Big Ten Conference Tournament Bracket

Hey everyone. I happened to join a conference tournament bracket pool with my friends at school and decided to document each of my six brackets and show my results as we move into one of the best basketball weeks of the year. I will be going to Florida on Thursday, and I will be able to watch the games from the beach! Here is my Big Ten Bracket:

My winner: Indiana

I think the Hoosiers will happen to shock a lot of people this march and are one of my dark horses to win the National Championship. Led by seniors Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson, and Miller Kopp, these Hoosiers finally have their best ranking in March during these players' tenures in Bloomington. With the addition of freshman phenom Jalen Hood-Schifino, the Indiana Hoosiers have a lot of depth from top to bottom, and depth is one area that will benefit the team in March. Their first-round matchup will be between Maryland, Nebraska, and unlikely Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana will coast through that and then play Penn State on Saturday. There, I think the Hoosiers will get revenge against the Nittany Lions, have a dance on Sunday, and clinch their ticket to March before Selection Sunday.

Dark Horse: Penn State

Currently a bubble team, and on many analyst's brackets, they are either are first four in or the last four out. A massive win on Sunday against Maryland on a buzzer-beater helped give Penn State some breathing room going into Chicago. Penn State has been tasked with a competitive first-round match-up with Illinois, and with a win there, I can see them playing next week in the NCAA Tournament. Following Illinois, Penn State will play Northwestern and has already beaten them this year. If Penn State makes it to Saturday, they will be dancing. Penn State can ball and has shocked the Big Ten this year with how good Seth Lundy has been leading the squad. Watch out for Penn State this weekend in Chicago.

Watch out for Rutgers and Michigan State also to make noise in Chicago.

Please let me know what you think about my picks, and reach out to me on Instagram @sharpapp_jake to talk about these picks!

Stay tuned for the five other conference tournament brackets and my March Madness brackets coming next week!