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The Big Ten tournament level appears for another round between No. 2 USC and No. 4 UCLA

By Michael Marot AP athlete

Indianapolis (AP) – The last regular season weekend gave the basketball fans for women a potential preview of the big ten tournament this week.

Southern California dominated the Crosstown competition UCLA and completed a seasonal other with the Bruins to win the league title. Meanwhile, Maryland received a 3-point with 1 second to defeat the state of Ohio.

The result: Each of the four best seeds of this week is in the top 15, each adopted in the quarter -final round on Friday, and each has to prove something in Indianapolis.

“Hundred percent. Absolutely, yes, ”said UCLA coach Cori Close on Saturday evening when she was asked if they wish for a reserve. “If you are a competitor, put it on. If we don't, something bigger is wrong. If someone in our changing room (the) would answer differently, they will not come back. “

This season, the four-time Bruins (27-2) were against all flawlessly icers No. 2 USC, who deserved its highest rank on Monday, thanks to Juju Watkins' Stellar game, including two big games against UCLA.

As a result, the Trojans thrown the UCLA in mid-February and this week from the No. 1 ranking and from seat # 2. And there is no doubt that Watkins & Co. think that you can ruin the next dream of Burins – win the tournament.

But coach Lindsay Gottlieb doesn't want her team to think about the title game on Sunday.

“You have to be ready on this first day because another team played,” she said. “Usually the byes will help you in the tournament later. We have to be ready to go, but I think we will (be). “

No. 13 Ohio State and No. 15 Maryland understand God's caution.

In the past ten years, one of these two schools has played eight times for a big ten crown while he won six titles. Iowa won the other four, the last three with Caitlin Clark in the leading role.

But when Clark now entered the WNBA, Ohio State and Maryland this week, the third and fourth sat when they try to stand for the old guard of the big ten.

“We played the last three games pretty well against really good competition, and I think we are in a good place,” said Buckeyes coach Kevin McGuff after the road loss on Sunday. “But we have to take the same competition figure until next weekend.”

Warm up

USC and UCLA both ended their former Indiana swings with identical 2-0 mark and won games in two of the iconic arenas of the college basketball assembly Hall in Bloomington and Mackey Arena in West Lafayette.

The Bruins even took a few hours to see a game in Indiana Pacers in the same place that they will play this week.

But your return journey is thankfully unlikely like your first visits. The two games of the UCLA were in the heaviest snowstorm from Central -Indiana in the season, while USC was nearby for one of the coldest snapshots of winter.

It is expected that high temperatures in the 1940s will be most of the time this week with deep stalls in the 30s.

Westward

The women's tournament will be the 12th Nach season championship of the 2024-25 league. If there is a third round of the USC-UCLA, there will be a sixth championship for the four Big Ten teams in the first year.

Oregon swept the men's and women light athletics in Indy last weekend and won the football title by only removing Penn State for a short walk from Gainbridge.

The open-seed ducks (19-10) will play against the ninth Indiana (18-11) and the 12th Seed Washington (18-12) on Wednesday with the 11th Seed Minnesota (20-10). USC plays the first game on Friday against the Oregon Indiana winner, while the UCLA opened in the third game on Friday against the seventh seed Illinois (21-8), 10th Seed Nebraska (19-10) or 15th Seed Rutgers (11-18).

Miss

For the first time, every big ten team will not play in the tournament. The lower three teams in the new 18 team league have not qualified.

Who is out? Penn State (10-19, 1-17), northwest (9-18, 2-16) and Purdue (10-19, 3-15), who lost the Tiebreaker with Rutgers, based on a defeat in this only meeting of the season.

While six of the big regular guests, including North Western, have never won the tournament title, it is strange that Penn State and Purdue does not have. The Nittany Lions won the first two tournament titles of the league tournament, while the boiler makers have a league record of nine tournament crowns.

Talk schedule

The last game on Wednesday, the three-time defending champion Iowa (20-9), the No. 11 seed, defeated against Wisconsin (13-16) against the 14th Seed Sams. The winner will play the sixth seed Michigan State (21: 8) on Friday with the winner of the matchup on Thursday.

The Minnesota-Washington winner will compete against Maryland against Michigan (20: 9) with the fifth seed against Maryland in the second game on Friday.

The two semi -finals are scheduled to give a tip on Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The championship game is set for Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

Watch people

Former UCLA star Reggie Miller and his sister Cheryl, who led the Trojans to two national championships in the 1980s, took part in the Saturday game in Los Angeles, and Reggie Miller occasionally returned to his NBA stamping area Indiana to see games.

Who could still be there?

Clark, who won the tournament's last three most outstanding player prices. She is now calling for Indy because she plays for the Indiana fever. Iowa in the retirement of Clarks No. 22 -jersey this season.

The Associated Press contributed to this article