The Morning Dish – Friday, January 21st Illini Keep It Going: Luther Head continued his hot streak with 25 points, as Illinois continued to roll with a hard-fought 73-68 overtime victory over Iowa in Champaign. Greg Brunner’s runner in the lane with 3.8 seconds left in regulation knotted the score […]
Author: Alan Rubenstein
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Friday, January 7th Longhorns Hang On: Texas closed out Memphis with a 6-0 run in the last two minutes and held Memphis scoreless during the final 2:41 in a 74-67 victory. P.J. Tucker led Texas with 18 points, and his breakaway dunk with 43 second remaining […]
Big Ten Season Recap
Big Ten Conference 2003-04 Season Recap by Alan Rubenstein The Big Ten did not live up to its hallowed tradition in 2003-04. As expected, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan State were the dominant teams. The Illini struggled during their non-conference schedule with a loss at North Carolina, a surprising loss in […]
EA Roundball Classic
EA Roundball Classic Showcases Future NBA and Collegiate Stars by Alan Rubenstein Shaun Livingston and A.J. Price earned co-MVP’s for the West and J.R. Smith was voted the East’s best player as the West cruised to an easy 124-110 victory in the 40th annual EA Sports Roundball classic in front […]
Big Ten Finals Recap
Big Ten Conference Finals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein (2) Wisconsin 70, (1) Illinois 53 Devin Harris’s dominance over the Big Ten continued into the Big Ten tournament. Harris, the league player of the year earned the rare double of the regular season and postseason MVP awards. Harris averaged 23.7 […]
Big Ten Semifinals Recap
Big Ten Conference Semifinals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois 74 No. 5 Michigan 60 The Illini train keeps rolling. Illinois jumped to a 15-5 lead and led from wire to wire. Michigan crawled to within 37-34 by holding the Illini scoreless for 7:45 stretch spanning the halves. […]
Big Ten Finals Preview
Big Ten Conference Finals Preview Preview by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois vs. No. 2 Wisconsin With this meeting on a neutral floor, you can throw out the first two meetings the teams had. The Illini defeated the Badgers by eight in a game that the Illini controlled in Champaign […]
Big Ten First Round Recap
Big Ten Conference First Round Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein (8) Indiana 81, (9) Ohio State 69 Mike Davis has been increasingly frustrated with the way his Indiana Hoosiers have been playing the last month. IU’s 2-8 record in their last ten games did not look too favorable when they […]
Big Ten Quarterfinals Preview
Big Ten Conference Quarterfinals Preview Preview by Alan Rubenstein No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan Michigan and Iowa enter the Big Ten tournament after fighting to the wire to earn their byes. The maize and blue and black and gold are also fighting for births in the NCAA tournament. […]
Big Ten Quarterfinals Recap
Big Ten Conference Quarterfinals Recap Recap by Alan Rubenstein No. 1 Illinois 71, No. 8 Indiana 59 A 13-1 Illinois run late in the second half finally put Indiana away. The Hoosiers came back from double digit deficits to narrow the gap numerous times. The Hoosiers never held the lead […]
