It's the summer, so that means there's no shortage of countdowns for your consumption. Today, thebiglead.com released its 50 best players in college basketball. The Big Ten was all over the list, with six players included. Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker paced the Big Ten, at No. 6 and No. 9, respectively. See all […]
The 2014 NBA Draft is hardly in the rearview mirror, but now it's time to take a super-early look at the Big Ten's top 2015 draft prospects. Who is the top prospect? BTN analysts Stephen Bardo and Shon Morris have different answers. See Bardo and Morris' top 5 2015 prospects in this post. [ MORE: […]
Here's a question to ponder: What does every great college basketball team have in common? We know every one has a superstar. This year's national champion UConn had Shabazz Napier, last year's champion Louisville team had Russ Smith, and the 2012 Kentucky team had Anthony Davis, and so on. Every great college basketball team also […]
Now that the 2013-14 college hoops season has come to a close, people are already beginning to take a look at what's to come in 2014-15. ESPN college basketball insider Jeff Goodman recently released a list of the most likely 2014-15 All-Americans, followed by a ranking of the 15 next-best players. Headlining Goodman's list is […]
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 Monday's show we asked: Which player is the biggest omission from the All-Big Ten first team? The answers for this debate are: Yogi Ferrell, Adreian Payne, Caris LeVert, […]
Michigan clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title this weekend, as it took care of business against Minnesota at home while Michigan State was upset by Illinois in East Lansing. Michigan mostly let Minnesota hang around until the last couple of minutes until it flipped the #WinTheGame switch. For once, Michigan?s defense […]