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Yarina: My All-Big Ten hoops Underrated Team
Yarina: My All-Big Ten hoops Underrated Team
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 […]
My 2012-13 All-Big Ten underrated team
My 2012-13 All-Big Ten underrated team
About Brent Yarina BTN.com web editor Brent Yarina covers football and men's basketball for BTN.com. He writes the popular uniform feature "Clothes Call," which also focuses on the latest cosmetic changes across Big Ten arenas and stadiums. Read all of his work here. You can subscribe to Yarina's RSS feed and follow him on Twitter […]
'The Journey' profiles Purdue's Johnson brothers
'The Journey' profiles Purdue's Johnson brothers
On Saturday night's "The Journey: Big Ten Basketball 2013," we put the spotlight on Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas, Purdue's Johnson brothers and Wisconsin's new point guards. In this clip, you get a taste for all three of the latest episode's storylines. Best of all: We have family video of Terone and Ronnie Johnson as youngsters, […]
Big Ten Geeks: It isn't the Little Ten
Big Ten Geeks: It isn't the Little Ten
Illinois? weaknesses were exposed in a road loss against a mediocre Purdue team last night. The concerning thing isn?t so much that Illinois lost-Purdue isn?t a terrible team, just a terrible offensive team-it?s that it lost to Purdue despite hitting 10 three-pointers (38% from three on the night). Thus, it appears the ?Illinois wins when […]
Big Ten Geeks: Christmas Wishlist, Part II
Big Ten Geeks: Christmas Wishlist, Part II
Continuing the discussion of what each team could use this holiday season. Part one here. Nebraska (6-2) Already, Tim Miles has been successful in installing parts of his system. His Colorado State and North Dakota State teams dutifully cleaned the glass on defense, and we?re seeing similar results with the Huskers (a cynic would point […]
Big Ten Geeks: Contenders and Pretenders
Big Ten Geeks: Contenders and Pretenders
Up until Saturday night, Illinois? season has been described in strange terms. At that point, it was ?surprising? that Illinois was undefeated. The Illini won the Maui Invitational, which was a very ?prestigious? early-season tournament. This isn?t normally how one talks about an undefeated team that?s ranked in the top-15. That's because very few people […]
