Tag: Big Ten

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Notebook Buckeyes on Fire The Ohio State Buckeyes are off to an impressive 5-0 start in the Big Ten after Saturday’s 73-67 victory over the previously unbeaten Hoosiers. The Buckeyes, who have always desired to get little respect, are clamoring for some of the accolades that they claim […]

Big Ten Notebook

Big Ten Notebook Entering Conference Play Illinois begins its defense of last year’s Big Ten co-championship hosting the Minnesota Gophers. While Gopher stars, Dusty Rychart and Rick Rickert may not have the same name value as Illinois’ Frank Williams or Corey Bradford, the Gophers are off to another fast start […]

Does Size Matter?

Does Size Really Matter? by David Mosse When Josh Moore and his 7 foot 2, 300-pound frame set foot on the University of Michigan campus in September of 2000, he carried with him a burden of expectations. After two years of being overpowered in the rugged Big Ten and missing […]

Big Ten Preview

2001-02 Big Ten Conference Preview by Mark McGrath It’s been the convenient benchmark in recent history to judge conference strength by the amount of teams invited to the big dance in March. However, here at the ‘Ville, we like to do things a bit differently. Our goal, at least my […]