Written by Andy Coppens at Talking 10
Big Ten basketball has had some fun at the top of the college basketball heap over the past four years or so, but that is clearly coming to an abrupt end in the 2015-16 season.
What was thought to maybe be a blip on the radar in the first few days of the season has become an alarming trend. There was Wisconsin losing to Western Illinois and Illinois losing to North Florida to set off alarm bells on opening night alone.
However, things have settled in to a not-so-good pattern for the conference since that time. What was a fluke has proven to be a trend.
Since those alarming opening night losses, the Big Ten is already down to just four undefeated teams in under a week.
However, Tuesday night may have taken the cake, as there were losses to the likes of Radford and Louisiana Tech coming from Penn State and Ohio State respectively. Even on a down year, Big Ten teams should and have beaten teams like this in easy fashion.
For Ohio State, perhaps its a sign of youth like a few head-scratching losses by Wisconsin, but it was the second loss in a row to a non-Power 6 school and that is mind-blowing.
It’s mind-blowing for a couple of reasons, chiefly because OSU brought in arguably the best collection of talent not at Kentucky in the country this past recruiting cycle. That kind of talent should be enough to pull out a win over Radford of all teams.
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