Regardless of what happens in Indianapolis at this week’s Big Ten Tournament, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana and Wisconsin all are dancing. One team – