Top 5 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Conference Games to Watch This Season

With the non-conference slate coming to a close in the coming weeks, it is time to start previewing conference play for Big Ten basketball. Several interesting matchups litter the two-and-a-half months of Big Ten regular-season conference play. We have sorted through the pile of games and have found 5 Big Ten men’s basketball can’t-miss conference games. We not only tried to pick games that featured the conference’s top teams, but we also tried to find games that have some narratives behind them and feature a relatively even level of competition. All of the rankings in this post are rankings from when the post was made, unless talking about a previous game. Those rankings come from when the game took place.

1 No.2 Michigan @ No.5 Purdue, 2/17

This game could very well be the Big Ten championship game before the Big Ten championship game. Both Michigan and Purdue have set themselves apart as the two most dominant teams on the hardwood in all of college basketball, not just the Big Ten. Both teams are littered with future NBA talents like Braden Smith and Yaxel Landeborg. The Wolverines have crushed everyone in their path so far. Purdue faltered against No.3 Iowa State and will be looking for a signature win. All of these reasons combined to make a cataclysmic showdown in West Lafayette.

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2 No.9 Michigan State @ No.2 Michigan, 3/8

From an in-state rival’s point of view, the Spartans would like nothing more than to beat Michigan when they are at the top of their game. Tom Izzo is trying to get his team back to the top of the Big Ten, and a signature win like this would go a long way toward doing just that. On top of that, the Wolverines would love to find another way to prove their in-state superiority against a school that they believe is their “little brother.” Like Michigan, Michigan State has talent that is at the top of the college world. They have wins over No.14 Arkansas, No.12 Kentucky, and No.16 UNC. This game will be a clash of two top-tier…

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