With the clock winding down and the score tied in overtime of Iowa’s first round matchup against No. 10 seed Temple in the NCAA Tournament, Hawkeyes point guard Mike Gesell air-balled a jumper. Senior center Adam Woodbury was there for the buzzer-beating put-back, although he got…
First-year coach Steve McClain‘s second recruiting class at UIC is starting to take form. The Flames received National Letters of Intent from two players in the early signing period in addition to receiving a verbal commitment from three-star small forward K.J. Santos. The two high schoolers who officially…
Maryland is the hands-down favorite in the Big Ten despite this being only its second year in the league. But this is also as deep as the Big Ten has been, with 10 teams having legitimate NCAA Tournament hopes. Here is a look at how…
The first-ever Big East-Big Ten Challenge, also known as the Gavitt Games, is coming together, through various media reports. Georgetown will travel to Maryland as the event’s headliner. The Hoyas will be one of the Big East’s better teams next season while the Terrapins will…
Updated May 7, 3:15 p.m. Although the Big Ten partially redeemed a down-year by having two teams advance to the Final Four, the league’s national title drought reached 15 years with Wisconsin losing to Duke in Monday night’s championship game. While the Big Ten likely won’t…
Despite a big down-year, the Big Ten still got 7 teams into the NCAA Tournament. Although several of those teams were on the bubble, none of them had to compete in the First Four in Dayton and instead went straight to the second round, or…
There will be a lot on the line this week at the Big Ten Tournament. For some teams who are locks for the NCAA Tournament, these final games are an opportunity to improve seeding. Others sit square on the bubble. Meanwhile, the bottom-feeders will try to…
The Big Ten season is well past its halfway point with March quickly approaching. Here is an early look at how conference awards are shaping up. All-Big Ten Team Yogi Ferrell, Indiana Ferrell is the driving force in Indiana’s high-powered offense, ranked the fifth-most efficient…
Finally, The Catch and Shoot’s first bracket projections for the 2015 NCAA Tournament have arrived. For these projections, teams are evaluated on what they have accomplished (or failed to accomplish) to this point in the season without looking ahead. 32 spots are given as automatic bids…
2014 was not a great year for the five Division I schools in the Chicago area. Three of them finished last in their respective leagues in the 2013-14 season, and Northwestern also finished near the bottom of the Big Ten. But between the second half…
