2015 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament United Center - Chicago, Illinois 1st Round - March 11 Game 1 - 4:30 pm et - ESPN 2 - #13 Penn State vs #12 Nebraska Game 2 - 8:00 pm et - Big Ten Network - #14 Rutgers vs #11 Minnesota 2nd Round - March 12 Game 3 - 12:00 pm et - Big Ten Network - #9 Michigan vs #8 Illinois Game 4 - 2:30 pm et - Big Ten Network - Game 1 Winner vs # 5 Game 5 - 7:30 pm et - ESPN2 -#10 Northwestern vs # 7 Indiana Game 6 - 10:00 pm et - ESPN2 - Game 2 Winner vs #6 Ohio State Quarterfinals - March 13 Game 7 - 12:00 pm et - ESPN - Game 3 Winner vs #1 Wisconsin Game 8 - 2:30 pm et - ESPN - Game 4 Winner vs #4 Purdue Game 9 - 6:30 pm et - Big Ten Network - Game 5 Winner vs #2 Maryland Game 10 - 9:00 pm et - Big Ten Network - Game 6 Winner vs #3 Michigan St. Semifinals - March 14 Game 11 - 1:40 pm et - CBS - Game 7 Winner vs Game 8 Winner Game 12 - 4:00 pm et - CBS - Game 9 Winner vs Game 10 Winner Championship - March 15 Game 13 - 3:30 pm et - CBS - Game 11 winner vs Game 12 Winner
1st Round - March 11 Game 1 - Penn State 68, Nebraska 65 Game 2 - Minnesota 80, Rutgers 68 2nd Round - March 12 Game 3 - 12:00 pm et - Big Ten Network - #9 Michigan vs #8 Illinois Game 4 - 2:30 pm et - Big Ten Network - Penn State vs # 5 Iowa Game 5 - 7:30 pm et - ESPN2 -#10 Northwestern vs # 7 Indiana Game 6 - 10:00 pm et - ESPN2 - Minnesota vs #6 Ohio State
2nd Round - March 12 Game 3 - #9 Michigan 73, #8 Illinois 55 Game 4 - #13 Penn State 67, # 5 Iowa 58 Game 5 - #7 Indiana 71, #10 Northwestern 56 Game 6 - #6 Ohio State 79, #11 Minnesota 73 Quarterfinals - March 13 Game 7 - 12:00 pm et - ESPN - #9 Michigan vs #1 Wisconsin Game 8 - 2:30 pm et - ESPN - #11 Penn State vs #4 Purdue Game 9 - 6:30 pm et - Big Ten Network - #7 Indiana vs #2 Maryland Game 10 - 9:00 pm et - Big Ten Network - #6 Ohio State vs #3 Michigan St.
Quarterfinals - March 13 Game 7 - #1 Wisconsin 71 #9 Michigan 60 Game 8 - #4 Purdue 64 #11 Penn State 59 Game 9 - #2 Maryland 75 #7 Indiana 69 Game 10 - #3 Michigan State 76 #6 Ohio State 67 Semifinals - March 14 Game 11 - 1:40 pm et - CBS - #1 Wisconsin vs #4 Purdue Game 12 - 4:00 pm et - CBS - #2 Maryland vs #3 Michigan State
This year's "March Madness" seems so anti-climatic. There's Kentucky and then there's everybody else. Notre Dame beats Duke last night in the ACC and it's like 'whoopie'.
You'd think we would with the possibility of KY going undefeated for the entire year, but the storyline for men's basketball I think kind of turns people off.....have success then jump to the NBA. No more teams to follow for 2 to 4 years. It's one and done. I think the last time I was truly jacked about NC2A men's basketball was back in the day of Kansas winning it all with Danny Manning and then UNLV. Got to watch players like Waymon Tisdale and his team grow over the years. Now? I couldn't name one player on the Kentucky team. Kinda sad. End of Rant.
Semifinals - March 14 Game 11 - #1 Wisconsin 71 #4 Purdue 51 Game 12 - #3 Michigan State 62 #2 Maryland 58 Championship - March 15 Game 13 - 3:30 pm et - CBS - #1 Wisconsin vs #3 Michigan State
