This week on "The Journey," you got to experience Senior Night with some of the Big Ten's biggest stars, including Michigan seniors Zach Novak and Stu Douglass, Ohio State?s William Buford, Purdue?s Robbie Hummel and Iowa?s Matt Gatens. It was moving footage, to say the least. Watch a segment from Sunday night's show now and […]
The Big Ten Conference released its Big Ten Men's Basketball Players of the Week for Feb. 20-26 action on Monday. See the winners and what they did to earn the distinctions in this post. The women's honors were released Monday, too. Co-Players of the Week: Matt Gatens, Iowa, G - Sr. - 6-5 - Iowa […]
With Saturday?s win over Michigan, Purdue has seemingly punched its ticket to the Dance. At 9-7 in conference play, the Boilermakers are probably right where most expected them to finish this season–still solidly in the field of 68, but not a serious contender for the conference championship. But how they got to this point is […]
Another night, another set of at-large hopes dashed. On Wednesday evening, Minnesota hoped to keep their NCAA Tournament hopes alive, at least for another few days, with a crucial home matchup against Michigan State. Things were looking up when the Gophers took a nine-point lead with just over 10 minutes remaining. Maybe Minnesota really would […]
Spanning the Big Ten globe while we wait for those red-hot Iowa Hawkeyes to cool off. I think Matt Gatens is still shooting three-pointers from somewhere near Keokuk. Swish-again. Light it up! Sweet-shooting Matt Gatens and the fans brought electricity back to Carver Hawkeye, writes Marc Hansen of the Des Moines Register. And as far […]
Illinois picked up a much needed victory at Northwestern, but they sure didn't make it easy on themselves. The Wildcats came out executing their offense to the tune of 1.13 points per possession in the first half, a very solid showing against a good Illini defense. John Shurna was at the forefront of the attack, […]