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 […]
This week on "The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2014," we learn how and why Ohio State?s Shannon Scott and Sam Thompson traded places in the starting lineup and sparked the Buckeyes. Also, see why Chris Collins? most important recruiting win at Northwestern so far was keeping senior Drew Crawford in Evanston. We also explore the […]
No doubt about it, Shannon Scott has struggled during Ohio State's recent Big Ten slide. The junior guard came off the bench for the first time this season Saturday at Wisconsin, and he just so happened to help lead the Buckeyes to a 59-58 road win. Oh, and he also tallied one of the best […]
Ohio State's Shannon Scott entered his junior season with a grand total of 12 3-pointers. In Saturday's season opener vs. Morgan State, Scott hit a trio of early treys in succession, the first coming at the 19:03 mark and the final at 17:55. That's three 3s in 1:08 of game time. Not bad for a […]
The exhibition basketball season is upon us (view our streaming schedule). Soon enough, the games will start to count. With that in mind, I thought I'd offer up my All-Big Ten Underrated Team. See my five guys in this post. Who did I miss? Tweet it my way, @BTNBrentYarina. [ MORE: Don't forget about these […]
On Saturday, Iowa defended its home court with a win over Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes raced out to a 30-10 lead before the Badgers finally got something going on offense, though I think that early start for Wisconsin overshadows what kind of game this really was. Both offenses scored over a point per possession, which is […]