Prior to Sunday’s devastating 72-71 loss to Indiana, Michigan honored its seniors at the Crisler Center. On a team that relies on a host of talented young players, Michigan’s seniors accepted their roles and provided leadership throughout the season. Watch the Wolverines honor seniors Josh Bartelstein, Blake McLimans, Corey Person and Matt Vogrich here.
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Following Saturday afternoon’s 89-73 victory over Minnesota, Purdue held its Senior Day to honor Dru Anthrop and D.J. Byrd. Both players received framed personalized jerseys and delivered a speech to the Mackey Arena faithful. Head coach Matt Painter also talked about the seniors and their impact on the program. Watch Purdue honor its seniors now.
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Prior to Saturday’s season-finale victory over Nebraska, Iowa honored two-time captain Eric May and walk-on Christopher Rickert on Senior Day. May, the lone player left from the Todd Lickliter regime and a crowd favorite, grabbed six rebounds, dished out six assists and had a steal Saturday to help the Hawkeyes claim their first 20-win season since 2005-06 and their first .500 conference clip since 2006-07. Watch Iowa honors its seniors here.
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This Sunday at 8 p.m. ET “The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2013 presented by Chase Freedom” takes you behind the scenes at three different ceremonies honoring senior Big Ten men’s basketball player. The show airs right after the Northwestern-Michigan State game on BTN/BTN2Go.
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It was a special night at the Devaney Center on Wednesday. Not only did Nebraska play the final college basketball game in the arena, it hosted its annual Senior Night. Seniors Andre Almeida, Dylan Talley and Brandon Ubel were honored before the game vs. Minnesota. Watch all three seniors get introduced and receive their framed jersey here.
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- posted on 3/6/13 @2:16am
- Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.com
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Jordan Hulls grew up a few miles from Indiana and his grandfather was an assistant on Bobby Knight’s staff, so it was only fitting that he would wear the candy stripe pants one day. Four seasons of sweet shooting later, the hometown kid couldn’t help but get emotional following his final game at Assembly Hall. Watch Hulls let the emotions flow throughout his memorable Senior Night speech Tuesday here.
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- posted on 3/6/13 @1:13am
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Prediction: Indiana’s 2013 senior class will hold a special place in Hoosiers fans’ hearts. This is a group, after all, that committed to Tom Crean following the painful 6-25 2008-09 campaign, the team’s first in the wake of the Kelvin Sampson NCAA violations. It’s also a group that took its lumps before helping turn Indiana around and catapulting it back to the top of the sport.
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At approximately 11 p.m. ET Tuesday, right after the Ohio State-Indiana game, BTN/BTN2Go will have live coverage of the Hoosiers’ Senior Night festivities from Assembly Hall. The honorees include Derek Elston, Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford. On Sunday, Indiana clinched at least a share of the Big Ten Championship, its 21st overall and first since 2002.
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- posted on 3/2/13 @5:32pm
- Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.com
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So many of us have seen basketball players go to their knees and kiss the center court logo as they exit for the final time on Senior Day. But what about hockey players kissing the logo at center ice? It’s a Michigan State tradition, and thanks to @MSU_Hockey, there’s an outstanding photo of this year’s senior class continuing the tradition Saturday night.
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While the score didn’t allow John Groce to give Illinois’ seniors the appropriate curtain call Saturday, the Illini faithful was able to give its favorite seniors a standing ovation during the pregame Senior Day festivities. Watch Illinois honor Tyler Griffey, Sam McLaurin, Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson now.
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Prior to Saturday’s game vs. Penn State, Minnesota honored its four seniors: Andre Ingram, Trevor Mbakwe, Julian Welch and Rodney Williams. Fittingly, it was the seniors who led the Gophers to the easy 73-44 victory over the Nittany Lions. The seniors combined to score 37 points and grab 25 rebounds, led by Mbakwe’s 13 point, 13-rebound double-double. Watch the ceremony now.
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It’s that time of year again where Big Ten schools send off their senior players with memorable ceremonies in their final home games. Each year BTN.com looks for these video clips as fans bid their seniors good-bye. We’ll continue to do that in new posts over the coming days and tag them in our Big Ten Senior Day section.
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