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Message: [QUOTE="fieldystick, post: 4641141, member: 8152"] Rutgers is the key in the Big Ten. They're basically in the same position as UNC and Syracuse. All of these teams are essentially functioning as "bid thieves" at this point. In if they get the big win they need. Out if they don't. And they all have 2(+ for Rutgers) shots to get it. Rutgers: UMCP/PSU(/Big Ten semifinals if they get there), UNC: NDx2, Syracuse: UVA/Duke IL 2/3 and BE 2/3 will claim however many of the spots are left after those 3 and the [I]actual[/I] (conference tourney) bid thieves are done claiming. The top 3 in the Big Ten are all locks at this point. 5 is the limit for the Big Ten without concocting a very specific set of results that is not very likely. A 5 bid Big Ten is most likely achieved by Rutgers winning one of their remaining 2 games and then Michigan or OSU making it to the conference championship game - I'm not even sure they'd need to win it. [/QUOTE]