Updated standings as Purdue comes to town:
1. Illinois: 6-0
2. Wisconsin: 5-1
2. Michigan State: 5-1
3. Ohio State: 5-2
4. Purdue: 3-2
4. Rutgers: 3-2
Top 4 conference games this week besides ours:
Wisconsin: at Northwestern, vs. Michigan State
Michigan State: at Wisconsin
Ohio State: vs. Nebraska
We also of course play at Maryland on Friday. Huge week! Beating Purdue, as another poster said previously, really does kind of "bury" them in the standings a full three games back. Wisconsin has two winnable games this week, and even if they lose to MSU, it's MSU who would jump right back into first if we lost to PU. Needless to say, and has been said repeatedly, this is just such a huge game.
Don't want to be melodramatic, but from a Tournament resume, perception/respect AND conference championship perspective, tomorrow is a season-defining game. Hope the guys come out fired up, and so does the crowd!