November, December, January, February, Big 10 Tournament, WNIT, NCAA Tournament

Disclaimer:  All of my predictions were made prior to the opening of practice with the exception of those for the post-season WNIT and NCAA Tournaments

November

Date Teams My Pick Score
2 Chicago Challengers @ NW EXH   NW 69  CC 61
5 Vologda (Russia) @ Penn State Exh   PSU 116 Vol 52
5 Athletes in Action @ Michigan   Mich 90 AIA 75
6 Brazil Parana Club @ Iowa Exh   Par 91 Iowa 66
7 Riga TTT Latvia @ Minnesota Exh   Riga 68 Min 64
7 Soproni Postas @ Northwestern Exh   Sp 70  NW 68
7 AIA @ Purdue  Exh   Purdue 81 AIA 59
8 Viktorija @ Illinois Exh   Ill 107  Vik 53
9 AIA @ Wisconsin Exh   Wis 76 AIA 66
11 Eos Malbas (Sweden) @ Indiana Exh   Ind 86  EM 68
12 Soproni-Postas @ Michigan Exh   SP 81 Mich 79
13 Soproni-Postas @ Michigan State Exh   SP 84 MSU 74
14 EOS Malbas @ Ohio State Exh   OSU 66 EOS 46
14 Tallin Pedagogical @ Penn State Exh   PSU 74 TPU 45
15 Brazil Parana Club @ Wisconsin Exh   Parana 90 Wis 70
15 Soproni Postas @ Purdue Exh   Purdue 70  SP 52
15 W Michigan @ Illinois WNIT Ill Ill 112  W Mich 73
17 Oklahoms St @ Illinois WNIT ILL Illinois 77 OSU 66
19 Indiana @ W Kentucky W Ky W Ky 96 Indiana 80
19 Iowa @ Marquette Mar Marquette 69 Iowa 64
19 Michigan @ Colorado St Mich Michigan 69  CSU 65
19 Michigan St- Appalacian St 1 MSU MSU 100 ASU 63
19 No Ill @ Northwestern NW NW 68  No Ill 57
19 Purdue @ Dayton Pur Purdue 60  Dayton 58
19 Wisconsin-So Illinois 2 Wis Wisconsin 66 So Ill 58
20 MSU-Alabama Ala MSU 73  Alabama 72
20 Ball State @Minnesota 3 Min Ball State 79  Minn 70
20 Villanova @ Penn State PSU PSU 76  Villanova 54
21 UConn @ Iowa UConn UConn 73  Iowa 45
21 Michigan @ Colorado Col Michigan 77  Col 63
21 Santa Barbara @ Illinois WNIT Ill UCSB 71   Ill 61
21 Georgetown @Minn St 3 Geor Min 60 George 57
21 UW Milwaukee @ Northwestern NW UWM 65  NW 54
21 US National Team @ Ohio State Exh   USA 88  OSU 53
21 Vanderbilt @ Purdue Pur Pur 63  Vandy 51
21 Wisconsin-Nebraska 2 Neb Wisc 92  Neb 85 ot
22 Boston College @ Illinois WNIT Ill Illinois 73  BC 42
23 Minnesota @ San Diego Min Min 52  San Diego 50
23 High Point College @ Ohio State  OSU OSU 70  High Point 40
23 Penn State @ Maryland PSU PSU 91 Maryland 60
23 Valparaiso @ Purdue Pur Purdue 63  Valpo 42
24 Illinois @ Duquesne Ill Illinois 80  Duq 54
24 Michigan State @ Detroit MSU MSU 74  Detroit 52
24 South Carolina @ Indiana Ind S Car 95  Ind 79
24 Cincinnati @ Michigan Mich Mich 67  Cin 59
26 Indiana-Stetson 4 Ind Indiana 91  Stetson 43
26 Ohio State-Harvard 7 OSU OSU 98  S Hrt 66
26 Florida @ Purdue Pur Purdue 90  Fla 50
27 Wisconsin-Rutgers 5 Rut Rutgers 63  Wis 61
27 Penn State-St Joseph 6 PSU PSU 96  St Joe 64
27 Notre Dame @ Illinois Ill Ill 77 ND 67
27 Indiana-E Carolina 4 Ind Ind 83  E Car 67
27 Ohio State-Sacred Heart 7 OSU OSU 98  SC 66
27 Holy Cross @ Michigan Mich Mich 71  Holy Crs 55
27 Michigan State @ So Illinois MSU MSU 74  So Ill 59
27 Bradley @Iowa 8 Iowa Iowa 92  Bradley 49
28 Wisconsin @ Northeastern 5 Wis Wis 81  NE 80 2ot
28 US National Team @ Purdue Exh   USA 74  Purdue 50
28 Penn State @ Duke 6 PSU Duke 63  PSU 49
28 Syracuse@Iowa 8 Iowa Iowa 76  Syracuse 73
28 Minnesota @ Cal-Irvine Min Cal-Irvine 65  Min 54
30 Illinois @ UConn UCon UConn 100 Ill 79
30 Providence @ Michigan Mich Michigan 79  Prov 66
30 Northwestern @ Iowa State IS ISU 67  NW 32

