The final two games have concluded at the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge, with Illinois polishing off West Virginia (17-10) while Notre Dame rallied to beat Purdue in 10 innings (9-4).
The Big Ten won 15 of the 24 games, led by 3-0 marks from Michigan and Ohio State (Indiana was 2-1). Six other Big Ten teams (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State) all went 1-1, in the unbalanced format, with the other win coming from Purdue (1-2).
Notre Dame, St. John's and Seton Hall each went 2-1 to pace the BIG EAST effort, with other victories coming from South Florida, West Virginia and Connecticut (each 1-2). Cincinnati and Georgetown were the only teams from either conference that failed to post a victory during the tournament (each was 0-3).
Despite nearly being doubled up in the win category, the BIG EAST actually scored 27 more runs than the Big Ten teams (166-139), in the 24 cross-conference games. The final tournament stats - coming soon - likely will show a considerable edge for the BIG EAST in batting avg. and ERA, but we suspect that the Big Ten was the better clutch-hitting team (and won nearly all of the close games).
Sunday's eight games featured only one (Illinois-WVU) in which the BIG EAST did not have a chance to win/tie in the 9th inning - while the UConn-Northwestern game was the only one in which the Big Ten was not competitive.
More to come on the CB360 blog throughout the night.
The Big Ten won 15 of the 24 games, led by 3-0 marks from Michigan and Ohio State (Indiana was 2-1). Six other Big Ten teams (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, Northwestern and Penn State) all went 1-1, in the unbalanced format, with the other win coming from Purdue (1-2).
Notre Dame, St. John's and Seton Hall each went 2-1 to pace the BIG EAST effort, with other victories coming from South Florida, West Virginia and Connecticut (each 1-2). Cincinnati and Georgetown were the only teams from either conference that failed to post a victory during the tournament (each was 0-3).
Despite nearly being doubled up in the win category, the BIG EAST actually scored 27 more runs than the Big Ten teams (166-139), in the 24 cross-conference games. The final tournament stats - coming soon - likely will show a considerable edge for the BIG EAST in batting avg. and ERA, but we suspect that the Big Ten was the better clutch-hitting team (and won nearly all of the close games).
Sunday's eight games featured only one (Illinois-WVU) in which the BIG EAST did not have a chance to win/tie in the 9th inning - while the UConn-Northwestern game was the only one in which the Big Ten was not competitive.
More to come on the CB360 blog throughout the night.
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