Badgers Take Over on Tucker’s Hoop, Knock off Buckeyes by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Every big game features a turning point. Some happen to be more spectacular than others. And in Tuesday’s blockbuster between Ohio State and Wisconsin, it happened to be more spectacular, and memorable, than most. Buckeyes leading scorer Daequan […]
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Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal What, you thought the Big Ten picture would be framed by now? The paint isn’t even drying yet. A couple of finishing touches have been made, though, namely Wisconsin and Ohio State finishing in the top two conference spots. The rest of the […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Test #2: Aced. Alando Tucker, welcome to the top of the national player of the year race. Tucker turned in his most dominating performance of the season as Wisconsin cleared its second consecutive Saturday hurdle, downing previously unbeaten Pittsburgh 89-75. Tucker paced the […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal It’s only one month into the season, but the Big Ten picture is starting to clear up. Hopes of a successful season with a new coach, new batch of players or new attitude have been both realized and slashed. For some, the preseason […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Player of the Week: Adam Haluska, Iowa (21 ppg, 5 rpg, 5 apg) Big Ten Licks Wounds… Again “Wait until next year” has forever been the theme for the Big Ten in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, and the conference may want to switch […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal The Big Ten enjoyed familiar non-conference success last week, preying mostly on out-matched opponents just happy to be playing on a major conference court. The conference posted an overall record of 20-5, and no team had a losing record for the week. Illinois […]
Big Ten Close Calls Against Division II
Division II Schools Post More Wins by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal The rhetoric is tired, the clichés used. They simply outplayed us. They deserved to win. Coaches routinely play the better-than-us-today card, especially after unexpected losses to fired-up teams. Two Big Ten coaches expressed those sentiments already this season – in fact, […]
Big Ten Preview
Big Ten Conference 2006-07 Preview by Nils Hoeger-Lerdal Every year, it seems, the pundits label the Big Ten as “down.” Midwesterners (and the dozens of Penn State fans) are used to hearing it around the first freeze of the year. But every year, five or six teams get dance invitations, […]
Big Ten Notebook
Big Ten Conference Notebook by James Dowd Illinois (8-0) After losing a great deal of talent to the NBA after last season’s run to the Championship game, everyone wondered if the Illini could keep pace with the top of the Big Ten this season. Eight games into the season, they […]
Big Ten Preview
Big Ten Conference 2005-06 Preview by James V. Dowd Just as its football coaches talked about how the Big Ten doesn’t earn the respect that it is due in their sport, many of the Big Ten basketball programs don’t feel the conference gets the respect it deserves after putting two […]
