The Big Ten has certainly bounced back from a down year last year, where they had four representatives in March and most traditional powers, like Wisconsin and Indiana, experienced massive down years. This season, there are a lot of very competitive teams and the league figures to have 7-9 bids in March. As always, I would love to discuss the Big Ten on Twitter @ThreePointRange, and I tweet out a lot of live thoughts there, so be sure to follow me. Thoughts - Nebraska is in a pretty bad spot right now. The Cornhuskers are on a four game losing streak and have lost 6 of their last eight, and they just lost forward Isaac Copeland for the rest of the year, which is a huge blow to Tim Miles and company. The Huskers were by no means a deep team, and I don't think they have the depth to withstand this injury to such a key player. The Big Ten offers no easy games, and Nebraska has some tough games coming up with Maryland and Purdue coming up on then schedule. I really think they could ...
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