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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 2528065, member: 7511"] Last night was "upset night" in the BIG as #20 Iowa lost by 9 at unranked Nebraska, #8 tOSU lost at home by 9 to #19 Mich as Kelsey Mitchell shot an abysmal 5-14, and #14 MD barely hung on by 4 at home against unranked IN. The BIG is pretty much a tossup this year. Currently, MD, tOSU and surprising Rutgers are all tied for the conference lead at 5-1. Just behind with 2 losses each are Mich, MI St, Neb & Purdue. The BIG is clearly a competitive conference, but not so much because everyone has gotten better. The BIG is competitive because MD & tOSU have come back to the pack. With MD losing 4 key players to graduation, transfer and injury, there decline is understandable. But tOSU has some of the best talent in the nation. The Buckeyes defense is questionable and their offense often relies on the performance of one player, preseason NPOY candidate Kelsey Mitchell, who no longer appears to be a NPOY candidate IMO. I've often commented that tOSU is the TN of the BIG. But that's really not fair to TN anymore. The team in Knoxville is playing really hard this year. Kevin McGuff is not getting it done at tOSU. With the FF on tOSU's home court, I do believe that tOSU WBB will be at the FF in Columbus this year - watching the games in the stands or in their dorm rooms with their teammates. [/QUOTE]