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The Valenti Show

How Big Of A Deal Is The Big Ten Tournament To MSU, Michigan, and Others?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Valenti poses an interesting question regarding the Big Ten tournament and the interest in it.

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0:00.0

Okay, so we're having a little fun of college basketball, but I wanted to ask this while the Big Ten tournament is now kicked off.

0:07.1

And I, look, I'm a stickler for banners.

0:10.3

Like I like, like Michigan State winning the regular season Big Ten title matters to me.

0:15.3

I might be the only one.

0:16.4

It matters too.

0:17.1

That's kind of why I want to do this topic.

0:19.4

Look, if you're a state fan, the team is probably

0:23.5

solidly a two seat. I don't see a pathway to becoming a one. I don't. But if you want to say,

0:30.8

hey, let's make it a difficult choice. Let's go out and win the Big Ten tournament. Let's get the

0:37.4

double,

0:37.9

which is very hard to do, win a unshared regular season Big Ten title and the conference tournament.

0:44.6

Hard to do. If you're a Michigan fan, you feel like the Big Ten title really slipped away

0:51.2

in the last two weeks of the season. You had sole possession of it.

0:55.5

Then you signed your coach to an extension and essentially didn't win again.

0:59.0

So the Big Ten tournament now, after Dusty's been on his media tour with this weird mid-court thing,

1:05.8

the Big Ten tournament represents a chance to bounce back, to regain some credibility,

1:10.9

certainly regain some confidence, and get a crack at MSU again,

1:16.2

and hang a banner of your own, right?

1:18.5

But here's my question.

1:20.4

Does anyone care?

1:23.5

Look, both teams are in the tournament.

1:25.5

Michigan's probably a five, state's probably a two.

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