The Big Ten’s five NCAA tournament teams open postseason action Friday. Big Ten regular-season champ Nebraska and Indiana pace the conference as No. 2 seeds, while Maryland and Michigan are 3 seeds and Big Ten tourney champ Iowa is a 4.
Best of Week 5: Never underestimate the Northwestern-Wisconsin rivalry
There isn’t an abundance of pizzazz on a six-game slate this week that includes a Friday night tilt pitting Nebraska at Illinois. The unquestioned top game is Northwestern at Wisconsin in a game between arguably the top two teams in the Big Ten West.
How an Illinois group is making their campus more accessible: BTN LiveBIG
A mobile app that helps everyone get around Urbana-Champaign.
Michigan State paces Big Ten in updated way-too-early 2017-18 polls
Now that the 2017 NBA Draft draft pool is finalized, the experts are putting out their latest way-too-early 2017-18 top 25 polls. Michigan State is a clear top 5 team in the polls we checked, while Northwestern is represented in each.
Best of Week 4: Penn State at Iowa, Notre Dame at Michigan State lead the way
Big Ten action picks up in Week 4, which also is dotted with a few interesting non-league games. The headlines are Penn State at Iowa and Notre Dame at Michigan State. Get BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart's full preview inside.
Sticks and stones make for a fine new building at Michigan's Biological Station: BTN LiveBIG
The Straw Bale House is a marvel of green construction.
Where do Big Ten names land in latest NBA mock drafts?
The NBA Draft is June 22 in Brooklyn, N.Y., and multiple outlets are pushing their mock drafts. Where do the Big Ten's big names fall? Have a look.
Best of Week 3: Intriguing Big Ten non-conference games stand out
Our look at the upcoming Big Ten football schedule continues with Week 3, which includes Wisconsin at BYU, Purdue at Missouri, Michigan vs. Air Force and Army at Ohio State.
Maryland tops Ohio State in NCAA men's lacrosse championship
In a battle between two strong Big Ten men’s lacrosse teams, Maryland stood tall against Ohio State and won 9-6 to take home the program’s first NCAA championship since 1975. It also gave Maryland the rare pair of lacrosse titles in 2017 as Maryland’s women’s team also won an NCAA title on Sunday. Maryland’s men had lost in the NCAA title game nine times before this win. Their last title victory? It was a 20-13 win over Navy in 1975. On Monday, Ohio State opened the scoring to lead 1-0 but Maryland’s defense proved to be too much for the rugged Buckeyes,
5 Big Ten teams land in NCAA Baseball Tournament
One day after Iowa won the Big Ten’s baseball tourney, the conference placed five teams in the 2017 NCAA Baseball Tournament for the second time. The conference sent a record-high five to the tourney in 2015. In addition to Iowa, the Big Ten sends Nebraska, Indiana, Maryland and Michigan. According to the NCAA baseball committee, Michigan was one of the last four of the 64 teams selected Here is the entire NCAA baseball bracket at NCAA.com. Iowa won the 2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament by beating Northwestern in the championship game. Relive the tourney as we have highlights from that
Memorial Day across the Conference: BTN LiveBIG
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