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Big Ten title or bust this week

By Jeff Shelman
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, March 9, 2004

This time there will be urgency. This time things could be quite interesting. Since the Big Ten began holding a conference tournament in 1998, the event has usually featured four or five teams safely in the NCAA tournament, one or two teams on the bubble, and the rest with virtually no chance. When this week's event begins Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, things are significantly different. While regular-season champion Illinois, Michigan State and Wisconsin are safely in the N ...

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