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Big Ten Basketball Projections 2016: Conference Week 2

Iowa's big week has opened up the title race a bit more. Four teams have a viable shot at the conference championship, with Indiana lurking behind.

Last Week's Results

Games highlighted in bold are upsets (according to last week's projections); italics indicate a road win.

Midweek Games

Purdue 61, Wisconsin 55
Iowa 83, Michigan State 70
Indiana 79, Rutgers 72
Michigan 78, Illinois 68
Northwestern 81, Nebraska 72
Maryland 70, Penn State 64
Ohio State 78, Minnesota 63

Weekend Games

Michigan 79, Penn State 56
Wisconsin 79, Rutgers 57
Michigan State 69, Minnesota 61
Indiana 79, Nebraska 69
Iowa 70, Purdue 63
Maryland 72, Northwestern 59
Ohio State 75, Illinois 73

Only three upsets (one of which barely qualified as such), and two are by Iowa over the teams that were projected at #1 and #2 in the conference, one on the road.