WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) explains what’s on the line for every team in the conference during this week’s tournament. The bracket for the 2014 Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis is set. All 12 teams vying to become the 2014 Big Ten champion and clinch their automatic berth to the big dance. Some might think that the conference already has a
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) examines what would happen if the Big Ten Tournament started today. If the season ended today, you would have an interesting hodgepodge of matchups to begin the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis. Michigan would be the number one seed for the second time in three years, while Michigan State would claim the number two seed. There
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) recaps the past weekend in Big Ten basketball and looks forward to the home stretch. What do we know right now? Not that much. Everyone keeps beating up on everyone else. And then there are the upsets, like Nebraska going into East Lansing and beating the 9th ranked Spartans. Michigan lost as well on Sunday, getting
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WNUR’s Greg Mroz (@wizard_of_mroz) matches top Big Ten basketball teams with Eddie Murphy flicks. He’s the master of comedy, even to this day. Eddie Murphy is a once in a generation actor and comedian. You sit down, and you are immediately captivated by his performances, good or bad. Now granted, there have been some bad Eddie Murphy movies, but most
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WNUR’s Michael Stern (@MichaelJStern23) previews each of Northwestern’s opponents by looking at how each team did for the first few years under their current head coach. Today: Wisconsin and Bo Ryan. Then: The Badgers reached the 2000 Final Four under legendary coach Dick Bennett (whose son, Tony, now coaches Virginia), but Bennett said he was burnt out and retired three
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With the Big Ten conference season coming to a close, Greg Mroz makes some key judgements about all of the Big Ten’s top teams in this week’s edition of Big Ten Ballin’: The Hardwood Hustlers. Volume 5: Burning Down The House The Big Ten has become the foundation of upsets the past few weeks in college basketball. Indiana and Michigan
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In this week’s edition of Joe’s Corner, Joe Misulonas looks at how Northwestern can play its way into the NCAA tournament following an upset victory over #12 Minnesota. A Preposterous Conclusion from Northwestern’s Upset over Minnesota With their upset win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Wednesday night, the Northwestern Men’s Basketball team put themselves on the bubble for the
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