The Huge Ten is undefeated in March Insanity no extra.
On Saturday, the No. 3 seed Wisconsin Badgers have been ousted from the 2025 males’s NCAA Event by the No. 6 seed BYU Cougars 91-89.
That meant the convention’s 10-0 begin to the competitors, an NCAA record, got here to an finish.
The No. 7 seed UCLA Bruins later fell to the No. 2 seed Tennessee Volunteers, leaving the league with a 10-2 file coming into Sunday.
The Huge Ten noticed eight groups qualify for the event, the second-most within the sport behind the SEC which noticed a file 14 members admitted to the 68-team discipline.
After Saturday’s outcomes, seven squads stay from the SEC and simply six from the Huge Ten.
The SEC arguably has the higher-quality seeds remaining (two No. 1 seeds, two No. 2 seeds, a No. 3 seed, a No. 6 seed and a No. 10 seed).
The Huge Ten, alternatively, solely has No. 2 seed Michigan State and No. 4 seed Purdue as its highest remaining representatives. The remaining, together with convention event champion Michigan, are No. 5 seeds or decrease.
Sunday will characteristic one sport the place an SEC workforce will face a Huge Ten workforce: No. 6 seed Illinois vs. No. 3 seed Kentucky.
BYU made historical past of its personal with the victory. It will likely be taking part in within the Candy Sixteen for the first time since 2011 when program legend Jimmer Fredette was a Cougar.
As some consultants have famous, this system could’ve ended that 14-year drought earlier, however the 2020 event was canceled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Huge 12 Convention is now 9-1 at this 12 months’s event, truly proudly owning one of the best win proportion by any league thus far.
BYU departed the Mountain West for the facility convention in 2023, now seemingly proving realignment proponents proper within the argument over whether or not nationwide competitions like March Insanity would possibly truly turn into extra aggressive because of this.
