Big Ten Conference
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Northwestern vs. Ohio State scouting reportMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Northwestern (18-12) vs. Ohio St. (29-2) When: 11 a.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse TV: ESPN Radio: WGN 720-AM The skinny: For all those who thought Northwestern’s 58-57 loss o...
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Illinois vs. Michigan scouting reportMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Illinois (19-12) vs. Michigan (19-12) When: 1:30 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse TV: ESPN Net: ESPN3.com Radio: WIND 560-AM The skinny: Though Illinois coach Bruce Weber said...
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Big Ten getting ready to say goodbye to talent-rich Class of 2007Mar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - After the 2006-07 college basketball season ended, the Big Ten needed a boost to its national reputation. Yes, Ohio State made it all the way to the 2007 NCAA championsh...
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Weber: Surely we'll make NCAAsMar 08, 2011 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Heading into the Big Ten tournament, Illinois coach Bruce Weber has questions. Will Jereme Richmond's banged-up shoulder hold up? Can he count on slumping gu...
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Ohio St. suspends Tressel 2 gamesMar 08, 2011 1:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel received an e-mail last April telling him that two of his players were caught up in a federal drug-trafficking cas...
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March sadness: Why so few Illinois teams in NCAA Tournament?Mar 07, 2011 1:00 am - In the good old years, our state’s college basketball teams treated Selection Sunday as a confirmation instead of a conundrum. From 1980 through 2007 — with 1999 serving...
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Northwestern auditions quarterbacksMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Wearing a coach’s headset and an orange jersey that signifies an injured player, Dan Persa spent Northwestern’s first spring practice Monday waggling coded signals to th...
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Michigan St. goes to Big Ten tournament on bubbleMar 06, 2011 10:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State usually goes to the Big Ten tournament as a powerhouse, playing for positioning in the NCAA tournament. Not this year. The struggli...
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Iowa stuns No. 6 PurdueMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Purdue was playing for a possible share of the Big Ten title and perhaps even a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Iowa was playing for little more than pride — and yet ...
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Illinois routs Indiana in seniors’ final home gameMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — It’s fair to say the four-year journey hasn’t followed the planned parade route for Illinois’ four seniors. Nobody counted on zero NCAA Tournament wins and z...