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Big Ten Tournament Preview

rtmsf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:45 +0000

The big thing from the past week. Big Ten season ends in three way tie. Exciting as the seesaw race was all year, it ended in melodramatic fashion as both Purdue and Michigan State hung on after Ohio State had already won out several days prior. The Boilers and Spartans took care of business, beating teams they were supposed to beat. Michigan State racked up back to back banners, but the big story is that this was the first title for Purdue since 1996. Now to see how many teams can go to the dance based [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

rtmsf — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:23:50 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

The big thing from the past week:

Hummel-less Purdue headed for free fall? Robbie Hummel tore his ACL against Minnesota last week, and now he is out for the season. Purdue hasn’t been the same since. Hummel was the second leading scorer and the leader of the Boilermakers, a void that has yet to be filled. Purdue survived against Minnesota, but couldn’t repeat the same result against Michigan State. How will Purdue respond in the postseason to his injury?

Now four Big Ten teams are in the top [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

rtmsf — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:18:49 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

The big thing from the past week:

The Big Ten’s top four moved up as a group. Both Purdue and Ohio State reached their highest rankings of the year. The same can’t be said for Michigan State and Wisconsin, but as a group, this is the highest that the top four have been ranked. It is looking very likely that the Big Ten will send at least five teams to the Tournament this year. Now four Big Ten teams are in the top 25: #4 Purdue, #9 Ohio State, #11 Michigan State, [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

jstevrtc — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:02:22 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

Three things from the past week:

Michigan State suffers first defeat in the Big Ten – Michigan State has won a lot of close games lately, but this one wasn’t close at all. Wisconsin not only had a 15 point lead at half, but they closed it out with an 18 point victory. This was Michigan State’s lowest scoring night of the year with only 49 points. Durrell Summers might have turned the corner though, with 11 points, but he was the only Spartan [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

jstevrtc — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:20:15 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

Three things from the past week:

Spartans in the driver’s seat – Michigan State had a scare from Minnesota on national TV and another from Michigan, but being the experienced and tough-nosed team that they are, closed out the game, while Minnesota and Michigan let them get away. They are two games ahead of Wisconsin now, and even more ahead of Purdue, Ohio State, and Illinois. Will the Spartans run the table? They have to get by Purdue twice before the season is over, [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

jstevrtc — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:52:38 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

Three things from the past week:

Purdue’s slide stops – After getting knocked off by Wisconsin on the road, Ohio State at home, and Northwestern on the road, Purdue stops the slide against Illinois on the road. It was Illinois’ first loss at home on the road. The big key in the victory was JaJuan Johnson, who poured in a 24/12 game against Illinois after struggling in their previous losses. Will Purdue continue its ascent in the Big Ten? The Buckeyes are back – The main reason [...]

Set Your Tivo: 01.20.10

rtmsf — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:20:02 +0000

We’re trying a new star system out here at the Set Your Tivo desk beginning today. Let us know in the comments if you think we should change our ratings system.

SYT Star System

***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

jstevrtc — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:39:37 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

Three things from the past week:

Big Ten takes down Big East – Purdue beats West Virginia. If anyone tuned in, it was pretty clear that Purdue deserves its #4 ranking, while proving that the Big Ten can hang with the Big East. As an aside, Pittsburgh is currently 3-0 in the Big East, taking down Syracuse for its first loss. Reminder: Indiana beat Pittsburgh earlier this year. Check out the story here at ATB – New Year’s Weekend Cinderella lost her slipper – Unfortunately for Northwestern, [...]

Ten Tuesday Scribbles…

zhayes9 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:56:43 +0000

RTC contributor and bracketologist Zach Hayes will deliver ten permeating thoughts every Tuesday as the season progresses.

1. More than the countless Big East tournament runs at the Garden, or the contention for conference regular season titles on a yearly basis, or reaching upper-echelon status in college basketball playing with no flashy All-American recruits, Jamie Dixon is proving his worth as a coach this year more than ever. Few teams lost as much talent, leadership, and production as senior point guard Levance Fields, dominating big man DeJuan Blair and outside threat Sam Young. The departure of these [...]

