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Ohio State announced Monday afternoon that Thad Matta is out as the men's basketball coach. Matta, who arrived in Columbus before the 2004-05 season, led the Buckeyes to five Big Ten regular-season titles and four Big Ten tourney crowns, all while amassing a 337-123 record.
A slate of six games looms on this Saturday. And there is some marquee appeal. At the top of the list is Ohio State’s trip to Nebraska. Northwestern’s game at Maryland also is interesting. NU may be the top team in the West, while the Terps are on the rise and looking to make a statement.
Yes, June has just begun. And air hasn’t even been pumped into footballs yet for the start of the season, which is still over two months away. But why not take a peek at an early—and I mean EARLY—projected 2018 NCAA tourney bracket now that we know which players are staying and which ones are going pro?
Week 6 offers up some interesting tilts, including a big rivalry game with Michigan State playing at Michigan. But there are two other very compelling games, headlined by Wisconsin playing at Nebraska. And keep an eye on the Penn State at Northwestern contest.
In the third episode of the BTN Podcast, former Iowa Hawkeye tight end George Kittle joined Alex Roux of BTN.com. Kittle was a 2017 fifth round draft pick of the San Francisco 49ers, and he discussed his transition to the NFL, his time in Iowa City and his love of WWE wrestling among other topics throughout the show.
The Big Ten's five NCAA tournament teams open postseason action Friday. Big Ten regular-season champ Nebraska and Indiana pace the conference as No. 2 seeds, while Maryland and Michigan are 3 seeds and Big Ten tourney champ Iowa is a 4.
There isn’t an abundance of pizzazz on a six-game slate this week that includes a Friday night tilt pitting Nebraska at Illinois. The unquestioned top game is Northwestern at Wisconsin in a game between arguably the top two teams in the Big Ten West.
Big Ten action picks up in Week 4, which also is dotted with a few interesting non-league games. The headlines are Penn State at Iowa and Notre Dame at Michigan State. Get BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart's full preview inside.
Iowa crushed Northwestern for the Hawkeye program's first Big Ten Tournament baseball title, 13-4, Sunday at Indiana's Kaufman Field. The win punched Iowa's ticket to the NCAA tournament.
Updates from Semifinal Saturday at the 2017 Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The matchups are Iowa vs. Minnesota and Maryland vs. Northwestern. The Hawkeyes and the Terrapins both need two wins to advance to the Sunday's final.
