By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The Big Ten was a powerhouse during the non-conference season and a dominant force in the national rankings throughout January and February. Now, it’s hanging by a thread. Michigan is the conference’s only hope in the Final Four. Yes, Michigan. The same team that needed an out-of-this-world second-half performance by national player of […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As North Carolina prepares to play IU tonight in Assembly in one of the biggest games of the young college basketball season, you have to wonder if we’ll see the Tar Heels more frequently in Big Ten country in the very near future. There’s plenty of legit talk circulating […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor There’s plenty to be determined as we enter the final weekend of regular season Big Ten play. We don’t know who is going to represent the Legends Division in the Big Ten Championship Game or if five, six or seven teams from the league are going bowling. On Friday, […]
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By DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Assistant Editor As we enter the home stretch of the regular season in the Big Ten, a few things could be decided on Saturday. A win at Wisconsin would give Ohio State the outright Leaders Division championship. The Buckeyes are guaranteed no worse than a share of the title after Penn […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The nightmare scenario that many feared this summer could become reality in the Big Ten. Once Ohio State and Penn State were both declared ineligible for the post-season, people who follow the Big Ten began to ponder the possibility of which remaining four teams from the Leaders Division had a shot […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent Just when you think you have the Big Ten football somewhat figured out, last week happens. Michigan appeared ready to solidify itself not only as the favorite to win the Legends Division, but take a stranglehold in doing so. Nebraska, though, had other ideas and now the Cornhuskers control their […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent One look at Saturday’s Big Ten schedule and it’s easy to decipher that we could be entering the month of November and both divisions could for all practical purposes be sewn up. That scenario will indeed unfold if Michigan is able to win Saturday at Nebraska. A Wolverine win in […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent It’s probably a good thing for the Big Ten that the preseason college basketball coaches poll came out this week since the conference has been agonizing through what to date has been a forgettable football season. The Big Ten leads all conferences with five men’s basketball teams ranked in the […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent This will mark the third week of Big Ten play and it likely will feature the most important game of the season in the Leaders Division. Wisconsin at Purdue. The winner of Saturday’s game in Ross-Ade Stadium will have an inside track on a ticket to the Big Ten Championship […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent So the opening week of Big Ten play has come and gone. What did we learn? Well, for starters, Nebraska looks to be awfully good, especially at home. Ohio State is good, too, but what else is new? Michigan State looks like it will have to rely on defense to […]
Continue ReadingBy DOUG GRIFFITHS ISL Correspondent The Big Ten continues to be the proverbial punching bag for the national college football pundits and for good reason. One look at the latest Associated Press poll and it will reveal not one team from the conference is ranked in the top-15 nationally. How sad is that? Well, it […]
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