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It was a terrible shooting weekend for the title contenders. Collectively, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Michigan were 14 for 76 from three this weekend. Two of those teams nonetheless found a way to win.
Find out more about: Cody Zeller, D.J. Byrd, Dylan Talley, Keith Appling, Myke Henry, Ray Gallegos, Roy Devyn Marble, Trevor Mbakwe, Trey Burke
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Yes, the object in basketball is score. You need athletes, shooters, passers and rebounders. But good teams also possess toughness.
Find out more about: Aaron Craft, Big Ten surveys, Evan Ravenel, Keith Appling, Trevor Mbakwe, Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo, Will Sheehey
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It took Trevor Mbakwe most of the nonconference season to work his way back from last year’s season-ending knee surgery. Either that, or Tubby Smith just decided to bring him back slowly. It was probably the latter, come to think of it, but the sixth-year senior sure looks good now.
Find out more about: Big Ten's Best Dunks, Gone Viral, Trevor Mbakwe
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As we finish up non-conference play, we’re getting a better picture of where the teams stack up, and where they have holes to fill. No team is perfect, so everyone could stand to benefit from some gifts from Santa (or whoever). Here’s a rundown of what everyone needs.
Find out more about: Aaron White, Cody Zeller, Gary Harris, Melsahn Basabe, Mitch McGary, Trevor Mbakwe, Victor Oladipo, Yogi Ferrell
Trevor Mbakwe is very confident in his team, to the point that he’s making a guarantee. The Minnesota power forward tweeted Saturday night that he’ll pay back this season’s scholarship if the Gophers don’t make the NCAA tournament. See the tweet in this post, plus a couple follow up ones.
Find out more about: Big Ten Tweets, Trevor Mbakwe
BTN.com’s Brent Yarina is in the middle of unveiling his 2012-13 preseason Big Ten Player Rankings one by one. The countdown goes in reverse order, of course, and each installment includes player stats and one video highlight from last season. Once the season starts, Yarina will release a weekly Player Rankings every Monday. Up next, at No. 4: Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe.
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Indiana’s Jordan Hulls and Minnesota’s Trevor Mbakwe were listed on Andy Glockner’s 10 most important seniors for the 2012-13 season. Hulls, one of the nation’s elite shooters, is a career 47.4 percent from the field, while Mbakwe, who missed all but seven games last year due to a knee injury, owns 23 career double-doubles. See what Glockner says about both players in this post.
Find out more about: Jordan Hulls, Trevor Mbakwe
What were you doing around 1 p.m. ET Monday? Chances are, you weren’t having as much fun as Minnesota basketball player Trevor Mbakwe. In the wake of announcing he will use his sixth year of eligibility and return to the Gophers for the 2012-13 season, Mbakwe went to Twitter (@TMbakwe 32), started a hashtag, #imgetting2old4college, and got to tweeting. The result: Hilarity. See the 23-year-old star’s entertaining series of self deprecating tweets in this post.
Find out more about: Big Ten Tweets, Trevor Mbakwe
It’s been expected for a while now, but Trevor Mbakwe announced Monday afternoon that he will use his sixth year of eligibility and return to the Minnesota basketball program for the 2012-13 season.
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Every Sunday night during the hoops season, BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina recaps the week that was on the men’s hardwood and hands out his weekly honors. See Brent’s latest installment, for action from Nov. 21-27, in this post.
Find out more about: Ben Brust, Best of the Best, Jared Berggren, Jared Sullinger, Melsahn Basabe, Trevor Mbakwe
Every Sunday night during the hoops season, Brent Yarina recaps the week that was on the men’s hardwood and hands out his weekly honors. See Brent’s first installment, for action from Nov. 14-20, in this post.
Find out more about: Best of the Best, Bo Spencer, Cody Zeller, Drew Crawford, Jordan Taylor, Robbie Hummel, Tim Frazier, Trevor Mbakwe
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