If you're a fan of great college baseball Evanston, Illinois is not where you want to be this weekend. Pretty much nothing of consequence is on the line when Purdue heads to Northwestern. Both teams are already eliminated from Big Ten Tournament consideration with three weekends left. Purdue has already played at California while the Wildcats get to host the golden bears next weekend during their "bye" week in conference play. They bring a combined 17-68 2016 record into this weekend and both are 2-16 in league play.
Basically, the winner gets to celebrate not finishing in last place in the conference, which, for Purdue, would not be improvement.