Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Under the Dome The inaugural BasketBowl was a resounding success as Michigan State and Kentucky played before a raucous crowd in an NCAA tournament atmosphere at Ford Field in Detroit. After a first half played at a very quick pace, the Spartans and Wildcats […]

Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Big Ten not up to the Challenge The Big Ten-ACC challenge was not much of a challenge from the ACC’s perspective. The ACC dominated this year’s challenge by a 7-2 margin. An old sports axiom is to win the predominance of your games at […]

Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Feast Week was very kind to the Big Ten. Iowa, Indiana and Purdue showed why people think of the state of Indiana when the eyes of college basketball were on the Big Ten. The Hoosiers and Hawkeyes both prevailed in thrillers at the Wooden […]

Previewing Day 3’s Action by Michael Protos and Alan Rubenstein No. 15 Georgia Tech at Ohio State Ohio State and Georgia Tech enter their challenge contest going in opposite directions. The Buckeyes opened the season with a loss at San Francisco and against San Diego State in the first round […]

Previewing Day 2’s Action by Michael Protos and Alan Rubenstein Indiana at No. 19 Wake Forest Wake Forest and Indiana enter Tuesday’s match up with distinctly different teams. Indiana features the superstar scorer in sophomore guard Bracey Wright while Wake Forest attacks in waves, with four players averaging double figures […]

Previewing Northwestern – Florida State by Alan Rubenstein and Michael Protos The Big Ten-ACC challenge enters its fifth year with the ACC holding a 20-15 advantage. The ACC has won the Commissioner’s Cup all four seasons, but has never won more than five games in a year. Northwestern (2-2) and […]

Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Without further ado, on to the Big Ten news of the week: Illinois – Champaign County State’s Attorney John Piland announced that three Illini players will not be prosecuted for their roles in a November 2nd break-in off campus. Piland would not release the […]

Big Ten Notebook by Alan Rubenstein Minnesota will be the first Big Ten team to take the court when they host Missouri-Kansas City of the Mid-Continent conference Monday night. The Kangaroos return dynamic senior Michael Watson. Watson averaged 25.5 PPG landing him fourth in the nation in 2003. 6-10, 300-pound […]

Big Ten Conference Preview by Alan Rubenstein The best thing about freshman is that they become sophomores is what the late Al McGuire used to say. The national spotlight will shine brightly on the Big Ten this winter if that is true. Three of the media’s five all conference players […]

Big Ten Offseason News Update by Alan Rubenstein After a season dominated by freshman, the Big Ten will look to grow up in 2003-04. 2003 marked the first time in five years, the Big Ten failed to land a Final Four berth. A respectable 8-5 NCAA Tournament record came on […]