Big Ten Power Rankings January 19

I kind of feel bad for Rutgers now. After Purdue completely destroyed them last night I felt a twinge of sympathy, mostly because they came into the game with only 6 healthy scholarship players. That's unheard of in the Big Ten. Even a heavily sanctioned Indiana was not down to only 6 scholarship guys. They could have the Fab Five as five of the six guys and they would still struggle in conference play. Since they only have six guys, and they aren't that good, it is a terrible handicap to go through the year.

So it is no wonder Purdue buzzsawed through them. It is probably safe to say that it could have been worse. After trailing 2-0 Purdue went on a 41-13 run from 18:24 to 6:00 of the first…