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Big Ten Basketball Tickets - Purdue Falls, Ohio State Surges Late In The Season

The Purdue University Boilermakers lost one crucial asset to its basketball team's powerful tripod, and the results have been devastating. Purdue's Robbie Hummel tore his ACL in the team's Feb. 24 game against the Minnesota Gophers, and his loss knocks Purdue off its throne, now pitting three Big Ten teams against each other for first place going into the Big Ten Tournament.

Purdue had been sitting pretty at No. 3 in the national polls and No. 1 in Big Ten standings going into the end of February, but Hummel's absence proved detrimental in the Boilermakers' Feb. 28 matchup against Michigan State. Despite first-half surges by JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore, Purdue fell to the power of Kalin Lucas and Co., losing steam as the Spartans rolled to a hard-fought 53-44 win over Matt Painter's Boilermakers.

After Purdue's loss to Michigan State, the Boilermakers fell to No. 6 in the national polls, also evening the playing field in the Big Ten. Now 12-4 (as of March 1), the Ohio State Buckeyes have surged to No. 1 in the conference with a 13-4 record. Michigan State is also 12-4 going into the month of March, signifying one intense battle sure to ensue in the Midwest as all three teams fight for the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten.

The Buckeyes snuck into first place while all the attention was still on Purdue, and a win over Penn State on Feb. 24 helped rocket Ohio State into the top of the Big Ten. Should the Buckeyes win their March 2 melee against the Illinois Fighting Illini, they will secure the top spot of the regular season in the conference, leaving a new team as the crew to beat in the tourney.

OSU's Evan Turner is in the running for national player of the year, and his monstrous averages of 19.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 5 assists per game might just be enough for the Buckeyes to overshadow any expectations previously set for Purdue this season. Turner's Buckeyes have the No. 7 national seed going into the first week of March, nipping at the heels of Purdue's No. 6 standing and going for a convincing run into the big dance.

Of course, Michigan State can't be counted out, either. The Spartans posted a solid win against Purdue even despite the absence of Robbie Hummel, with Kalin Lucas, Raymar Morgan and Draymond Green combining to trump the Boilermakers on their home court on Feb. 28. The Purdue-Michigan State game was one of the most physical of the year for both teams, and although the Boilers put up a good fight, they were ultimately no match for the Spartans.

Now that the Big Ten is in a three-way brawl for the conference championship title, anything can happen going into the NCAA Tournament. Basketball fans are running to get Big Ten basketball tickets from StubHub for conference battles throughout the rest of the season, as the ride going into the big dance is sure to be only one thing: unpredictable.

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