I keep hearing about how great the Big Ten is on paper, but really, the league is garbage and Wisconsin is public enemy No. 1. They have 1.5 players -- Taylor and Evans. Nothing underneath. Worst Bo Ryan team I've seen in a while. Yet they're ranked because they don't get challenged by the "best conference in college basketball."
MSU and OSU are good. Not great. Michigan's right behind. After that = horseshit. Indiana's great as long as they don't have to leave Bloomington. Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern have no business even being discussed for an NCAA berth, yet they are.
I'm a huge Big Ten guy and I've always defended this league in the past when it's flown under the radar, but not this year.