We had our broadcasters send in their picks ahead of the first Big Ten tournament games. Read on to find out who they think will earn the conference’s automatic bid, and how far Northwestern will advance

Wednesday:

12) Nebraska vs. 13) Penn State:

Majority says: Nebraska, 8-3

Who picked Nebraska: Michael Stern, Ari Ross, Alex Lederman, Jason Dorow, Josh Burton, Ben Goren, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles

Who picked Penn State: Will Greer, Max Gelman, Ian McCafferty

11) Minnesota vs. 14) Rutgers:

Majority says: Minnesota, 10-1

Who picked Minnesota: Ben Goren, Josh Burton, Jason Dorow, Alex Lederman, Max Gelman, Will Greer, Ari Ross, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles, Ian McCafferty

Who picked Rutgers: Michael Stern

Thursday:

8) Illinois vs. 9) Michigan:

Majority says: Illinois, 10-1

Who picked Illinois: Ben Goren, Josh Burton, Jason Dorow, Alex Lederman, Max Gelman, Will Greer, Ari Ross, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles, Ian McCafferty

Who picked Michigan: Michael Stern

5) Iowa vs. TBA:

Majority says: Iowa, 11-0 (Will, Max, and Ian say the Hawkeyes will beat Penn State, everyone else says they’ll beat Nebraska)

7) Indiana vs. 10) Northwestern:

Majority says: Indiana, 6-5

Who picked Indiana: Will Greer, Ben Goren, Jason Dorow, Michael Stern, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles

Who picked Northwestern: Max Gelman, Alex Lederman, Ari Ross, Josh Burton, Ian McCafferty

6) Ohio State vs. TBA:

Majority says: Ohio State, 9-2 (Michael has the Buckeyes handling Rutgers,while everyone else has them topping Minnesota)

Who didn’t pick Ohio State: Ben Goren and Sam Rudnick have Minnesota upsetting the Buckeyes.

Friday:

1) Wisconsin vs. TBA:

Majority says: Wisconsin, 10-1 (Michael has the Badgers beating Michigan. Ari, Jason, Josh, Alex, Max, Ben, Zach, and Ian have them knocking off Illinois)

Who didn’t pick Wisconsin: Sam Rudnick thinks Illinois will upset the Badgers

4) Purdue vs. TBA:

Majority says: Iowa, 8-3

Who picked Iowa: Alex Lederman, Ari Ross, Will Greer, Jason Dorow, Michael Stern, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles, Ian McCafferty

Who picked Purdue: Max Gelman, Josh Burton, Ben Goren

2) Maryland vs. TBA:

Majority says: Maryland, 10-1 (Will, Ben, Jason, Michael, Zach, and Sam have the Terps over Indiana. Alex, Josh, Ian, and Ari have the Turtles topping Northwestern)

Who didn’t pick Maryland: Max Gelman has Northwestern upsetting the Terps

3) Michigan State vs. TBA:

Majority says: Michigan State, 7-4 (Max, Will, Josh, Zach, and Ian say the Spartans will beat Ohio State. Ben and Sam think Michigan State ends Minnesota’s Cinderella run)

Who didn’t pick Michigan State: Ari, Michael, Jason, and Alex have Ohio State upsetting the Spartans.

Semi-final Saturday:

Semi-final 1:

Majority says: Wisconsin, 10-1 (Alex, Ari, Will, Jason, Michael, Zach, and Ian have the Badgers beating Iowa. Max, Josh, and Ben think Wisconsin advances to the final by topping Purdue)

Who didn’t pick Wisconsin: Sam Rudnick says Iowa will knock of Illinois to reach the final.

Semi-final 2:

Majority says: Maryland, 6-5

Maryland over Ohio State: Alex Lederman, Jason Dorow

Maryland over Michigan State: Josh Burton, Sam Rudnick, Zach Pereles, Ian McCafferty

Michigan State over Maryland: Will Greer, Ben Goren

Michigan State over Northwestern: Max Gelman

Ohio State over Maryland: Ari Ross, Michael Stern

Championship Sunday:

Majority says: Wisconsin, 9-2

Wisconsin over Maryland: Alex Lederman, Josh Burton, Jason Dorow, Zach Pereles

Wisconsin over Ohio State: Ari Ross, Michael Stern

Wisconsin over Michigan State: Max Gelman, Will Greer, Ben Goren

Maryland over Wisconsin: Ian McCafferty

Maryland over Iowa: Sam Rudnick