Gavitt Tipoff Games
Inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games starts Tuesday night
Inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games starts Tuesday night
The inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games opens at 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, with Penn State hosting DePaul in the first of eight games across four nights. [ MORE: View the latest national polls | See Jess Settles' player rankings ] The event, which pits the Big Ten vs. the BIG EAST and will span eight years, […]
Big Ten, BIG EAST announce matchups for inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games
Big Ten, BIG EAST announce matchups for inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games
The BIG EAST and Big Ten announced the matchups for the inaugural Gavitt Tipoff Games, with eight men’s basketball games set to air on BTN, an ESPN network or Fox Sports 1 from Nov. 17-20, 2015.
Dienhart: How about kicking off season in Gotham?
Dienhart: How about kicking off season in Gotham?
I spent the past two days trying to keep up with Big Ten commish Jim Delany. He?s a man in motion, literally, grinding out a trip over the past two weeks that culminated with some big announcements. On Monday, Delany was in New York to trumpet a basketball series with the Big East named in […]
Dienhart: Big Ten's big, bold move East
Dienhart: Big Ten's big, bold move East
NEW YORK — Jim Delany is a man on the move. Catch him if you can. The Big Ten commissioner is tugging a big black bag behind him as he walks toward a waiting Amtrak train that?s headed from New York?s Penn Station to Union Station in Washington, D.C. Train 2109 departs at 8 a.m. […]
Fran McCaffery sounds off on Gavitt Tipoff Games
Fran McCaffery sounds off on Gavitt Tipoff Games
BTN's Dave Revsine caught up with Iowa men's basketball coach Fran McCaffery on Monday and asked him about his thoughts on the Big Ten and Big East officially announcing the establishment of the Gavitt Tipoff Games, an annual early-season series of eight men?s basketball games played between the two conferences. "I think this is really […]
Dienhart: Gavitt Games matchups I want to see
Dienhart: Gavitt Games matchups I want to see
Now that the Gavitt Tipoff Series has been officially announced, it?s time to think of some of the fun potential matchups. Note: Nebraska-Creighton and Wisconsin-Marquette already play annually. And Butler meets Indiana and Purdue often. But here are 10 I?d like to see. [ MORE: Big Ten makes splash with Gavitt Tipoff Games | Gavitt […]
