UPDATE: There will be no POW for this week, as with all the Madness of the March Madness tourny going on, I have to stay on top of the game, and I don't want too many posts a day.
The Big Ten Tournament has been a good one, and will bring some good memories for Ohio State and now Minnesota. Ohio State had to battle and hit a buzzer beater to win their first game against Michigan, and then went into double overtime against Illinois today. They won both, and now they stand to take on Minnesota in the Championship game for the Big Ten. Minnesota had a fun road as well, first taking on the lowest seed, Penn State. Although it was Penn State, they still could have lost, had Taylor Battle, PSU's "Evan Turner", not gotten hurt. In fact, Eric, over at tBBC even went so far to say that Ohio State would be facing Penn State tommorow.
The Big Ten Tournament has been a good one, and will bring some good memories for Ohio State and now Minnesota. Ohio State had to battle and hit a buzzer beater to win their first game against Michigan, and then went into double overtime against Illinois today. They won both, and now they stand to take on Minnesota in the Championship game for the Big Ten. Minnesota had a fun road as well, first taking on the lowest seed, Penn State. Although it was Penn State, they still could have lost, had Taylor Battle, PSU's "Evan Turner", not gotten hurt. In fact, Eric, over at tBBC even went so far to say that Ohio State would be facing Penn State tommorow.
He was wrong, and Minnesota took care of business winning 76-55. Then, Minnesota faced a heavily favored Michigan State last night, in which they won in dramatic fashion, in overtime. They shocked not only the Spartans, but a lot of the Big Ten. Purdue was the next opponent, also heavily favored, and was looking forward to the match-up, because they thought they could get by with an easy, comfortable win. Instead, they got blown out just a little bit ago, 69-42. Now the Gopher's must take down the heavily favored Buckeyes. If Ohio State was smart, they would give it their all right away, or risk being upset and losing the possible 1 seed. Right now, ESPN is saying that Syracuse is in the lead for the 1 seed, but anything can happen.
As far as the Game Picking Center goes, things are starting to heat up in the competition, as I picked wrong a couple of times, and Ken was the only player that picked Minnesota to win. Here are the standings as of now.
Writer - Ian: 9-3 - 1st
Writer - Chris: 2-0 - 5th
Reader - Ken: 8-3 - 2nd
Reader - Doug: 1-0 - 6th
Reader - Sebastian: 7-2 - 3rd
Reader - Eric: 4-4 - 4th
Reader - Todd: 0-0 - 7th
The GPC is still open for players to join, but if you don't sign up before the NCAA tourney, you will most likely NOT win. So, if you want to participate, leave your desired name, and tell us you want to join in the fun. Remember, if you sign up for our blog bracket challenge over at ESPN, then you have a chance to win a free item of your choice from our ITS Shop! How cool is that?
Quick Shout out to Todd Hiltibran for joining the challenge, and that also puts you in the GPC. Good Luck!
The link has been provided, and time is running out, so please join up!
Password for the group is: insidetheshop
Good Luck everyone!