1  Felpausch/MSU Holiday Classic

2  Nebraska Tournament @ Lincoln

3  Minnesota Tournament

4  Indiana Full o Pep Classic

5 Rutgers Tournament

6 Duke Ronald MacDonald Classic

7 Harvard Classic

8 Prairie Light Classic

 

December

Date Teams My Pick  
1 Indiana @ Vanderbilt Vandy Vandy 74  Indiana 54
1 Rutgers @ Ohio State Rut Rutgers 46  OSU 35
1 Wisconsin @ UW Green Bay Wis Wis 66 UWGB 56
2 Iowa @ Utah Utah Utah 70  Iowa 61
2 Illinois St @ Michigan State MSU MSU 91  ISU 65
2 St Frances @ Penn State PSU PSU 101 St F 62
2 Purdue @ Tennessee Ten Tenn 72  Pur 66
3 Michigan- New Mexico 1 Mich Michigan 84  NM 55
3 Minnesota @ Bradley Min Bradley 56  Min 49
3 Northwestern-Princeton 2 NW NW 55 Princeton 38
4 Illinois @ Texas Tex Texas 87  Ill 84
4 Ball State @ Indiana Ind Ind 72  Ball St 52
4 Iowa @ Weber State Iowa Iowa 73  Weber St 55
4 Michigan-/Rice 1 Rice Michigan 63 Rice 47
4 Northwestern-Miami (Oh) 2 NW Miami 75  NW 62
4 Bowling Green @ Ohio State OSU OSU 86  Bowling Gr 56
4 Indiana State @ Purdue Pur Purdue 69  Ind St 67
5 Tennessee @ Wisconsin Ten Tenn 85  Wis 62
5 Minnesota @ UW-Green Bay Min UWGB 64  Min 42
5 Penn State-UConn 3 UConn UConn 87  PSU 74
5 Michigan State @ Butler MSU MSU 84  Butler 64
7 Illinois State @ Illinois Ill Ill 80  ISU 58
7 Indiana @ Valparaiso Ind Valpo 64  Ind 60
7 Michigan @ Vanderbilt Van Vandy 76  Mich 60
8 Wisconsin @ Marquette Wis Marquette 69  Wis 65
8 Notre Dame @ Purdue ND Purdue 71  ND 61
8 Penn State @ LaSalle PSU PSU 78 LaSalle 64
8 Ohio @ Minnesota Min Min 77  Ohio 67
8 Michigan State @ Central Michigan MSU MSU 87  CMU 62
9 Cleveland St @ Ohio State OSU OSU 62 Cleveland St 61
10 DePaul @ Illinois Ill Illinois 74  DePaul 64
10 Indiana-Middle Tennessee St 4 Ind Ind 81 MTS 68
10 Minnesota @ SouthAlabama Minn Minn 61  So Ala 46
11 Iowa @ Iowa State IS Iowa State 79  Iowa 69
11 Michigan @ LSU LSU LSU 67  Michigan 56
11 Michigan State @ Notre Dame ND ND 84  MSU 54
11 Auburn @ Penn State PSU PSU 77  Auburn 65
11 Purdue @ N Texas Pur Purdue 79  N Tex 68
12 Indiana Purdue @ Wisconsin Wis Wis 68  IUPUI 55
12 St Peters College @ Ohio State OSU OSU 75  St Peter 36
12 Minnesota @ Troy State Min Min 65  Troy St 56
12 US National Team @ Illinois Exh   USA 73  Ill 49
12 Indiana@Arizona Az Az 87  Ind 70
13 Michigan @ LaTech La T LaTech 84  Mich 64
13 DePaul @ Northwestern NW DePaul 74  NW 42
15 St Louis @ Minnesota Min Minn 68  St Louis 42
16 Northwestern @ Maine Mai Maine 66 NW 50
17 Dayton @ Michigan State MSU MSU 83  Dayton 68
18 Kentucky @ Purdue Pur Purdue 48  Ky 40
18 Illinois @ Kansas Ill Illinois 61 Kansas 59
18 Indiana-St Bonaventure 5 Ind St Bon 64 Ind 54
18 Auburn @ Iowa Aub Auburn 91  Iowa 55
19 Michigan @ Central Michigan Mich Michigan 83  C Mich 71
19 Michigan State-North Carolina 6 NC N Car 82  MSU 65
19 Ohio State-Georgia 7 Geo Georgia 91  OSU 59
19 NW @ Boston College BC Boston C 86  NW 55
19 Penn State-Clemson  6 PSU PSU 69  Clemson 54
20 Indiana-New Mexico St 5 Ind Indiana 61  NM St 55
20  Drake @ Iowa Dr Drake 84  Iowa 55
20 Ohio State-Tennessee Martin 7 OSU OSU 75  TM 36
21 CSU Northridge @ Illinois Ill Ill 88 CSU-N 69
21 Michigan State @ Ohio MSU MSU 87  Ohio 78
21 Creighton @ Northwestern NW Creighton 64  NW 53
21 LaTech @ Purdue LaT LaTech 94  Purdue 62
26 Pittsburgh @ Penn State PSU PSU 79  Pitt 56
28 Illinois @ Colorado Ill Colorado 78  Illinois 70
29 Loyola @ Northwestern NW NW 76  Loyola 73
30 Illinois @ Ohio State Ill Illinois 63  OSU 57  OT
30 Minnesota @ Indiana Ind Minnesota 61  Indiana 53
30 Iowa @ Penn State PSU Penn State 80  Iowa 63
30 Michigan State @ Michigan Mich Michigan 64  MSU 61
30 Purdue @ Wisconsin Wis Purdue 83  Wisconsin 58

