The Big Ten advanced only two teams to the second weekend of the 2022 NCAA tournament and has a 9-7 record through 16 games.
No. 3 seed Purdue is the highest-seeded Big Ten team remaining followed by No. 11 seed Michigan. In the preseason, the Boilermakers and Wolverines were picked to finish at the top of the league standings.
Big Ten teams who lost to lower seeded teams during the opening weekend of the tournament included Iowa (Richmond), Wisconsin (Iowa State) and Illinois (Houston). Indiana won a First Four game before falling to Saint Mary’s in the round of 64.