Articles filed under Big Ten
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Congratulations, Northwestern. Are you sure you want to be part of this absurdity?Mar 17, 2017 1:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY — Welcome to our annual national perversion, Northwestern. You see now how it works. You might even think your school wise to have stayed out of it the fi...
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Imrem: Feel-good NU story not so good for Illini fansMar 15, 2017 5:00 pm - Not everyone feels good about the feel-good story of the NCAA Tournament. A fellow Illinois alum reminded me of that by sounding bitter when we discussed Northwestern th...
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Imrem: Suffer no more, Northwestern hoops fansMar 12, 2017 5:01 pm - First the Chicago Cubs last year and now Northwestern this year. Be still Chicago's collective heart. If you're wondering what took Northwestern so long, we'll get to th...
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Illini fire basketball coach Groce after 18-14 seasonMar 11, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois basketball coach John Groce was fired Saturday after an 18-14 season in which his team was ninth in the Big Ten. The Illini made just one...
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Northwestern stuns No. 25 Maryland 72-64 in Big Ten TourneyMar 10, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Making itself right at home on a court that was anything but neutral, Northwestern roared into the semifinal round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 72-64 up...
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After travel trouble, Michigan beats Illini 75-55 in Big TenMar 09, 2017 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Flying into town only a few hours before tipoff because of travel trouble a day earlier, and wearing yellow practice jerseys instead of the game uniforms th...
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Imrem: Can Northwestern and DePaul find a balance?Mar 05, 2017 4:01 pm - Normally when the subject is college-basketball venues, the word cringe-worthy comes to mind because of the compromises made. (Is cringe-worthy two words or one word in ...
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Rozner: Phillips, Collins making hoop dreams come true at NUMar 04, 2017 12:00 am - Jim Phillips couldn't sit still. Then again, he rarely does. But it was a game Northwestern had to have. After losing three of four, the dream run to the NCAA Tourney mi...
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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...