1:30 AMBig Ten Men's Ice Hockey '11-'12: St. Cloud State at Minnesota
3:30 AMBig Ten Icons: Herb Brooks
Herb Brooks won three national championships in his seven seasons at the helm of the University of Minnesota hockey program, including titles in 1974, 1976 and 1979. He coached the United States' gold medal Olympic hockey team in 1980.
4:00 AMThe Big Ten's Greatest Games - Basketball: 11/30/2002 Georgia at Minnesota
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As I wax nostalgic for Mike Bruesewitz’s floppy mop, it’s time to take a look around the Big Ten. Who’s hot? Who’s not? And what the heck should you be looking for and talking about around the Xerox machine? It’s all right here, people. Lace up your Chucks! And come tell me what you think!
Also, fill your heads with more Big Ten hoops knowledge from my BTN.com colleagues the Big Ten Geeks, who break down the Badgers’ resurgence, and get caught up on all of the amazing plays from the past season in our “Did You See This?’ video archive (for example: Aaron Craft’s ”I meant do that” shot in this post). And we have our usual stat leaders, scoreboard and, of course, the ever-changing standings.
Six of the Big Ten’s wrestling teams took to the mat on Friday night. In one of the night’s earlier matches, Illinois welcomed in-state rival Northwestern to Huff Hall and captured a 26-10 dual win. Watch the highlights now and jump inside for more on Nebraska-Michigan State and Michigan-Minnesota.
Minnesota beat in-state rival St. Cloud State 2-1 with goals by Jake Hansen and Nick Bjugstad. The teams conclude the home-and-home series Saturday in St. Cloud.
The fourth of the eight-episode series will highlight three high-profile medical advances from Big Ten universities. The episode will air at 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Many of you have watched Jay Paterno’s moving speech from the memorial for his father, Joe Paterno. We post it here again because some of you said you missed it. All of our coverage from the Jan. 26 memorial service can be found on this memorial service archive page, which includes Jay Paterno’s speech as well as most of the speeches from the various participants. Also, you can watch the entire service again on the Big Ten Digital Network.
Minnesota’s legendary Herb Brooks, who coached the 1980 Olympic hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” after leading the Gophers to three national titles, is profiled Friday in the return of Big Ten Icons, presented by Discover. Hosted by Hall of Fame broadcaster Keith Jackson, the first of six new episodes airs at approximately 10:30 p.m. ET, following the Minnesota-St. Cloud State hockey game.
Cody Zeller’s Hoosiers didn’t earn a win at Wisconsin on Thursday night, but the Indiana freshman continues to astound with some amazing moments. Zeller finished the game with just seven points (full box score here) but his dunk in the second half is just the latest in a growing list of impressive Indiana moments this season. Watch the dunk in this post. An while we don’t track the numbr of dunks by any one player, here’s Zeller’s stat page for the season to date.
Indiana was looking like they had turned a corner, building a small lead at the Kohl Center early in the second half. As has happened lately to Tom Crean’s bunch, things fell apart and Wisconsin picked up yet another B1G victory. Let’s look at how it happened.
Here’s a quick look around what’s buzzing in the Big Ten while I marvel at Pat Sajak’s ability to work intoxicated. Who would have thought you could host “Wheel of Fortune” under those conditions? Guess the wheel wasn’t the only thing spinning those many years ago. Dive into my links for Friday
Ryan Evans scored 12 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead No. 25 Wisconsin to a 57-50 upset win over No. 17 Indiana on Thursday. Earlier in the night, Nebraska beat Iowa at Iowa City. Dive into the post for more details on both games.