As we inch closer to what will be another thrilling Big Ten conference season, here are each teams’ breakout player to watch in 2019-2020: Rutgers- Caleb McConnell (Sophomore) 2018-19 Season Stats: 5.5 PTS 2.5 REB 1.0 AST 41% FG Michigan- Isaiah Livers (Junior) 2018-19 Season Stats: 7.9 PTS 3.9 REB 0.7 AST 48.7% FG Michigan State- Aaron Henry (Sophomore) 2018-19 Season
Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
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Resiliency! Arguably the best day of the tournament so far all defined by resilience. Texas Tech, Gonzaga, Purdue, and Virginia showed the world that they meant business but sadly only two could move on to the Final Four. In the early match up #1 Gonzaga took on #3 Texas Tech. Tempo was the name of the game. The Texas Tech
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Sixteen teams remain. Eight games to be played to decide who is elite enough to move on to be one step closer to cut down the nets and take a trip to Minneapolis to play for the National Championship. Seven conferences remain and will battle it out in hopes that their teams can keep the momentum going and break into
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It wasn’t the prettiest of first round showings for the third seed in the South region, but a win is a win. The Purdue Boilermakers (24-9) locked in on defense all night, and were able to do just enough on the offensive end to survive and advance. The Boilermakers were led by familiar face Carsen Edwards, who scored a game
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Last years Big Dance was unlike any prior to it. History was made, as UMBC became the first 16 seeded team to ever win a round of 64 game, beating Virginia by 20. Loyola-Chicago became 2018’s cinderella, hitting a buzzer beater to beat Miami in the first round and riding the momentum all the way to the Final Four. Every
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First round — Wednesday, March 13 Game 1: 12 Rutgers vs. 13 Nebraska 6:30 BTN The Scarlet Knights won the lone meeting between these two teams 76-69 on January 21st, and I like Steve Pikell’s team to sweep the season series on Wednesday. Geo Baker and Eugene Omoruyi will be too tough to handle for the Huskers. A disappointing season
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The Texas Longhorns have been all over the place this season. Early, in November, the Longhorns reached #17 in the AP poll and were coming off a big neutral site win over then #7 North Carolina. Than the Longhorns blew a big lead to Michigan State that started a three game slide with home losses to Radford and VCU. Ever
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The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. To the American sports fan this time period known as “March Madness” is equal to Christmas, Thanksgiving and The Fourth of July all wrapped up in one. The only exception? This holiday last for an entire month! People all over this nation, basketball fan and non-basketball fan, cast their lots in basketball tourney pools at
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Starting Monday, the ACC and B1G will go head to head for the 19th straight year in the annual ACC vs. Big 10 challenge. This series of games is unlike any other, and this year should be no different. Starting in 1999 with just 9 teams, the ACC vs. B1G challenge has consistently grown to become one of if not
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