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2020 Big Ten Tournament printable bracket, preview, predictions

By Mike Phillips

COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - MARCH 08: Head coach Mark Turgeon of the Maryland Terrapins hugs Anthony Cowan Jr. #1 of the Maryland Terrapins during the closing seconds of the Terrapins 83-70 win over the Michigan Wolverines at Xfinity Center on March 08, 2020 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - MARCH 08: Head coach Mark Turgeon of the Maryland Terrapins hugs Anthony Cowan Jr. #1 of the Maryland Terrapins during the closing seconds of the Terrapins 83-70 win over the Michigan Wolverines at Xfinity Center on March 08, 2020 in College Park, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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The Big Ten Tournament bracket is now live, so print out a copy and make your picks for who will cut down the nets in Indianapolis.

The Big Ten may be the deepest conference in America, and it will certainly be put to the test at the conference tournament this week in Indianapolis. At this moment it looks like 10 teams from the Big Ten may be going dancing with Purdue a possible 11th, so a lot is on the line this week.

The bracket, which you can find here, features Wisconsin as the top seed for the first time since 2016. The Badgers finished in a three-way tie atop the conference with Michigan State and Maryland, claiming the top seed after winning a tiebreaker over the Spartans and Terrapins.

Those three are certainly the favorites to win the Big Ten Tournament, but the hottest team in the conference is probably Michigan State. After falling out of the polls a few weeks ago, the Spartans have gotten red hot and are peaking in March, which shouldn’t surprise any neutral observers considering Tom Izzo’s track record.

Two teams who could use good performances in the Big Ten Tournament are Purdue and Indiana, the squads closest to the cut line as championship week begins. The Boilermakers get a shot at Ohio State in the 7-10 matchup, with a win there giving them a shot at the Spartans, while Indiana has a must-win game against Nebraska before getting a chance at Penn State.

There are also seeding implications for teams like Rutgers, Penn State, Michigan, Iowa, and Illinois in the NCAA Tournament here as well. A good showing in Indianapolis could bring a program up a seed line while a bad one could sink them just as easily.

There will be a lot of intrigue in Indianapolis so be sure to print our a Big Ten bracket here to make your picks for the conference tournament. I’m picking Michigan State to win the Big Ten Tournament. Who is your pick to cut down the nets?

Big Ten Tournament seeding

  1. Wisconsin
  2. Michigan State
  3. Maryland
  4. Illinois
  5. Iowa
  6. Penn State
  7. Ohio State
  8. Rutgers
  9. Michigan
  10. Purdue
  11. Indiana
  12. Minnesota
  13. Northwestern
  14. Nebraska

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