D.J. Newbill
Big Ten's biggest Wooden Award preseason watch list snubs
Big Ten's biggest Wooden Award preseason watch list snubs
Seven Big Ten stars were named to the Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 watch list, released Monday. Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky, the media's Preseason Big Ten Player of the Year, headlines the list that also includes teammate Sam Dekker. See the full list of Big Ten players at the bottom of this post. Here, I want […]
#BTNLive asks: Who should have been first team?
#BTNLive asks: Who should have been first team?
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, […]
Big Ten Geeks: Senior Day Already?
Big Ten Geeks: Senior Day Already?
Penn State celebrated an early senior night (the Nittany Lions still have another home game remaining, but I guess they didn?t like their chances against Wisconsin) by rallying from an 11-point first half deficit to take down Ohio State. PSU got a big game out of junior guard D.J. Newbill (23 points, 9 shots), who […]
Survey Says: Who is the Big Ten's best dunker?
Survey Says: Who is the Big Ten's best dunker?
If it?s Friday, it?s time for my survey. This week, I asked Big Ten media members who is the best dunker in the conference. A guy from Ohio State was a popular choice. [ MORE: Review and Preview: Badgers, Huskers riding streaks ] Ben Jones, StateCollege.com: Branden Dawson had some pretty impressive dunks prior to […]
Crawford, Newbill, Vonleh claim Big Ten weekly honors
Crawford, Newbill, Vonleh claim Big Ten weekly honors
The Big Ten office released its latest Big Ten Men's Basketball Players of the Week on Monday, and three players were honored. Northwestern's Drew Crawford and Penn State's D.J. Newbill shared Player of the Week, while Indiana's Noah Vonleh claimed Freshman of the Week. Read more in this post. Co-Players of the Week: Drew Crawford, […]
Video: D.J. Newbill hits OT game-winner at Ohio State
Video: D.J. Newbill hits OT game-winner at Ohio State
Prediction: D.J. Newbill won't soon forgot his performance in Wednesday night's win at No. 23 Ohio State. Not only did Newbill score a game-high 25 points, but he hit the game-winner with 1.9 seconds left in overtime to help the Nittany Lions snap their 18-game losing streak to the Buckeyes. Even better: Newbill beat all-world […]
