Life in the Big Ten these days is a challenge.
Nine of the conference's 14 teams currently appear in the Associated Press top-25 – No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 10 Iowa, No. 14 Rutgers, No. 15 Illinois, No. 16 Michigan, No. 17 Michigan State, No. 19 Northwestern, No. 12 Minnesota and No. 25 Ohio State – with several others lingering on the outside. Thirteen of them are within the top-55 on KenPom, and no other conference has more than nine teams ranked that highlight.
Game after game within the conference is expected to be a knock-down, drag-out brawl.