The Iowa Hawkeyes are probably the most common groups in faculty basketball this season as all eyes have been on Caitlin Clark by her journey of breaking the NCAA Division-I scoring document. Nevertheless, the Ohio State Buckeyes additionally demanded the highlight by turning into the outright common season champions for the primary time for the reason that 2009-10 season.
Ohio State gained 15 straight video games earlier than dropping to Iowa throughout the season finale, when Clark grew to become the all-time main scorer. She just lately earned the Huge Ten Participant of the Yr award for the third straight 12 months, which makes her the primary participant to take action since Ohio State’s Jantel in 2008 (coaches solely), 2009 and 2010.
The Huge Ten has loads of proficient groups however Iowa and Ohio State are the highest favorites to achieve the convention title sport for the second straight 12 months. Sadly for the Hawkeyes, fifth-year participant Molly Davis suffered a proper knee harm throughout the Ohio State sport and ended the night time on a wheelchair. In accordance with this system, there’s nonetheless hope that she is going to get better and return sooner or later within the postseason.
There may be additionally a query mark about when/if Indiana star Mackenzie Holmes will likely be again on the court docket. The grad scholar landed awkwardly on her surgically-repaired left knee within the third quarter of the sport towards Maryland. Dropping her can be robust for the Hoosiers, the No. 3 seed within the Huge Ten match, as she has been main the group with over 20 factors per sport. Holmes and Clark have been unanimous first-team All-Huge Ten picks by each the coaches and media.
2024 Huge Event schedule, scores
Location: MGM Grand Backyard Area, Las Vegas
Watch: Pac-12 Networks, ESPN | Comply with dwell: CBS Sports App
All instances Jap; some begin instances approximated
First spherical — Wednesday, March 6
Sport 1: No. 12 Purdue def. No. 13 Northwestern, 78-72
Sport 2: No. 11 Minnesota def. No. 14 Rutgers, 77-69
Second spherical — Thursday, March 7
Sport 3: No. 8 Maryland def. No. 9 Illinois, 75-65
Sport 4: No. 5 Nebraska def. No. 12 Purdue, 64-56
Sport 5: No. 7 Penn Sate def. No. 10 Wisconsin, 80-56
Sport 6: No. 6 Michigan def. No. 11 Minnesota, 76-57
Quarterfinals — Friday, March 8
Sport 7: No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 8 Maryland | 12:30 p.m. on BTN/FOS Sports activities app
Sport 8: No. 4 Michigan State vs. No. 5 Nebraska | 25 minutes after Sport 7 on BTN/FOS Sports activities app
Sport 9: No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 7 Penn State | 6:30 p.m. on BTN/FOS Sports activities
Sport 10: No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 6 Michigan | 25 minutes after Sport 9 on BTN/FOS Sports activities
Semifinals — Saturday, March 9
Sport 11: Sport 7 winner vs Sport 8 winner | 2 p.m. on BTN/FOS Sports activities
Sport 12: Sport 9 winner vs. Sport 10 winner | 25 minutes after Sport 9 on BTN/FOS Sports activities
Huge Ten Championship Sport — Sunday, March 10
Sport 13: Sport 11 winner vs. Sport 12 winner 12 p.m. on CBS/Paramount+
