Big Ten Tournament Time

Final standings:

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Today's games: Penn State vs. Ohio State and Nebraska vs. Michigan State

Purdue is the only team guaranteed of advancing to the CWS without winning the tournament. Michigan State is the only other team with a chance. The rest are going to have to win the Big Ten tournament and get an automatic bid.

I don't see that happening. The Boilermakers are in a class by themselves in this conference.

Next week I will give a final rundown of all of the draft-worthy players, but here are the guys to watch in the tournament (and CWS):

Purdue:

Kevin Plawecki

Nick Wittgren

(cut above the rest)

Eric Charles

Cameron Perkins

Blake Mascarello

Indiana:

Sam Travis (the freshman will get drafted, but he will likely stay another year at IU)

Kyle Schwarber

Joey DeNato

Penn State:

Jordan Steranka

Joe Kurrasch

Nebraska:

Michael Pritchard

Josh Scheffert

Chad Christensen

Michigan State:

Tony Bucciferro

Ryan Jones

David Garner

Jordan Keur

Torsten Boss

That's a list of 18 guys who could be in the minors later this year (and add T.J. Oakes)

I will be posting more after today's games.