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#3 Michigan Wolverines at #10 Illinois Fighting Illini Game Preview

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A couple weeks ago, Friday night's visit from the Michigan Wolverines looked like it might be the biggest Illini regular season game in a very long time. It was setting up to be the de facto Big Ten regular season title game, with a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament at stake. However, now Michigan is no longer #1, having suffered a loss at Duke. But they have wrapped up the … [Read more...] about #3 Michigan Wolverines at #10 Illinois Fighting Illini Game Preview

Big Ten football power rankings: lipstick on a pig edition

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During Big Ten football Saturdays like this, how do you spin what happened? How do you put lipstick on these pigs? And even though Northwestern out-gained an AWFUL Western Michigan team by just 126 yards, they've still earned the second slot. You can argue that a different Big Ten football team deserves to be there. But my argument is pretty solid for NU. Also, Illinois gave … [Read more...] about Big Ten football power rankings: lipstick on a pig edition

Michigan Wolverines Trey Burke: top ten NBA Draft pick?

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Trey Burke, sophomore point guard for the Michigan Wolverines was just named the Oscar Robertson national player of the year. And since only coaches and players care about these awards, we won't expound on this any further. Articles/posts about awards are always web traffic killers. Although it is interesting that this season has no clear-cut, defined #1 overall college … [Read more...] about Michigan Wolverines Trey Burke: top ten NBA Draft pick?

Northwestern damages NCAA Tournament chances in losing to Michigan

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When Northwestern beat Minnesota on Saturday, the Wildcats were able to pull out the win with strong three-point shooting and ball security, despite a bad rebounding ratio. Tuesday night against Michigan, the Cats rebounded well, but turned the ball over 17 times and shot just 18.8 percent from beyond the arc. The end result, a 67-55 loss, was the opposite of the Minnesota … [Read more...] about Northwestern damages NCAA Tournament chances in losing to Michigan

Illinois Fighting Illini Choke Away BTT Game to Wolverines

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There's only one program to have reached (or received a bye into) the Big Ten Tournament quarter-finals every year in the tourney's inception, and that's the Illinois Fighting Illini. In fact out of the 13 conference tourneys, they've reached the semi-finals in every year except one. Make it two after today's epic choke job. The Illini (who have the most BTT wins all time … [Read more...] about Illinois Fighting Illini Choke Away BTT Game to Wolverines

Tim Hardaway’s Kid Becoming Star for Michigan Wolverines

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Freshman Tim Hardaway Jr. has proven he was up to the task of starting at point guard for the Michigan Wolverines his rookie season in the Big Ten. Hardaway Jr., who averaged 31 points a game in his senior year of high school, is Michigan’s second leading scorer this season. The son of five-time NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway Sr. has established himself as one of the top … [Read more...] about Tim Hardaway’s Kid Becoming Star for Michigan Wolverines

Northwestern Wildcats Blow Out Michigan HarriSims at home

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By Paul M. Banks If I always refer to the one man team that is the Penn St. Nittany Lions as the "Penn State Talor Battles" than I must also (to stay true to the bit I stole from whoever the first scribe was to call the Cleveland Cavaliers the "Cleveland LeBrons") refer to the two man team that is the Michigan Wolverines as the "Michigan HarriSims". In reference to DeShawn … [Read more...] about Northwestern Wildcats Blow Out Michigan HarriSims at home