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Ohio State Basketball: Week 17 Big Ten power rankings

By Shayne Nissen

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: Head coach Chris Holtmann of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on from the sideline in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during their game at Madison Square Garden on January 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 20: Head coach Chris Holtmann of the Ohio State Buckeyes looks on from the sideline in the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers during their game at Madison Square Garden on January 20, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images) /
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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – FEBRUARY 19: Matt Haarms #32 of the Purdue Boilermakers celebrates after the 48-46 win over the Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly Hall on February 19, 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – FEBRUARY 19: Matt Haarms #32 of the Purdue Boilermakers celebrates after the 48-46 win over the Indiana Hoosiers at Assembly Hall on February 19, 2019 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

After the Ohio State Buckeyes pulled out a win over the Iowa Hawkeyes things went downhill and they are in the middle of the pack in the power rankings.

The Big Ten season is quickly coming to a close as the last week of regular season play is creeping up on us. The race for the Big Ten regular season title is now a three team race between Purdue, Michigan State, and Michigan.

One of those teams took a definitive lead in week 17 of the college basketball season.

  1. Purdue | 22-7 (15-3)
  2. Michigan State | 26-4 (15-4)
  3. Michigan | 23-6 (14-4)
  4. Maryland | 21-9 (12-7)
  5. Wisconsin | 20-9 | (12-6)
  6. Iowa | 21-8 (12-8)
  7. Ohio State | 18-11 (8-10)
  8. Minnesota | 18-11 (8-10)
  9. Rutgers | 14-14 (7-11)
  10. Indiana | 15-14 (6-12)
  11. Penn State | 12-17 (5-13)
  12. Illinois | 11-18 (7-11)
  13. Nebraska | 15-14 (5-13)
  14. Northwestern | 12-17 (3-15)

Purdue secured two major wins to take control of the Big Ten regular season title race with wins over both Illinois and Ohio State in week 17. The first was a 73-56 win over Illinois in which Purdue shot 55% from the field and held Illinois to 33% from the field. Carsen Edwards led the Boliermakers with 23 points on the night.

Then in an absolute blowout, Purdue shot 52% from beyond the arc and held Ohio State to 10.5% in the 86-51 in the win.The Boilermakers will be looking to keep control in week 18 and at least get a share of the Big Ten title.

Michigan State lost their lone week 17 game and with it also lost control of the Big Ten falling behind Purdue. MSU fell to Indiana for the second time this season 63-62 even though the Spartans out shot the Hoosiers by a pretty significant margin. However, committing six more turnovers proved to be costly.

Cassius Winston led Michigan State with 20 points on 8 of 11 shooting in the loss. The Spartans currently hover around the 2 to 3 seed line in the NCAA Tournament and will hope to stabilize that in week 18.

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