There have been eight Big Ten games in the 2012-13 basketball season and the home team has won six of them, including: Purdue beating No. 11 Illinois 68-61 in West Lafayette, followed by the Illini beating No. 8 Ohio State 74-55 in Champaign (the Buckeyes had beaten Nebraska by 36 in their opener in Columbus). […]
December 18, 2012
The good people at Crimson Cast welcomed us on to their new Big Ten Special podcast this week to talk smart about Indiana hoops, the coming Big Ten season, Northwestern’s Big Dance hopes and the groundbreaking Red-Not Red divisional realignment. Click here for a listen: The-Big-Ten-Special. They do a great job over there.
December 11, 2012
The NCAA – in a bid for its highest traffic day in history – today released its 75 all-time March Madness players, 25 all-time March Madness teams and 35 all-time March Madness moments. There are a handful of Big Ten players, teams and moments on the list (along with the NCAA’s commentary): Top 75 Players Scott […]
December 9, 2012
The Big Ten is deeper and stronger than ever: Three unbeatens. Six teams in the Top 25. A handful of the best players in the country. But which team is best so far? We take a look below at where they’ve been, what they have done well, what hasn’t gone well and what is ahead. […]
December 7, 2012
John Gasaway of Basketball Prospectus has a post up at ESPN Insider (subscription) listing the top 25 freshmen in college basketball. Here are the Big Ten guys mentioned, along with a snippet of his comments: No. 3: Nik Stauskas, Michigan: “His numbers will correct downward, but the larger point is that for a second consecutive […]
August 15, 2012
The Movement has lost a member: Due to failure to meet academic requirements in summer school, former Broad Ripple High School basketball standout Ron Patterson will transfer from Indiana. Patterson’s former AAU coach, Chris Hawkins, said the 6-3 guard had cleared all of the academic hurdles to enroll at Indiana, but did not meet all […]
August 14, 2012
Sure Christian Watford won an ESPY, but McKayla is not impressed. (This is our first ever attempt at a Photoshop, so be kind.)
August 13, 2012
It’s never too early for Bracketology from Joe Lunardi.
August 6, 2012
CBS is asking college basketball a series of questions about players, coaches and programs – and today’s has a distinct Big Ten flavor. They asked 70 coaches, “If you could add any one player to your team for next season, who would it be?” Here are the results: Indiana sophomore Cody Zeller: 35 percent UCLA […]
August 3, 2012
Indiana has added the Big Ten logo to the “paint” area that has never had actual paint in Bloomington, according to this Twitter picture shared by @JustinRayWright. It’ll surely cause some consternation among the purists in Indiana, but I imagine they’ll get used to it by the second or third game. Indiana still has […]
March 22, 2012
Today, the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association voted on the the six person core team of juniors for the Indiana All-Star team. Inexplicably, 2013 Purdue recruit Bryson Scott was left off the team. Scott is widely considered to be the best junior in the state of Indiana, so his exclusion from the core group is a […]
March 22, 2012
Well, that was something. I realize that a lot of other fan sites post immediate reactions after sporting events, whether their team wins or loses. In the 24 hour news cycle that we now enjoy in this day and age, that’s probably the smart thing to do. Instant gratification, and all that. For me, sometimes […]
March 21, 2012
If you like time-lapse videos, the Final Four and basketball courts, you best watch this video – because it has a time-lapse video of the Final Four basketball court being created.
March 19, 2012
Illini fans have been in a breathless frenzy since VCU’s loss to Indiana in the second round (now the idiotically named third round) in the NCAA Tournament. Following the firing of Bruce Weber, it’s become increasingly obvious that any hire outside of VCU’s Shaka Smart will be seen as a letdown by Illini faithful. As […]
March 19, 2012
Here are your Sweet 16 tipoff times: Thursday 7:15 p.m. Wisconsin vs Syracuse 7:47 p.m. Louisville vs Michigan State 9:45 p.m. Cincinnati vs Ohio State 10:17 p.m. Florida vs Marquette (which should make the Wisconsinites happy) Friday 7:15 p.m. Xavier vs Baylor 7:47 p.m. Ohio vs North Carolina (Bobcats players: Please be nice to the […]
March 17, 2012
Three of the first eight Sweet 16 teams are from the Big Ten. Purdue and Michigan State have a chance to make it 5 of 16 tomorrow. Until then, here’s a look at Saturday’s three wins by the Buckeyes, Badgers and Hoosiers: First star: Christian Watford, 16 points, five rebounds, two steals and an assist. With […]
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January 5, 2013
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