2012 Big Ten Baseball Tourney Preview

The Big Ten announced on Saturday the bracket for the 2012 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, held Wednesday-Saturday at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Purdue won its first Big Ten title since 1909 and is the No. 1 seed for the first time in the event’s history. The tourney gets underway at 12:05 p.m. ET Wednesday, and you can catch every game live on BTN/BTN2Go.

The rest of the field: Indiana is the No. 2 seed, Penn State No. 3, Nebraska, in its inaugural Big Ten season, No. 4, Michigan State No. 5 seed and Ohio State No. 6. Get BTN.com special contributor Chris Webb’s tourney preview in this post.

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Ex-Wolverine Juwan Howard confronts Indiana Pacer

Former Fab Five member Juwan Howard played a total of three minutes through the first three games of Miami’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against Indiana. The Wolverine product made his biggest contribution of the series prior to Game 4 on Sunday, when he confronted Indiana’s Lance Stephenson during shootaround. The two needed to be separated. Watch the video of Howard confronting Stephenson.

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More alternate uniforms on the horizon for Michigan

While growing up in the 1990s, many of my friends were Michigan and Florida State football fans. Living in Lake Forest, Ill., the Michigan allegiance was understandable — even though none of my friends had ties to the school despite the vast number of Michigan alums residing in Chicago suburbs. But Florida State? Not so much.

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Michigan shuts out Louisville in regional final

Freshman pitcher Haylie Wagner hurled a complete game behind a defense that turned three double plays to lift No. 21 Michigan to a 4-0 victory over host and No. 9 Louisville in the NCAA Regional final on Sunday at Ulmer Stadium. U-M will face the winner of the Tuscaloosa regional, which slated No. 2 Alabama and South Alabama in the final Sunday. Read full recap at MGoBlue.com and view the interactive NCAA bracket.

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Texas drops NU twice, ousts Wildcats

After a furious 8-1 run to end the regular season, a huge win over No. 6 national seed Texas to start the NCAA Tournament and a gritty victory over Houston to advance to the Austin Regional final, Northwestern saw its season come to a close Sunday in a 5-0 loss to the Longhorns in a winner-takes-all game. Read full recap at NUSports.comview the interactive NCAA bracket and read about Northwestern’s first loss Sunday in this post.

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No. 4 UCLA eliminates No. 5 Ohio State men

The No. 5 seed Ohio State men’s tennis team lost to No. 4 UCLA, 4-2, Sunday in the quarterfinals of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship in Athens, Ga. The Buckeyes conclude the season with a 34-4 overall record after advancing to their seventh consecutive NCAA quarterfinal. View the interactive NCAA bracket.

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Saturday’s Big Ten Baseball Roundup

It was a memorable Senior Day for the Michigan State baseball team on Saturday afternoon at McLane Baseball Stadium. The Spartans capped off the regular season with a 9-2 victory over Penn State, giving the class of 2012 its 128th win over the past four years, tying for the most in school history along with the class of 1989 and 1990. Read full recap at MSUSpartans.com and get our Saturday Big Ten baseball roundup in this post.

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Michigan walks off again, moves on to regional final

Sophomore catcher Caitlin Blanchard was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to push the winning run across as the No. 21-ranked University of Michigan softball team defeated No. 9-ranked Louisville, 2-1, in eight innings in the NCAA Regional on Saturday afternoon at Ulmer Stadium. It is Michigan’s second consecutive walk-off win of the regional. Read full recap at MGoBlue.com and view the interactive NCAA bracket.

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NU tops Houston, advances to regional final

Northwestern tied a school-single game record with 17 base hits en route to beating Houston, 13-9, Saturday in a winner’s bracket victory that sends the Wildcats to the NCAA Austin Regional championship Sunday. The Wildcats (29-27) advance to their fifth NCAA Regional championship round in the last eight years. Read full recap at NUSports.com and view the interactive NCAA bracket.

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Illinois, Iowa advance to NCAA Men’s Golf Championships

Five Big Ten men’s golf teams entered the weekend with NCAA Championships aspirations, but Illinois and Iowa were the only ones to advance in regional action. Illinois and Iowa are off to the Championships at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif., while Indiana, Northwestern and Purdue missed out in their respective regionals. Read about all the teams in this post.

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