A serendipitous air filled the stadium as the Ohio State men's basketball team tipped off their first game in the Big Ten tournament. After Evan Turner's desperation, game-winning 3-ball from nearly half court, the Buckeye basketball team advanced in the tournament, beating the Michigan Wolverines 69 to 68. For those of you, who missed the game, follow this link to check out his ridiculous shot. Turner has been clutch all year, stepping up at times when the team ...

INDIANAPOLIS—The Minnesota basketball team showed up for this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the word “RESPECT.” After Friday’s 72-67 quarterfinal upset of Michigan State, the sixth-seeded Golden Gophers are well on their way to earning some. “Anybody wants to earn respect in anything they do,” senior Lawrence Westbrook said. “So we’re just going to play hard, and if we do that we have enough talent to compete with anybody.” Indeed, while all the attention this ...

In an all-Buckeye state final, the Akron Zips and Ohio Bobcats will square off for the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship Saturday at 6 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Akron advanced to the title game with a thrilling 66-64 win over Western Michigan Friday night. Chris McKnight’s put-back with 6.8 seconds left sealed the deal for the Zips. Ohio, meanwhile, rode 28 points from Armon Bassett and 18 from DeVaughn Washington to coast to a 54-42 ...

When John Thompson Jr. coached the Hoyas, he embraced the "us against the world" mentality with his team. He used articles from the media and comments from coaches to inspire his team. He encouraged his guys to play dirty defense and slow the game down. His teams would milk the clock. It was good enough for him to achieve success in his Hall of Fame career. John Thompson III took over the downtrodden program in 2004. He ...

I hate it when BYU plays UNLV in Las Vegas. It is not hard to understand why I would feel this way, as I don’t even remember the last time we won there. Dave Rose has never beat UNLV at The Thomas and Mack, and BYU has lost their last eight there. Anyone who says that UNLV doesn’t have an advantage there is just plain stupid. There is a reason teams in all sports want a home ...

A two dribble, 35-foot form jumper for the win at the buzzer is Player of the Year-worthy stuff. It was a great shot by a great player that will be shown 8 billion times between now and the end of March. It was also a shot that was entirely preventable if Coach Beilein paid homage to the buzzer beaten by putting a defender on the inbounder. Instead, he conceded the frontcourt in a sucker’s trade to get more ...

The Big East tournament continues to be the best advertised conference tournament every season due to its high probability for drama and competition. However, this year it hasn't lived up to that bill. Yes, there have been close games, but there is no "Syracuse" this year and no 6 OT games. With fans feeling mislead a bit, fortunately they can focus their attention to 5 other conference tournament finals on saturday. Click Continue to find out which ...

In the entertainment capital of the world, the hottest ticket in town was for the UNLV-BYU semifinal matchup. It did not disappoint. UNLV was led by the late-game heroics of Tre'Von Willis. With about 3:00 minutes left in the game Willis suffered an apparent ankle injury, and headed to the locker room. BYU had taken the lead and things looked bleak for the hometown club. Taking a page ...

Judging by the 6'10" sophomore's performance against Michigan State on Friday night, Colton Iverson could be just what the doctor ordered for a Minnesota Golden Gopher tournament run. The Gophers (20-12) are on the proverbial bubble but strengthened their playoff bid's case with a 72-67 win over the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. Iverson doesn't typically rack up a truck load of minutes, but he was effective in the 27 minutes that Gopher coach Tubby ...

After Minnesota beat Penn State in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament, Coach Tubby Smith was asked what his team needed to do to beat Michigan State.  Coach Smith didn’t hesitate in answering, “We need to rebound, all of Coach Tom Izzo’s teams rebound well.” Most people believed going into the game that the Gophers would play well but fall short to the Spartans.  In the two earlier match-ups in the season, Michigan State ...