Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Wednesday night quickly has become the most important night of the Big Ten’s regular season. That’s because, thanks to Illinois and Wisconsin each pulling off huge road victories, the Fighting Illini and Badgers will duel for first place in the conference. A Wisconsin win […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Turns out that, in the Big Ten, the more things change, the more they stay the same. One year after four teams tied for first in the Big Ten regular season conference, there are three schools knotted at the top, and two others still […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Every team in the Big Ten has either hit or is nearing its midway point of the conference season. Up to this point, there have been plenty out-of-whack, unexpected happenings, leaving some of the conference favorites hanging on for dear life with some supposed […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Consider Purdue’s message received. After flying under the national and Big Ten radar for the start of the year, Purdue served notice that it is ready to contend for the Big Ten title and an NCAA tournament berth, hammering nationally-ranked Indiana, 69-47 over the […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke The improbable and incredible turnaround of Michigan continues. The Wolverines, now all-alone in first place in the Big Ten with a 5-0 conference record, have captured 12 straight victories since an 0-6 start and will go for 13 against arch-rival Michigan State on Sunday. […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Entering the start of Big Ten conference play on Tuesday, 10 of the Big Ten’s 11 teams were above .500 on the season. The one that’s not, Penn State, sits at 5-6. But one of those teams isn’t all that pleased with the way […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Illinois couldn’t get past an up-and-coming Memphis squad. Indiana lost a bad one to Temple on the road. And Bobby Knight got his revenge on the Big Ten, handling Minnesota at Williams Arena. In the midst of the Big Ten carnage on the weekend, […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Chances are that there will be few games this year as talked about as Indiana’s clash with Kentucky on Saturday. Hoosiers’ coach Mike Davis lost control, charging the court and a referee with three seconds left and his team down one to the Wildcats […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke Indiana and Illinois have decided to play a game of Who Will Lose First? As the new year approaches, neither the Hoosiers nor the Fighting Illini have dropped a game, charging out to 8-0 and 7-0 records, respectively. And while most of the wins […]

Big Ten Notebook by Chris Burke The Big Ten couldn’t get the job done in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge, falling 5-4 overall. But the Big Ten did manage to win the big showdowns. Indiana took down Maryland in a tremendous overtime game. Michigan State slowed down a heating-up Virginia team. […]