"Rachel The Rookie" certainly hasn?t been playing like one this season, although, Rachel Banham has been racking up the Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards. On Monday, the Minnesota freshman guard was named the Big Ten?s Freshman of the Week for the fifth time this season. Only two players in league history have won it […]
Anya Covington is Miss Reliable for Wisconsin. The senior forward has played in 121 straight games and hasn't missed one in her entire collegiate career. How has she become that durable? Basketball analyst and writer Patricia Babcock McGraw talked to Covington about that in her latest Gimme 5 audio segment. Jump down in this post […]
The college basketball world was buzzing last week when Illinois guard Brandon Paul had the game of his life. As if not to be outdone, Purdue's Brittany Rayburn went out and had the game of her life just two days later. Basketball analyst and writer Patricia Babcock McGraw talks to Rayburn in her latest Gimme […]
At 5-foot-7, Courtney Boylan is the smallest player on Michigan?s roster, and one of the smallest players in the league. But she?s a big, big reason the Wolverines are 13-3 and coming off one of the biggest wins in the Big Ten this season. Basketball analyst and writer Patricia Babcock McGraw talks to Boylan in […]
Penn State sophomore guard Maggie Lucas wasted no time making a name for herself in the Big Ten. Last year as a freshman, she scored nearly 16 points per game, broke the league?s single-season record for most 3-pointers, earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors eight times and was ultimately named the Big Ten?s freshman and sixth […]
Basketball analyst and writer Patricia Babcock McGraw?s latest Gimme 5 audio segment is a chat with Nebraska's Jordan Hooper. Each week this season we will post an audio interview with a Big Ten Conference women?s basketball player to hear their story. Jump down in this post to read and hear more. Our analyst writes: Big […]