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…
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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…
Nebraska junior guard Terran Petteway will forgo his senior season and enter his name to the 2015 NBA Draft, the school announced Thursday. Petteway averaged 18.2 points per game last season, ranked No. 4 in the Big Ten. As a sophomore, the 6-foot-6 guard won…
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…
Penn State defeated Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Saturday. The Nittany Lions set a tournament record with 16 blocked shots on the way to a 68-65 victory. Ironically, Penn State’s game plan was to keep Nebraska out of the…
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…
It was a thrilling weekend in the Big Ten, to say the least. Three games were decided by five points or fewer, including a monumental upset, and one more went to overtime. The other two matchups had two-possession margins in the final five minutes. Here…
Conference play is back! The Big Ten had four games Tuesday and three games Wednesday, with each day having its studs and duds. Here’s are some thoughts after two days of Big Ten competition: —Scoring is back down in college basketball, and the Big Ten isn’t helping…
Big Ten competition finally gets underway Tuesday afternoon. So here are The Catch and Shoot’s final non-conference power rankings for the conference: 1. Wisconsin (12-1) Wisconsin will lose games in the Big Ten, but it would not be surprising if the Badgers win the…
The start of the Big Ten season is just a few weeks away, so here’s a look at where the 14 teams in the league are stacking up so far. 1. Wisconsin (8-1) Wisconsin’s only loss is to Duke, and the Badgers already have several…