1  Gene Hackerman Rice Invitational

2 Roger White Invitational

3 Disney's Fieldhouse, Orlando Fla

4  Insight.com Basketball Classic, Tuscon Az

5 Hampton Inn & Fazoli's Classic, Bloomington Ind

6 Myrtle Beach S Car

7 The Beach Classic, Long Beach Ca

 

January

Date Teams My Pick  
2 Georgia @ Illinois Geo Illinois 82  Georgia 55
2 Iowa @ Indiana Iowa Iowa 82  Indiana 68
2 Michigan @ Minnesota Mich Michigan 77  Minn 53
2 Northwestern @ Penn State PSU PSU 114  NW 49
2 Ohio State @ Michigan State MSU MSU 62  OSU 50
4 Illinois @ Wisconsin Wis Illinois 80  Wis 74
6 Michigan @ Indiana Mich Indiana  77 Michigan 72
6 Michigan State @ Northwestern MSU NW 58  MSU 55
6 Ohio State @ Minnesota OSU OSU 59  Minn 50
6 Penn State @ Purdue PSU PSU 55  Purdue 50
7 Wisconsin @ Loyola Chicago Wis Wisc 86  Loyola 71
7 Illinois @ Iowa Ill Illinois 86  Iowa 60
8 Florida @ Penn State PSU PSU 91  Florida 67
8 Purdue @ Michigan Pur Michigan 74  Purdue 67
9 Indiana @ Illinois Ill Ill 91  Ind 61
9 Iowa @ Northwestern NW NW 53  Iowa 52
9 Wisconsin @ Michigan State MSU MSU 75  Wis 61
10 Minnesota @ Penn State PSU PSU 82  Minnesota 30
12 Wisconsin @ Northwestern Wis Wisconsin 74  NW 60
13 Illinois @ Penn State PSU PSU 76  Illinois 66
13 Michigan State @ Indiana MSU MSU 78  Indiana 56
13 Minnesota @ Iowa Iowa Iowa 80  Minn 61
13 Ohio State @ Purdue Pur OSU 53  Purdue 51
16 Wisconsin @ Ohio State  OSU Wisconsin 80 OSU 45
16 Purdue @ Minnesota Pur Purdue 77 Minn 60
16 Indiana @ Northwestern NW Indiana 77  NW 53
16 Penn State @ Iowa PSU PSU 78  Iowa 64
17 Michigan @ Illinois Ill Michigan 86  Illinois 69
20 Illinois @ Purdue Ill Purdue 73  Illinois 55
20 Michigan State @ Iowa MSU MSU 82  Iowa 77
20 Michigan @ Wisconsin Wis Wis 72  Michigan 69
20 Northwestern @ Minnesota NW NW 50  Minn 44
20 Penn State @ Ohio State PSU PSU 73  OSU 62
23 Illinois @ Northwestern Ill Illinois 82  NW 65
23 Indiana @ Purdue Pur Purdue 71  Ind 65 ot
23 Iowa @ Michigan Mich Michigan 82  Iowa 78
23 Penn State @ Michigan State PSU MSU 71  Penn State 63
23 Indiana Purdue @ Minnesota Min Minnesota 80 IUPUI 57
23 Ohio State @Wisconsin  Wis Wisconsin 79  OSU 59
26 Northwestern @ Indiana NW Indiana 63  NW 62
27 Minnesota @ Purdue Pur Pur 69  Minn 50
27 Michigan State @ Ohio State OSU OSU 64  MSU 50
27 Wisconsin @ Iowa Wis Iowa 66  Wisc 62
27 Michigan @ Penn State PSU PSU 85  Michigan 71
29 Iowa @ Arkansas Ark Ark 72  Iowa 65
30 Minnesota @ Michigan Mich Mich 73  Minn 55
30 Ohio State @ Indiana OSU OSU 81  Indiana 60
30 Michigan State @ Illinois Ill Illinois 86  Ill 66
30 Northwestern @ Purdue Pur Purdue 71  NW 31
30 Wisconsin @ Penn State PSU PSU 68  Wisc 54

