) H- Minn, Ohio St., USC. Rd- IU, NW, Purdue = 5-1 + 9-5= 14-6

I don't see Mich getting 3 more losses.

 

[Old Gold n Black]

I don't see Mich getting 3 more losses.

Agree with this. But I do see us getting 3 more losses, maybe 4. I know, I know. It's a highly unpopular opinion but I'm going with it.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Yeah, I think losing the Michigan game cost Purdue any shot at winning this outright.

Way too premature to make that statement.

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Way too premature to make that statement.

Tend to agree - just shrunk the margin for error, but I also wouldn't wager on Michigan getting three more losses. We'll see.....lots of good match-ups coming up the next few weeks.

 

[rgarlitz]

Tough loss today. Wisconsin is the real deal.

Purdue is squarely out of the driver's seat now. Nothing left to do but keep fighting. There's still a lot to play for in terms of NCAA seeding.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

I think we can be taken out of the BT Champion talk now.