Purdue's loss leaves Big Ten shut out of Elite Eight. We could see this coming | Analysis
Purdue's loss to Saint Peter's in the Sweet 16 means the Big Ten is out of the NCAA men's tournament despite placing nine teams in the field.
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"A more likely theory posits that the Big Ten beats up itself too much in the regular season......"
".........There's also questions about whether the Big Ten style of play translates when playing against the rest of the country."
makes sense to me
