Written by BTN.com staffWe’ll update this post throughout the morning with tidbits from Big Ten Basketball Media Day. It may not be a surprise to hear that the media picked Indiana’s Cody Zeller as the preseason Player of the Year and that Indiana is their choice to win it all. Penn State is picked to win the women’s title and Penn State’s Alex Bentley Ohio State’s Tayler Hill shared the Player of the Year pick.
BTN’s Tom Dienhart and Brent Yarina rolled out their individual lists too. Read Dienhart’s list here and read Yarina’s list here. You should get caught up on all of the uniform changes for men’s basketball teams this season. BTN.com’s Yarina tracks these changes and covered them in a recent post.
BTN will bring fans two 60-minute basketball preview shows for both men’s and women’s basketball. “The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Preview Show” will air at 7 p.m. ET on Nov. 4 and will be hosted by Revsine and Jackson. “The Women’s Big Ten Basketball Preview Show” will air at 8:30 p.m. ET on Nov. 5 and be hosted by White and BTN’s Mike Hall.
Here’s are some tweets from Thursday:
Most #B1G players are sharing tables with teammates. And then there's #Hoosiers Cody Zeller. twitpic.com/b7b4ks—
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) October 25, 2012
Fanciest shoes of the day goes to #illini's Brandon Paul. #B1GMD twitpic.com/b7a6jj—
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) October 25, 2012
Me? I'd love to see Adreian Payne and Derrick Nix in football pads.How good would they be as tight ends or d-ends? #Spartans #B1G—
Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) October 25, 2012
Tim Miles, hoop coach, photographer, Tweeter, Renaissance Man. RT @CoachMiles Live from the podium! #B1GMD http://t.co/pWcJ77qR—
Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) October 25, 2012
It will be fascinating to see how @TomCrean handles all of that talent and finds minutes for his loaded stable. #Hoosiers #B1G—
Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) October 25, 2012
I'd like to see a 3-point contest between these two former AAU teammates. #B1GMD twitpic.com/b79wfa—
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) October 25, 2012
Where's Zeller? Hint, the only 7-footer. twitpic.com/b79ttd—
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) October 25, 2012
Tom Crean on depth, having so many good players to share time: "I'm not worried about that." twitpic.com/b79v7a—
Brent Yarina (@BTNBrentYarina) October 25, 2012
Coach Carmody sits down with @BTNRickPizzo of @BigTenNetwork. #B1GMD http://t.co/SwQboiZd—
NU Men's Basketball (@NUMensBball) October 25, 2012
Here are some more stories from around the conference school websites:
- Hawkeyesports.com: Like Iowa, Big Ten is Improved
- IUHoosiers.com: Men’s Basketball at Big Ten Media Day
- IUHoosiers.com: Tom Crean’s press conference transcript
- MGoBlue.com: U-M Picked to Finish Second in Preseason Poll, Burke Honored
- Purduesports.com: Big Ten Coaches Pick Purdue No. 3 and Name Moses Preseason All-Big Ten
- GoPSUsports.com: Defending Champion Lady Lions Picked to Claim Big Ten Title
Find more via the Twitter hash tag #B1GMD.
To get reacquainted for the upcoming season, our Big Ten Geeks will return to blog about the numbers behind men’s basketball games all season in their special section of BTN.com. And BTN.com’s men’s school-by-school 2012-2013 schedules are here and the women’s schedules are here.
Also, BTN.com has rolled out our 2012 preseason player rankings leading up to the season. Agree? Disagree? Tells us.
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When an organization even loosely connected to journalism posts error-filled copy such as:
“BTN’s Tom Dienhart and Brent Yarina rolld out there individual lists to”
It’s obviously disappointing. When the news organization represents the Big 10 which is filled with journalism schools its inexcusable.
Those are our mistakes and we’ll own it. We have corrected it and we apologize for the disappointment.
Is this it? Nothing more to report from media day? Must have been very short and dull.
Nope, lots of video and more posts to come. Thanks.
No TV coverage? Not even tonight?
Ronman189, BTN will bring fans two 60-minute basketball preview shows for both men’s and women’s basketball. The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Preview Show will air at 7 PM ET on Nov. 4 and will be hosted by Revsine and Jackson. The Women’s Big Ten Basketball Preview Show will air at 8:30 PM ET on Nov. 5 and be hosted by White and BTN’s Mike Hall.