How the Big Ten stacks up in Joe Lunardi’s latest ESPN bracketology update
We are almost a month away from Selection Sunday, so the bracketology is becoming more focused, especially for those top seeds and teams on the bubble.
ESPN bracketologist Jor Lunardi released his latest bracket Tuesday morning, and the Big Ten was well represented with six teams in the 68-team bracket, which includes the First Four teams.
Most Big Ten teams only have six or seven games left before the regular season ends on March 10, and then the conference tournament starts in Minneapolis.
Zach Edey and the Purdue Boilermakers hold a 2.5-game lead over the Illinois Fighting Illini and look headed to the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten Tournament.
In Lunardi’s new bracket, six Big Ten teams are in the fold for the tournament: Purdue, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan State, and Nebraska.
Unless anything significant happens during the Big Ten Tournament in March, those sex teams would be the only possibilities to represent the conference in the NCAA Tournament.
Let’s take a look at where Lunardi puts the six Big Ten teams in this edition of his 2024 bracket.
Purdue Boilermakers
Seed: No. 1 overall
Region: Midwest Regional (Detriot)
Illinois Fighting Illini
Seed: 4-seed
Region: East Regional (Boston)
Wisconsin Badgers
Seed: 4-seed
Region: West Regional (Los Angeles)
Northwestern Wildcats
Seed: 9-seed
Region: South Regional (Dallas)
Michigan State
Seed: 9-seed
Region: East Regional (Boston)
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Seed: 10-seed
Region: West Regional (Los Angeles)
