The Big 10 Championships-Everything you need to know!

University of Michigan

Who:                                               Home                               Away                    <--- Season Bests
Michigan                                         197.375                            197.550
Michigan State                                 195.600                           196.000
Penn State                                       196.975                           196.700
Nebraska                                        197.675                           197.625
Illinois                                             196.300                           196.350
Iowa                                               195.875                           195.875
Ohio State                                      196.875                           195.575
Minnesota                                       197.225                           197.175

Some specific names to watch:  (Click name for a video)
Joanna Sampson- Michigan
Katie Zurales-Michigan
Alina Weinstein-Illinois
Amber See-Illinois
Sharaya Musser- Penn State
Jessie Deziel- Nebraska
Emily Wong- Nebraska
Lindsay Mable- Minnesota

What:
The Big 10 Championships

Where: 

• Jenison Field House, East Lansing Michigan (Michigan State) 
• Live on the Big 10 Network
• Live tweets on our twitter

When: 

Saturday, March 23 

The meet is divided into two sessions based on each teams season ending regional qualifying score. All the teams ranked 5-8 will compete at 1pm ET and the teams ranked 1-4 will compete at 6pm ET.

1pm ET                 RQS
5. Illinois               196.092
6. Iowa                 195.800
7. Ohio State        195.675
8. Michigan State  194.605

6pm ET

1. Michigan          197.175
2. Nebraska         196.830
3. Minnesota        196.330
4. Penn State       196.325

Why: 

This competition will bring together all the schools in the Big 10 conference to determine which team is the best among the field. Although Big 10 isn't one of the major conferences in women's gymnastics, it is definitely worth watching. Michigan has been ranked in the top 3 (or higher) nationally all season, while Nebraska has been in the top 10. It also includes teams that are on the rise like Penn State, Illinois, and Minnesota who have all recorded some of their highest scores ever this season. Minnesota has been a big surprise this season and started the season ranked 13th. They have climbed their way up to as high as 11th nationally. As you could see above, Michigan, Nebraska, and Minnesota are the only teams to score 197+ on the road this season and I think those three teams will be the one's fighting for the title, although I think that if Michigan does what they have been doing all season, taking this title shouldn't be a hard task. Minnesota was the only team that beat Michigan this entire season, which is why they end the regular season sharing the "regular season Big 10 title" with Michigan.

University of Minnesota