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Big Ten Men’s Basketball Bracketology: The field narrows

With Selection Sunday rapidly approaching, the 2021 NCAA Tournament picture is starting to clear itself up. A couple of Big Ten teams have slipped, with teams like Minnesota and Indiana, once thought to be surefire bets for the Big Dance, plummeting due to losing streaks. Let’s take a look at the current March states of the 14 teams in the conference.

Tournament Locks

ESPN: One Seed

Despite their recent blowout loss to Illinois, the Wolverines are still comfortably a one seed. Their consistency at the one line speaks to their dominance in 2021.

CBS: One Seed

Michigan hasn’t moved from the number one seed in any of the CBS brackets since it was placed there in January.