Three-Pointers: Breaking down the week in hoops

It’s time for my weekly Three-Pointers and I’m firing shots as quickly as I can grab a basketball, giving you a quick look back and forward in the Big Ten. From Michigan State’s tough road loss at Illinois to the steady play of the Big Ten’s big men, it’s been another busy seven days of hoops.

There are three men’s games on Saturday, including Indiana at Purdue at 7 p.m. ET on BTN/BTN2Go. Then there are three more Sunday games, including Minnesota at Nebraska (1 p.m.) and Northwestern at Illinois (3 p.m.). Both games are on BTN and BTN2Go, too.

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Badgers Drop 5-1 Decision to St. Cloud State

Brendan Woods was the lone goal scorer for Wisconsin in their 5-1 loss to St. Cloud State on Friday night. The teams play the second game of their back-back weekend series on Saturday.

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Friday Night Wrestling Roundup

Six wins, including a pair of falls, by the Ohio State wrestling team lifted the squad to a 24-13 victory over Michigan. Watch highlights of Ohio State’s 24-13 win and jump inside this post for more highlights from around the conference and an interview with Michigan wrestler Kellen Russell.

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This Week’s Top 5 Videos on BTN.com

It was another action-packed week in the Big Ten as proven by the number of videos our readers watched on these very pages. With some amazing plays punctuating some fantastic finishes, we posted a number of clips since last Friday. Below in this post is the list of the five most-watched videos over the past seven days.

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Next ‘Icons’ spotlights Purdue’s Gene Keady

Purdue’s legendary Gene Keady, who won 512 games in 25 seasons as the Boilermakers’ head basketball coach, is profiled Saturday in a new episode of Big Ten Icons, presented by Discover. Hosted by Hall of Fame broadcaster Keith Jackson, the show airs at approximately 9 p.m. ET, following the Purdue-Indiana men’s basketball game.

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This week’s ‘Journey’ debuts Saturday night

Attention fans of “The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2012″ and all others: This week’s show debit’s at a special time on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET. This week we take a look at the special friendship between Ohio State’s Jared Sullinger and Michigan’s Trey Burke and go on campus with Penn State’s Tim Frazier and Illinois’ Brandon Paul. Also, we’ll meet Wisconsin’s Otto Puls, the Badgers’ team scorekeeper for four decades. You can also catch an encore presentation of this episode at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Find more on past episodes over here.

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Big Ten Geeks: Digging Themselves a Hole

Michigan picked up a nice home win over Indiana that was, depending on your point-of-view, either not as close as or a lot closer than the final margin suggests. John Beilein’s team jumped out to a big early lead, which peaked at 20 points before the Hoosiers got going. Indiana then took momentum into halftime and maintained it out of the break. The Hoosiers were able to whittle the difference down to two points on multiple occasions, but they just couldn’t get over the hump. Michigan then finished with a flurry to arrive at the final 12-point margin. This breakdown of the efficiencies shows just how well the Hoosiers played during the middle of the game:

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Surfing Across Friday’s Big Ten Web Links

Tired of ex-jocks interviewing ex-jocks about the Super Bowl? So am I. Instead, in this post have a look at what other esteemed scribes are saying about the Big Ten on this glorious Friday in February. And not one of these ink-stained wretches uses hair spray. I guarantee it.

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Dienhart: Q&A with Illinois’ Brandon Paul

It was a night of singular greatness that has been unmatched by any other Big Ten player this season—and few across the nation, for that matter. I’m talking about Brandon Paul’s out-of-his mind, 43-point effort in a 79-74 win over No. 5 Ohio State back in January.

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Northwestern holds off Nebraska, 84-74

John Shurna scored 28 points and grabbed five rebounds to lift Northwestern to an 84-74 win over Nebraska on Thursday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston. Shurna

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