The Big Ten’s Big Dance Prospects

by Ryan Burnett
Let me start this off by saying I really don’t think this is going to be a good tourney for the conference. I think that top to bottom we were one of the better, more competitive leagues this season. I just absolutely hate our tournament match-ups. Of the five teams we managed a [...]

Kohl Effect: Sparty Down

Wisconsin handed #5 Michigan State its first conference loss Tuesday. Why’d the court at the Kohl Center stay student-free? Cuz they’ve been there before.

Crean Come True: IU Competing in the B10

In just under two years, Tom Crean has already revitalized IU hoops, even without the presence of his star recruit Maurice Creek.

The Pickoff

Ryan Burnett
OSU @ Purdue: Purdue are -9 point favorites in this game, which seems a bit steep at first glance. But upon closer inspection Purdue has won every single home game they’ve played this year by double digits. Their last two wins (a 15 point win over West Virginia and a 19 point W over [...]

MBB: Lucas, MSU Fly Past Northwestern

In a battle of Top 25 teams, Michigan State proves it’s in a class of its own with a 21-point rout of Northwestern.

LIVE GAME BLOG: Michigan State v. Northwestern

Ryan Schreiber
State wins the tip.
NW running a little 3-2 zone to start the game is giving state trouble. they’re closing out well in the corners on the perimeter.
18:21 - NW comes out with a quarter-court trap, forces Lucas to into a travel. Interesting to see if they stay with that.
18:00 Early on, Roe is causing [...]

MBB: Indiana Dealt Blow, Loses Creek For Season

Nico Perrino
Basketball
A bad situation was made worse Monday when leading freshman scorer in the Big-Ten, and third leading freshman scorer in the nation, Maurice Creek, went down with a season ending knee injury in Indiana’s 90-42 pummeling of visiting Bryant.
 
Reports indicate that Creek will undergo surgery today that should put him out for the rest [...]

Northwestern Schools Stanford in Battle of the Brains

Northwestern’s 70-62 win over Stanford on Saturday moved the ‘Cats to 9-1, captivating the eyes of many around the world of college basketball.

The War Room: Big Ten/ACC Challenge

For the first time ever the Big Ten won the Big Tenn/ACC Challenge, which B10 team came up the Biggest?
The Candidates:
Wisconsin Over #6 Duke
Penn State Over Virginia
NU over NC State
#4 Purdue Over Wake Forest
Illinois Over #18 Clemson
#15 Ohio State Over  # 21 Florida State
 
 Jackson Atoyebi
 

I think the Illini over Clemson on the road was the [...]

PERRINO: Indiana MBB’s To-Do List Before Big Ten Play

This year, IU Basketball has 3 wins, already half of last year’s total.