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…
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…
Joey King knows his role at Minnesota will increase dramatically next season. With three key seniors graduating, King, a 6-foot-9 forward, will become one of the Golden Gophers’ main guys. He realizes that, and it has shown in his play the last two games. King followed up…
At least one good thing will come out of Rutgers’ first trip to the Big Ten Tournament. Here’s sophomore guard Bishop Daniels finishing off a fast break with an authoritative slam in the team’s first-round game Wednesday against Minnesota.
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…
NEW YORK — Rutgers is bad. Entering Sunday’s game against Manhattan at Madison Square Garden, the Scarlet Knights ranked No. 179 in Kenpom. Rutgers plays in one of college basketball’s best conferences. Kenpom ranks the Big Ten third, and this is a down-year for the league.…