 

February

Date Teams My Pick  
3 Illinois @ Michigan Ill Michigan 70  Illinois 59
3 Indiana @ Iowa Iowa Indiana 70  Iowa 67
3 Northwestern @ Michigan State MSU Michigan St 84  NW 52
3 Minnesota @ Wisconsin Wis Wisconsin 75  Minn 65
3 Purdue @ Ohio State Pur Purdue 75  OSU 52
6 Minnesota @ Illinois Ill Illinois 81  Minnesota 49
6 Michigan State @ Iowa MSU MSU 74  Iowa 64
6 Michigan @ Ohio State OSU Michigan 65  OSU 61
6 Northwestern @ Purdue Pur Purdue 64  NW 57
6 Penn State @ Wisconsin Wis PSU 57  Wisconsin 52
8 Rice @ Wisconsin Wis Wisconsin  71  Rice 58
10 Northwestern @ Illinois Ill Illinois 87  NW 58
10 Indiana @ Purdue Pur Purdue 75  Indiana 62
10 Wisconsin @ Minnesota Wis Wisconsin 66  Minn 55
13 Illinois @ Iowa Ill Iowa 80  Illinois 73
13 Michigan @ Indiana Mich Michigan 85  Ind 58
13 Michigan State @ Wisconsin Wis Wisconsin 77  MSU 69
13 Northwestern @ Ohio State OSU OSU 61  NW 35
13 Penn State @ Purdue PSU PSU 78  Purdue 67
17 Indiana @ Penn State PSU PSU 74  Indiana 36
17 Ohio State @ Iowa Iowa Iowa 68  OSU 60
17 Purdue @ Michigan State MSU MSU 84  Purdue 64
17 Wisconsin @ Michigan Wis Michigan 78  Wis 73
17 Minnesota @ Northwestern NW Minn 76  NW 67 ot
20 Penn State @ Northwestern PSU PSU 66  NW 34
20 Michigan @ Michigan State MSU Michigan 90  MSU 87 2ot
20 Minnesota @ Iowa Iowa Iowa 77 Minn 53
20 Indiana @ Wisconsin Wis Wisconsin 76  Ind 61
20 Ohio State @ Illinois Ill Illinois 70  OSU 61
24 Wisconsin @ Illinois Ill Illinois 87  Wisconsin 78  
24 Indiana @ Ohio State OSU Indiana 65  OSU 58
24 Michigan @ Iowa Iowa Michigan 78  Iowa 61
24 Michigan State @ Purdue Pur Purdue 53  MSU 41
24 Minnesota @ Penn State PSU PSU 92  Minnesota 43
27 Illinois @ Indiana Ill Illinois 72  Indiana 62
27 Purdue @ Iowa Pur Purdue 73  Iowa 59
27 Northwestern @ Michigan Mich Michigan 70  NW 46
27 Michigan State @ Minnesota MSU Minnesota 75  MSU 71 ot
27 Penn State @ Ohio State PSU PSU 56  OSU 50

 

Big Ten Conference Tournament

Date Teams My Pick
2 OSU 58  Indiana 44     OSU
2 Northwestern 68  Iowa 58   Iowa
2 Wisconsin 56  Minnesota 49 Wis
3 Penn State 64  OSU 48 PSU
3 Michigan 72  NW 39 Mich
3 Purdue 74  Wisconsin 65 Purdue
3 Illinois 72  MSU 67 Ill
4 Penn State 81  Illinois 74 PSU
4 Purdue 74  Michigan 59 Purdue
5 Purdue 71  PSU 63 PSU

 

WNIT Tournament

Date Teams My Pick
  Ohio State  
     
     

 

NCAA Tournament

Date Teams My Pick
  Penn State  
  Illinois  
  Wisconsin  
  Purdue  
  Michigan State