The sixth-annual Unauthorized Big Ten Basketball Writers Preview Poll was released over the weekend.
Purdue was picked to finish first and the recently punched-in-the-balls by Kelvin Sampson IU program was selected to finish dead last in the Big Ten.
Here are the results (first place votes are in parenthesis):
1. Purdue (10)
2. Michigan State (5)
3. Wisconsin
4. Ohio State
5. Minnesota
6. Illinois
7. Penn State
8. Michigan
T9. Iowa
T9. Northwestern
11. Indiana
