BTT: OSU, Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers Advance To Quarterfinals

Day two of the Huge Ten Match wrapped up and didn’t disappoint because the underdogs continued to win. Each decrease seed gained the primary 5 video games for the primary time in BTT historical past. Since there have been 4 video games; I’m simply going to offer a fast recap of every.

9 seed Rutgers vs. 8 seed Michigan

This was maybe essentially the most shocking recreation to me. Between the physicality of each groups, I actually thought it might be a blood tub that got here all the way down to the wire with countless quantities of Hunter Dickinson doing his bizarre arm factor down the courtroom.

As an alternative Rutgers utterly shut down Michigan within the second half holding them to 1 from 17 from the sphere in 19 minutes of play. I watch quite a lot of faculty basketball and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that.

Rutgers defeated Michigan 62-50; the Scarlet Knights had been led by Cam Spencer’s 18 factors together with Derek Simpson’s 13 factors and 5 rebounds. Hunter Dickinson from Michigan led all scorers with 24 factors and grabbed 7 boards.

13 seed Ohio State vs. 5 seed Iowa

The most important upset up to now was Ohio State knocking off Iowa. I’ll be trustworthy after I thought the Buckeyes didn’t have the offensive parts to hold with the Hawkeyes but it surely was a way more defensive recreation than anticipated. The sport stayed neck and neck earlier than OSU shocked the Hawkeyes with a 73-69 upset.

Brice Thorton led the Buckeyes with 17 factors whike Sensabaugh had 16 and Sueing chipped in one other 14. Filip Rebraca from Iowa led all scorers with 20 and introduced down 7 boards. Keegan Murray completed with 17 factors, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

10 seed Penn State vs. 7 seed Illinois

Shrews has his group rolling successful the final 6/7 together with the victory of the Illini yesterday. Penn State knocked off Illinois 79-76 within the second spherical of the B1G match.

Each groups shoot the three ball lots however Penn State simply does it higher; to not point out Pickett being a match up nightmare for Illinois. The Nittany Lions had been the decrease seed, however this was a win I knew they might get.

Will this cement them to get a bid into the NCAA match? I hope so, rooting for the previous Purdue coach… so long as he’s not taking part in the Boilers.

Andrew Funk from Penn State led all scorers with 20 factors whereas Seth Lundy landed himself a double-double with 17 factors and 19 rebounds. Camren Wynter added in one other 18 factors and 5 boards.

Shannon Jr. Led the Illini with 19 factors, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Coleman Hawkins had 17 factors and pulled down 5 boards.

14 seed Minnesota vs. 6 seed Maryland

Minnesota’s upset tour was stopped brief after dealing with Maryland within the closing recreation of Thursday. The Gophers hung round with Maryland for a short time in the course of the first half and trailed 7 on the break. However the Terps took off within the second in a recreation that simply by no means felt very shut.

It was a enjoyable run for Minnesota as they had been the primary 14 seed to advance previous the primary spherical since 2017 however Maryland simply had extra expertise and dimension for Minnesota to beat. The Terps are the primary increased ranked seed to advance to date within the BTT. Let’s hope that’s not the case tomorrow.

Donta Scott from Maryland led all scorers with 20 factors and pulled in 8 boards. Jahmir Younger chipped in 15 factors, 6 rebounds and three assists. Minnesota solely had two gamers rating in double figures; Pharrel Payne had 17 factors and 9 rebounds whereas Braeden Carrington contributed 12 factors.