Opinion: Just two days in, the Big Ten is showing its true colors

INDIANAPOLIS — One of the defining questions of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament was whether the Big Ten would flex the superiority that computers and metrics told us it possessed all season long. 

Merely halfway through the first round, we have a resounding verdict: The Big Ten wasn’t as good as we were led to believe. 

With Michigan State’s late-game meltdown against UCLA in the First Four, followed by Ohio State’s earth-shattering upset loss to Oral Roberts on Friday and Purdue’s overtime faceplant against North Texas, no league has been more disappointing to start this year’s tournament than the Big Ten.

It’s still too early to call it a complete flop. Illinois, the No. 1 seed in the Midwest, looked good Friday in its opener and still has a chance to make a really deep run. Wisconsin shot the ball great and delivered a 23-point win over North Carolina in an 8-9 game. Michigan, Iowa and Maryland take the floor Saturday, and maybe the outlook will seem a little brighter after they play. 

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