Big Ten Conference
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North: Wildcats deserve to dance, but what about Illini?Mar 03, 2017 4:00 am - If the Northwestern Wildcats (21-9) are not invited to the 2017 NCAA men's basketball tournament, I'll be stunned. After an exciting last-second victory Wednesday evenin...
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Whoa! Dramatic win likely seals Northwestern's first NCAA bidMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - Moments like this were exactly what coach Chris Collins envisioned for Northwestern and just what he sold his players on when he was making his recruiting pitch. A packe...
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With win over Michigan State, Illinois keeps tourney hopes aliveMar 01, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — Malcolm Hill scored 22 points to lead Illinois to a 73-70 win over Michigan State on Wednesday night. Michigan State had a chance to win the game in the last...
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Big second half leads Illinois over Northwestern 66-50Feb 21, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - Illinois coach John Groce could only say one thing after his team defeated Northwestern 66-50 on Tuesday night. "That was exhausting, another war," Groce sai...
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Wildcats keep hopes alive with win over RutgersFeb 18, 2017 12:00 am - Bryant McIntosh scored 18 points and hit a go-ahead 3 with under a minute remaining as Northwestern held off last-place Rutgers 69-65 on Saturday in Evanston to kept its...
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Trimble leads Maryland to rout of NorthwesternFeb 15, 2017 12:00 am - Maryland figured out pretty quickly that Melo Trimble had an extra gear Wednesday night, so it kept going back to the junior guard. There was never any reason to go anyw...
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Not even bracketologists can figure out the Big Ten
Feb 10, 2017 12:00 am - Within an hour on Tuesday night, the random-number generator that is Big Ten basketball this season spit out another batch of head-scratching results. Michigan beat Mich...
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Illinois pulls away late to upset Northwestern 68-61Feb 07, 2017 12:00 am - EVANSTON — With little but in-state pride at stake for Illinois, the scales seem poised Tuesday to lean towards a Northwestern team that finds itself in striking distanc...
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Oregon wide receiver to transfer to NorthwesternFeb 02, 2017 12:00 am - A day after announcing 26 new student-athletes during National Signing Day, Northwesten head football coach Pat Fitzgerald said Oregon wide receiver Jalen Brown will tra...
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10 in-state players for Illinois are its most since 2008
Feb 02, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN - Illinois coach Lovie Smith signed 10 in-state players in his 23-man recruiting class Wednesday, the most from the Land of Lincoln since 2008. For fans who ha...