Purdue is on the brink of a Big Ten championship. When you think about it, it is odd to say that. The women’s track team could win the conference indoor championship this weekend, but it would be the first team Big Ten championship of any kind for us in four years. If they win, and the basketball team wins, Purdue can finally tie Chicago with 73 Big Ten championships.
But when it comes to basketball, Purdue is tied with Indiana (and Ohio State, though two of theirs have been stripped) with 22 conference titles. The math is simple: two Purdue wins, two Wisconsin losses (plus a Maryland loss), OR a Purdue win and a Wisconsin loss clinches our 23rd title and first in eight years.