On Dec. 5, Ohio State President Gordon Gee jokingly referred to “those damn Catholics” at a university Athletic Council meeting in the context of frustration he expressed about trying to negotiate with Notre Dame in years past over joining the Big Ten. …read more
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Penn State will open its 2014 football season against the University of Central Florida in Ireland, the first international game for either team.
Officials from both schools along with the Gaelic Athletic Association announced in Dublin on Sunday that the game will be played at Croke Park on Aug. 30 and will air on ESPN-2.
Penn State coach Bill O’Brien said players and coaches were excited by the prospect of the trip.
Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner and Central Florida coach George O’Leary announced details of the game at the venue in Dublin.
Penn State will be the first Big Ten team to play internationally since Michigan State and Wisconsin met in Tokyo in the 1993 regular season finale.
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By Adam Rittenberg The Big Ten on Sunday approved new East and West divisions for the 2014 season as well as a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2016.
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By Brett McMurphy and Adam Rittenberg Legends and Leaders are no more, as the Big Ten will use geography to determine its new divisions and division names beginning in the 2014 season.
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Trey Burke may have gotten off to a slow start against Kansas in the Sweet 16 but he came through when it mattered most. After a scoreless first half, Burke poured in 23 points as No. 4 Michigan rallied for an upset win over the top seed in the South Region.
With his team’s time in the tournament seemingly running out in the final seconds of the second half, the Big Ten player of the year drained a deep three-point shot to force overtime.
Real-time highlight: Thought the game was over? @umichbball drains a 30-footer to tie the game. OT. #marchmadness – snpy.tv/ZKfd7O
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 30, 2013
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nineteen turnovers. Sixteen baskets. A season-low 50 points.
Top-seed Indiana had no answer for the 2-3 zone of Syracuse, and now the Hoosiers are heading home after a 61-50 loss Thursday night bounced them from the NCAA tournament.
The Hoosiers (29-7) played against many strong defensive teams in Big Ten — none of which hounded them as well as Syracuse.
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Between the First Four and the two first full days of wall-to-wall NCAA Tournament action, 36 games have been played. Thirty-six teams have been sent home. Thirty-two teams have advanced. Although no game has been won on a buzzer beater (although Vander Blue came closest), several were won by teams that no one expected to succeed. From A-Z, here is a rundown of everything you need to know about the madness of March (so far):
Atlantic 10: President Obama believed that the Big Ten was the strongest conference during the year. The selection committee granted the most bids to the Big East. Once the ball was thrown up, however, it was the A-10 that stole the show. Highlighted by No. 13 La Salle‘s upset win over No. 4 Kansas State (coming after a First Four win), the Atlantic 10 has gone 6-0. VCU and Saint Louis dominated. Temple and Butler are moving on. As Mike Lopresti of USA Today Sports calculated, the round of 32 will be 15.6% A-10 teams.
Bracket: Through April 8th, everything will be a bracket. Food is a bracket. Curse words are a bracket. Hate is a bracket. Most importantly, the NCAA Tournament is a bracket. Did you fill yours out? Did you have Harvard and Florida Gulf Coast advancing? Do you need to print a new one after early upsets forced you to shred it. If so, then click here.
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Had enough basketball? We didn’t think so. With spots in the third round still up for grabs, Georgetown, Ohio State and North Carolina are among the marquee teams in action on Friday night.
Final Four hopefuls Ohio State, Georgetown and Florida will be looking to avoid the type of early upset that sent Kansas State home earlier on Friday. The No. 2 Buckeyes will be faced with high-scoring Iona. The No. 15 Gaels will look to push the pace and outscore the Big Ten power.
No. 2 Georgetown may have the best player in the nation in Otto Porter, but No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast may have one fan who draws more attention than anyone on the floor if she is in the stands in Philadelphia. The wife of FGC coach Andy Enfield is former supermodel Amanda Marcum.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana was considered the Midwest’s top team most of the season.
The Hoosiers won’t be spending much time there during the NCAA tournament.
With three losses in their last six games, the Big Ten regular-season champs still earned one of the four coveted No. 1 seeds in this year’s NCAA tournament but lost the chance to play an hour from campus in the regional round. Instead, they got shipped to the East Region.
By Associated Press Ryan Evans scored 16 points to help No. 22 Wisconsin upset No. 3 Indiana 68-56 in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament Saturday. …read more
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By ESPN.com news services Indiana coach Tom Crean said Monday that he apologized to Jeff Meyer for his heated exchange with the Michigan assistant after the Hoosiers’ 72-71 victory over the Wolverines on Sunday to secure the outright Big Ten regular-season crown. …read more
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By Associated Press Cody Zeller made a go-ahead layup with 13 seconds left and altered Trey Burke‘s shot at the other end, lifting No. 2 Indiana to a 72-71 victory over No. 7 Michigan on Sunday that gave the Hoosiers their first outright Big Ten title in two decades. …read more
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Deshaun Thomas and Aaron Craft scored nine of Ohio State‘s points in a decisive 11-2 run, leading the 14th-ranked Buckeyes past No. 2 Indiana 67-58 on Tuesday night.
Thomas finished with 18 points and Craft added 15 as the Buckeyes (22-7, 12-5 Big Ten) won their fourth straight.
By Michael Rothstein Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner was granted a fifth year of eligibility by the Big Ten on Tuesday. …read more
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Aaron Craft slashed through the lane for a career-high 21 points on Sunday – more than he had scored in the last three games combined – to lead No. 18 Ohio State to a 68-60 victory over fourth-ranked Michigan State.
The loss crippled the Spartans’ hopes of catching up with top-ranked Indiana, which now leads the Big Ten race by two full games with four remaining.
It was revealed by Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez this week that Big Ten officials plan to stop scheduling football games against FCS programs. It’s unclear when the new policy goes into effect – FCS games are scheduled through the 2015 season – but the scheduling change will have a significant impact on both the Big Ten and the FCS schools that have long relied on the conference for revenue. …read more
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By ESPN.com news services Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says Big Ten officials recently agreed to stop scheduling non-conference games against FCS programs. …read more
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By Associated Press Ryan Evans had with 13 points and seven rebounds, and Traevon Jackson added 11 points as Wisconsin upset No. 2 Indiana 64-59 on Tuesday night to take sole possession of the Big Ten lead.
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