It’s March, and that means it’s time to go dancing. Before the big tourney begins, we first have to take care of conference tournaments, and the Big Ten Tournament kicks off on Wednesday, Mar. 5 in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
Conference realignment introduced new teams, rivals and competition in the Big Ten. In the end, five teams finished the regular season ranked in the AP Top 25, and USC won the regular season title, defeating UCLA in the final game.
With USC ending up as the No. 2 ranked team in the country, thanks largely to the play of Big Ten Player of the Year JuJu Watkins, and UCLA sitting at the No. 4 spot due to the dominance of Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Lauren Betts, they will be the teams to beat this weekend. So far, the Bruins have only lost to the Trojans, and USC’s sole conference loss came at the hands of Iowa.
Before we get to see these two contenders get put to the test, we have to go through the opening rounds of action to see who they’ll be up against.
Can any team prevent an all-LA title game?
Given the single-elimination nature of tournaments, surprises can happen, and maybe one or two teams will shock us and eliminate the Los Angeles juggernauts. The best candidates for this are the Ohio State Buckeyes and the
