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Northwestern Gets Revenge & Upsets No. 24 Illinois 71-70
The smallest player on the court, Northwestern’s Michael Thompson, made all the big plays down the stretch leading his Wildcats to a 71-70 victory and sweet revenge against their state rival, No. 24 Illinois. It was a bitter defeat for Illinois who just four weeks ago handed Northwestern an embarrassing loss in a 25 point [...]
TweetPredicting NCAA Brackets for Big 10 Teams
With March Madness just around the corner it is time to speculate on Big 10 teams possible seedings, just who is getting in and who might be on the bubble. Jerry P. Palm has his 2011 projected NCAA tournament bracket up on his collegerpi.com site, where he also figures out RPI’s and strength of schedules [...]
TweetBuckeye Football Recruit Arrested on Fondling Charge
Less than 24 hours before Chris Carter could turn in his national letter of intent and achieve his ambition of playing football for The Ohio State Buckeyes, Carter was arrested by Cleveland police on charges of allegedly fondling multiple female students at his high school. Carter is a 6-foot-5, 350 pound three-star senior offensive lineman [...]
TweetBig 10 Rant Live Blog Covering National Signing Day
Follow Big 10 Rant for a Blizzard of National Signing Day News. Big 10 Rant will keep you up to date with the latest scoop of National Signing Day news and reports with our live blog from deep within our safe igloo, we plan on shoveling you updates longer than the blizzard of 2011 lasts. [...]
TweetNew Indiana Football Coach has Offensive Language Too.
Kevin Wilson was hired by Indiana as the head football coach based on his offensive reputation. A few Indiana resident assistants got an earful of his offensive language. It seems that within the first week of being hired on Dec. 6, Wilson was returning to his private temporary suite at an Indiana dorm around midnight [...]
TweetIndiana Upsets No. 21 Illinois 52-49
Tom Crean’s rebuilding project at Indiana turned a corner with a 52-49 signature win over No. 21 Illinois at Assembly Hall Thursday night. It was the first victory over a top-25 team for Crean and the Hoosiers in his three years at Indiana’s helm. Meanwhile, the loss served as a demolition wrecking ball for Illinois’ [...]
TweetMichigan State Suspends Korie Lucious for Rest of Season
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has announced that Spartan guard Korie Lucious has been suspended for the rest of the season. In a statement, Izzo said, “Unfortunately Korie Lucious displayed conduct detrimental to the program. My focus is on the team for the remainder of the season.” Lucious had been suspended earlier this year for [...]
TweetBig 10 Rant Basketball Power Rankings
Now that Big 10 teams have a body of work both inside and outside the conference, it is time for an update to our Big 10 Rant basketball power rankings. For each team we are including; strength of schedule (SOS), RPI ranking, Associated Press ranking, ESPN/USA Today ranking, overall and conference records, records versus top [...]
TweetNo. 1 Ohio State Holds Off Illinois, 73-68
Big 10 heavyweight and top-ranked Ohio State used a 14-0 run midway through the second half to take control of a key conference game against upset-minded No. 23 Illinois, and held on for 73-68 road win at Assembly Hall. The Buckeyes remain unbeaten at 20-0. Buckeye Jared Sullinger was too strong down low for the [...]
TweetForcier Tweets Himself Out of the Big Blue Yonder
In a little over a year, Tate Forcier has gone from Michigan’s starting quarterback and the toast of the town, to tweeting himself out of town. Tuesday night around midnight, Forcier went on a bizarre tweeting binge as if he were in a confessional with a priest or bellying up to a bar. Someone should [...]
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