College

Collins Named Semifinalist for Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern head coach Chris Collins is one of 10 semifinalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year as announced Friday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. [More]

photo by Rick McIntyre, Excel High School Sports/McIntyre Imaging by Steven Stremming Indianapolis-The Wisconsin Badgers winners in their opening round game over Rutgers came back on Thursday evening with a decisive first half against Michigan State. Wisconsin got out quickly [More]

photo by Rick McIntyre, Excel High School/McIntyre Imaging by Steven Stremming Indianapolis-In Day 2 the underdog Minnesota Golden Gophers upset Penn State’s Nittany Lions 70-64 behind New Richland, Minnesota’s junior Carlie Wagner’s double-double, 26 points and 10 rebounds. Sophomore Kenisha Bell [More]

photo by Rick McIntyre, Excel High School Sports/McIntyre Imaging by Steven Stremming Indianapolis-The Purdue Boilermakers overcame a feisty Illinois Illini team in the second game of the Women’s Big Ten tournament held at Banker’s Life Field House and claimed a [More]

photo by Rick McIntyre, Excel High School Sports/McIntyre Imaging by Steven Stremming Indianapolis-Halves are interesting,  when you deal with any kind of sports, whether it be football and or in this case basketball. Northwestern had played a solid first half, [More]

  photo by: Carl Ennis by Steven Stremming Indianapolis- In a game which should never have been close as it was ended up exactly that way. Rutgers shot 29 first half shots but managed to only make three attempts. The [More]

photo by Carl Ennis by Steven Stremming Indianapolis- Today marked the first road win of the season for the Lady Illini as they downed Nebraska 79-70 and it couldn’t have came at a more opportune time, the first game in the Big [More]

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Honors Announced On BTN Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell chosen as Player of the Year ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference announced its 2016-17 women’s basketball all-conference teams and individual award recipients on Monday during BTN’s [More]

Player of the Week Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State G – Jr. – Cincinnati, Ohio – Princeton • Averaged 26.0 points, 5.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game with a .543 field goal percentage as Ohio State won twice last week [More]

Michigan State Sweeps Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors Spartans’ Nick Ward claims Player and Freshman of the Week honors Player and Freshman of the Week Nick Ward, Michigan State F – 6-9 – Gahanna, Ohio – Lincoln Averaged 21.5 points and [More]

Player of the Week Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State G – Jr. – Cincinnati, Ohio – Princeton • Averaged 27.5 points and 4.5 assists per game with a .581 field goal percentage and .556 three-point percentage in leading Ohio State to [More]

Purdue and Iowa Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors Boilermakers’ Swanigan named Player of the Week for fifth time this season; Hawkeyes’ Bohannon earns Freshman of the Week honors Player of the Week Caleb Swanigan, Purdue F – So. – 6-9 [More]

Swanigan Earns School-Record Tying 5th Big Ten Player of the Week Honor   WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – National Player of the Year candidate Caleb Swanigan was named the Big Ten’s Player of the Week for his role in a pair [More]

Tyra Buss Added To Wade Trophy Watch List   BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Junior guard Tyra Buss has been added to the Wade Trophy Watch List, announced by the WBCA NCAA Division I Coaches’ All-America Selection Committee on Monday afternoon. Buss [More]

NU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Ashley Deary Named Finalist For  Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year EVANSTON, Ill. ­– Northwestern senior Ashley Deary has been named one of ten finalists for the 2017 Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation’s top point guard. Deary was among [More]

Twelve Big Ten teams have played half of their 18-game conference schedules. Maryland and Wisconsin have played eight conference games and are tied atop the conference standings at 7-1. Northwestern is alone in third place at 7-2, while Purdue sits [More]