Tier Talk 3.0: The Big Ten has gone full-blown cannibal

Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports Somehow, Tier Talk has been renewed for a third straight week, and boy were there some opportunities for shake-ups over the past several days. After beating Illinois on the road, Ohio State came home and had an opportunity to jump a tier or two if they could beat a very comparable (certainly not superior) Purdue team. Alas, they could not, so there won’t be an Ohio State leap.

After losing to Maryland at home, Illinois had a chance to right the ship against a Buckeye team that doesn’t have a single player taller than 6-foot-8. Seems simple for the team with one of the best centers in the country, no? Wrong. Illinois fell behind by 18 early, and a furious rally…