Boom Goes the Dynamite: 12.19.09

jstevrtc — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:46:12 +0000

Welcome back! Another weekend means another edition of everyone’s favorite college basketball live blog. Assuming they all actually happen (there was, like, a huge snowstorm, you see), there are actually some pretty darn good games happening today (Michigan at Kansas, anyone? Maybe a little Xavier at Butler?), and since we know you’ll be watching, and we know we’ll be watching…why not watch with us? We’ll be commenting all day, but we want to know what your thoughts are on the games as they’re being played. So keep checking this space and hitting that refresh button, and let’s have [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

rtmsf — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:37:03 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten conference.

Three things from the past week. Wisconsin loses to Wisconsin-Green Bay. The second thing is Ohio State loses without Evan Turner. The third thing is freshman Maurice Creek from Indiana and Drew Crawford from Northwestern are filling it up with more 30 points in their last games. Now three Big Ten teams are in the top 25: #4 Purdue, #12 Michigan State, and #18 Ohio State.

Standings

Purdue 9-0 Northwestern 7-1 Illinois 8-2 Michigan State 8-2 Ohio State 7-2 Wisconsin 7-2 Minnesota 7-3 Penn State 6-4 Michigan 5-4 Indiana 4-5 Iowa 3-7

Top Storylines

Can Purdue win on the road against top teams? [...]

ATB: Big Ten Victorious on Comeback Wednesday

rtmsf — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:07:03 +0000

Wisconsin: First RTC of the Season? If anyone knows of another one, let us know. But this is the first one we’ve seen this year. But c’mon Musberger, get it right! RUSH. THE. COURT. (Ed. note – apparently UNLV fans RTC’d on Saturday after defeating Louisville, which is about as unjustified of an RTC as we’ve ever heard of… goodness gracious, folks, it’s Vegas. And beating an overrated Louisville team excites you?)

Story of the Night. Big Ten Finally Gets Monkey Off Its Back. It didn’t turn out the way we thought it would tonight, but it did end up [...]

Checking in on… the Big Ten

rtmsf — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:14:26 +0000

Jason Prziborowski is the RTC correspondent for the Big Ten Conference.

Michigan State (AP #2) 4-0 Illinois (AP #20) 3-0 Minnesota (AP #22) 3-0 Purdue (AP #6) 3-0 Michigan (AP #15) 2-0 Wisconsin 2-0 Ohio State (AP #17) 3-1 Northwestern 2-1 Penn State 3-2 Indiana 2-3 Iowa 1-2

Top Storylines

It is no coincidence that Michigan State, the team at the top of the AP poll from the Big Ten at #2, also has the most successful coach in school history in Tom Izzo. Michigan State, except for its close call against Gonzaga, has been bringing teams up to East Lansing and disposing of them. Kalin Lucas has been leading the Spartans [...]

RTC 2009-10 Impact Players – Wrap-Up

rtmsf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:02:32 +0000

Over the course of the last ten weeks we’ve broken down sixty players from around the country whom we expect will have the biggest impact on college basketball this season. We performed this exercise geographically, choosing five high-major and one mid-major player from each of the somewhat arbitrary ten regions of the country. If you’d like to read through the individual regions (and we highly encourage that), you can check all ten here.

If you don’t have the time or inclination to read through all of the previous posts, we’ll summarize here for you by [...]

RTC Conference Primers: #1 – Big Ten

rtmsf — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:02:29 +0000

Josh & Mike from Big Ten Geeks contributed this preview for the Big Ten Conference.

Predicted Order of Finish:

Purdue (14-4) MSU (14-4) Minnesota (12-6) Michigan (12-6) Ohio St. (11-7) Illinois (9-9) Wisconsin (8-10) Northwestern (6-12) Penn St. (5-13) Indiana (5-13) Iowa (3-15)

All-Conference Team:

Kalin Lucas (G), Michigan State (110.2 ORtg, 28.6 Shot Percentage) William Buford (G), Ohio State (108.1 ORtg, 27.6 Shot Percentage) Evan Turner (F), Ohio State (108.3 ORtg, 25.3 Shot Percentage) DeShawn Sims (F), Michigan (108.6 ORtg, 30.3 Shot Percentage) JaJuan Johnson (C), Purdue (112.3 ORtg, 8.1 Block Percentage)

6th Man. Robbie Hummel (F), Purdue.

Impact Newcomer. D.J. Richardson (G), Illinois.

What You Need to Know.

The Big 10 is Very Good This Year. No, really, we [...]