{"id":413345,"date":"2023-03-15T23:04:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=413345"},"modified":"2023-03-16T07:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T12:43:32","slug":"march-madness-2023-is-it-the-big-tens-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/march-madness-2023-is-it-the-big-tens-time\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness 2023: Is It The Big Ten\u2019s Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The conference tournaments are said and done. Selection Sunday has passed. And whether you\u2019re stressing over advanced metrics to find the right picks for <\/span>The Perfect Bracket Challenge<\/span><\/a> or deciding <\/span>which bar to hunker down in<\/span><\/a> after calling in sick at work for the rest of the week, we\u2019ve all got the same thing on our minds: 2023 March Madness!<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, it\u2019s bracket season. The field of 68 is set with the First Four teams having already played out their games last night. Fairleigh Dickinson will end up facing Purdue, and Arizona State will take on TCU in the round of 64. This year\u2019s tourney features eight Big Ten conference schools which ties the SEC for having the most of all conferences. The Big Ten led the NCAA in both 2021 and 2022 when 9 schools made it to the dance, but both years saw a pretty poor showing from the conference. In 2021, only one survived the first weekend – Michigan – who reached the Elite 8. In 2022, Michigan and Purdue were the only two to get out of the second round, and both fell in the Sweet 16. Could 2023 be the year for the Big Ten? Let\u2019s find out!<\/span><\/p>\n

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