Toughness. It?s needed in any sport to be successful. And there are many definitions of toughness, which is displayed in various ways. Show me a successful team-and I?ll show you a tough team. Knowing that, I asked some writers who cover Big Ten hoops teams who they felt is the ?toughest? player in the conference. […]
If you're on Twitter, you can vote in our ongoing series of Big Ten Twitter polls for our weekday TV show #BTNLive weekdays at 6 p.m. ET. On tonight's #BTNLive show, our experts discuss this question: Who is the mid-season Big Ten Men's Basketball MVP? Our candidates for this poll: Keith Appling (#BTNAppling), Sam Dekker (#BTNDekker), […]
BTN contributor Mike DeCourcy and Sporting News coworker Ryan Fagan recently teamed up to create their midseason All-American Teams. Two Big Ten stars, both point guards, earned recognition, as Michigan State's Keith Appling landed on the second team and Ohio State's Aaron Craft found a spot on the third team. See what they say about […]
Another Ohio State game, another opportunity for Aaron Craft to amaze fans with his all-out hustle. While the latest example came in Sunday's home loss vs. No. 20 Iowa, Craft's effort to save a ball under his own basket can't be ignored. Not only did he save the ball, he went airborne – as he […]
Aaron Craft is as polarizing as any current college basketball player. It's a known fact. But, if you watch him on a nightly basis, it's really hard to understand how fans can dislike the four-year Ohio State point guard. His effort in Tuesday night's overtime loss at No. 5 Michigan State is the perfect example. […]
When Ohio State senior Aaron Craft isn't frustrating opponents or studying, there's a good chance the polarizing Big Ten star is taking part in a Taco Night. On Tuesday night, Craft and his roommates hosted a Taco Tuesday, organized by the Office of Student Life, for 1,000 students in the Schottenstein Center. [ MORE: Aaron […]