From: peppler@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Randy Peppler)
Subject: Big Ten Update (1-27-93)
Keywords: Big Ten
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:10:50 GMT

I promised to get back to you by Monday, and now it's Wednesday.  I'll just
relay the scores below with the updated standings and all new ratings, with a
comment about each game if I have one.  The California trip was good.  I
even managed to attend an IU-Purdue game-viewing party at a room in the
Disneyland Hotel while there (Hi Jim!).  The beers were good, but the game
was terrible!!!

Saturday (1-16):

Indiana 83, ILLINOIS 79:  Matt Nover and Alan Henderson were essentially
	no-shows in this game, yet the Hoosiers still won.  The Illinois
	crowd grows more weary of Andy Kaufmann with each game, booing
	him this particular night at time.  The local sports editor the
	next day called Todd Leary an "unknown sub".  Guess he didn't watch
	the last two minutes of the IU-Duke Final Four game last year...

Purdue 61, PENN STATE 54:  Purdue played like crap in the first half, but
	managed to do just enough in the second to win.  Over 7,000 at PSU...

Michigan State 80, NORTHWESTERN	75:  In a game very similar to the one
	just above, MSU played just well enough to win...

WISCONSIN 79, Minnesota 70:  A big win over the Gophers, the team that
	doesn't know how to win on the road...

DUKE 65, Iowa 56:  This was Chris Street's last game and a good one at
	that.  What a tragedy.  Bobby Hurley gets the Whiner of the Year
	Award for his postgame comments regarding officiating, despite
	the fact that Duke was only whistled 7 times the whole game...

MICHIGAN 70, Notre Dame 55:  The Wolverines kind of slogged their way
	through this one except for one huge second half run that iced
	it...

Tuesday (1-19):

Indiana 74, PURDUE 65:  Purdue was tighter than the World's Largest Drum
	during the first half, and at times brought IU down to its own
	pathetic level of play.  The stellar play of both Calbert Cheaney
	and Glenn Robinson (aka "The One-Man Team") are the only things
	worth mentioning about this ugliness.  Gene Keady must run the
	most unimaginative offense of all time...

Wednesday (1-20):

Northwestern at Iowa  (PPD)

Michigan 80, MINNESOTA 73:  I wasn't sure that the Gophers would lose a
	home game this year.  Maybe just this one.  Michigan continues to
	play its best ball away from home.  A scary thought for March and
	April...

WISCONSIN 76, Ohio State 67:  The Badgers may be invincible at home this
	year.  The Bleacher Creatures are having a ball...

Thursday (1-21):

ILLINOIS 82, Penn State 66:  The Illini let the Lions hang around for a
	bit too long before putting them away.  At least this one wasn't
	as humiliating as the 48-point pasting at IU...

Saturday (1-23):

MICHIGAN 76, Illinois 68:  The Wolverines led by 11 at the break and by
	59-40 in the second half before faltering somewhat.  They did
	the same thing last night at home against Ohio State!

Iowa at Penn State  (PPD)

Wisconsin 67, MICHIGAN STATE 66:  The Spartans led virtually all of this
	game, but let Wisconsin stay close enough that disaster struck
	at the very end.  Holy cow...

MINNESOTA 70, Northwestern 55:  The same old story for NU on the road,
	though the score wasn't that bad...
	
Sunday (1-24):

INDIANA 96, Ohio State 69:  OSU hung around for a good deal of the first
	half, but midway through the second half IU just blew the doors
	of the place down...
	
Tuesday (1-26):

MICHIGAN 72, Ohio State 62:  In this one,  UM raced way out, partly due
	to ice cold OSU shooting, but the Buckeyes got all the way back
	to within 4 late on some unbelievable shooting by Jamie Skelton.
	However, UM made its last 10 FTs to hang on.  What a cruel schedule
	for OSU!

Wednesday (1-27)

Wisconsin at Illinois
Minnesota at Indiana

Thursday (1-28)

Iowa at Michigan State (ESPN, 6:30 pm CST, National)
Purdue at Northwestern

Saturday (1-30)

Illinois at Ohio State (Big Ten/Raycom, Noon CST, Regional)
Indiana at Northwestern (Big Ten/Raycom, 2 pm CST, Regional - I think!)
Michigan State at Purdue
Wisconsin at Penn State

Sunday (1-31)

Michigan at Iowa (CBS, 1:15 pm CST, National)


STANDINGS
		 Conference	   Overall		    Ratings
Team		 W   L 	 PCT	 W   L   PCT  USA Today/CNN	AP    Sagarin
----		--  -- 	 ---	--  --   ---  -------------	--    -------
Indiana		 6   0 1.000	17   2	.895	    3		 2	  2
Michigan	 5   1  .833	16   2	.889	    5		 5	  5
Wisconsin	 3   2  .600	10   4	.714	   24		27	 45
Illinois	 3   2  .600	10   6	.625	   --		51	 41
Minnesota	 3   3  .500	11   4	.733	   32		33	 25
Purdue		 2   3  .400	11   3	.786	   15		14	 21
Michigan State	 2   3  .400	10   4	.714	   28		28	 48
Ohio State	 2   4  .333	 9   6	.600	   35		40	 39
Iowa		 1   2  .333	12   3	.800	   11		11	  8
Penn State	 1   4  .200	 6   8	.429	   --		--	158
Northwestern	 0   4  .000	 5   8	.385	   --		--	156
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