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Minnesota hosts Notre Dame this weekend while Michigan hosts rival Michigan State. (Jim Rosvold)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Big Ten Tournament gets underway this weekend with Ohio State, Michigan and Minnesota hosting Wisconsin, Michigan State and Notre Dame. After wrapping up the regular-season title while watching the games on TV last weekend, Penn State will once again be idle this weekend after it earned the bye week for the first round.<\/p>\n

Last week<\/strong>
\nDrew: 2-1-3 (.583)
\nPaula: 2-1-3 (.583)<\/p>\n

This season<\/strong>
\nDrew: 81-54-16 (.589)
\nPaula: 71-64-16 (.523)<\/p>\n

This Week<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I predicted Ohio State winning the Big Ten last weekend and Paula picked Minnesota. So, naturally, congratulations are in order for Penn State. This weekend should be just as crazy, if not more.<\/p>\n

Our official prediction for the rest of the season: \u00af_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/p>\n

Paula did a great job previewing everything in this week’s column<\/a>, so I won\u2019t spend a lot of time repeating her work here.<\/p>\n

All times are local and Sunday games are if necessary.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame at No. 19 Minnesota
\nFriday at 7:00 p.m., Saturday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sitting in a tie for 15th in the PairWise going into this weekend, the Gophers probably need a run to the Big Ten title game for a shot at an at-large bid. At that point, you might as well win the whole thing and guarantee your spot. Notre Dame, who needs the automatic bid, swept last year\u2019s Big Ten Tournament by going 4-0 over the three weekends. The Irish had the luxury of playing every game at home, however.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Notre Dame 3-2, Minnesota 4-2, Notre Dame 4-2
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Minnesota 4-3, Notre Dame 3-1, Minnesota 3-2<\/p>\n

Wisconsin at No. 11 Ohio State
\nFriday at 7:00 p.m., Saturday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 7:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This rematch from last week could be the most intriguing matchup in the first round of the tournament. It certainly doesn\u2019t have the feel of a No. 2 seed playing against the team that finished last. The Badgers took five of six conference points in Columbus last weekend.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong>\u00a0Ohio State 4-3, 4-2
\nPaula:<\/strong>\u00a0Wisconsin 3-2, Ohio State 4-3, Wisconsin 5-2<\/p>\n

Michigan State at Michigan
\nFriday at 7:00 p.m., Saturday at 7:00 p.m., Sunday at 6:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t get much better than an in-state rivalry in the playoffs. These two teams have met four times this season with Michigan State sweeping the home-and-home series in November and Michigan returning the favor three weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Drew:<\/strong> Michigan State 4-2, Michigan 3-1, Michigan 4-3
\nPaula: <\/strong>Michigan 3-1, Michigan State 2-1, Michigan 3-2<\/p>\n

Tweet us!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We\u2019re on Twitter, @drewclaussen and @paulacweston. Follow along as a certain SID from Minnesota voices his displeasure with my Gophers\/Irish prediction!<\/p>\n

Enjoy the games, everyone! We\u2019ll talk about how wrong we were next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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