In this week’s edition of Big Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers, Greg Mroz looks at how Tom Izzo has once again led Michigan State to the top of the Big Ten. Volume 4: Izzoned Is there a better coach in the Big Ten than Tom Izzo? Well, when you look at his body of work in comparison to other coaches,
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Fresh off of another dynamic performance against Northwestern on Wednesday, Michigan point guard Trey Burke is the subject of this week’s edition of B1G Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers. By: Greg Mroz Volume 3: Hitting the Trey From the Point Is there a more dynamic player in the Big Ten than Michigan point guard Trey Burke? The straight and simple
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In this week’s edition of B1G Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers, Greg Mroz looks at the weaknesses facing the Big Ten’s top teams. B1G Ten Ballin: The Hardwood Hustlers Volume 2: Slightly Flawed As strong as the Big Ten Conference is this year, one team is eventually going to have to make a statement proving that they are of elite
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WNUR Web Director Eric Klaus recaps Northwestern’s blowout victory over Illinois. On Saturday afternoon, Northwestern and Illinois renewed their annual rivalry for the 106th time. A game that looked like a mismatch on paper, turned out to be an even bigger mismatch on the field. Illinois got off to quick start, driving 78 yards on the game’s opening possession to
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With Northwestern in the midst of a potentially special season, WNUR Web Director Eric Klaus looks back at one of the most successful teams in Northwestern history: the 1949 Rose Bowl Champions. On New Year’s Day 1949, the Northwestern Wildcats beat the California Golden Bears 20-14 to do something that no other Northwestern team has ever done: win a bowl
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WNUR’s Drew D’Alelio (@DrewDAlelio) takes a look at the upcoming schedule for the Northwestern Wildcats as they head into the final stretch of the Big Ten’s regular season. The Wildcats are at a critical time in their season- the bye week. Both the coaches and players will have an extensive time to evaluate the season so far, but they’ll also take
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz discusses the Leaders and Legends division races in Volume 10 of his weekly column, B1G Ten Ballin’. Volume 10: Through The Looking Glass With week 10 of the Big Ten season upon us, we can now start to understand where this conference is going. The conference is having a down year and as a result, the Big
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