We have to address the elephant in the room.

Merry Christmas, basketball fans! And with that, non-conference play is over. The Big Ten finished a combined 117-39 (.750 winning percentage) against the rest of the country, including some big wins. Maybe the committee will pay more attention to this conference, which has seen a lot of worthy teams left out of the tournament in recent years. Conference play starts

Most Big Ten teams were limited in action over Finals Week.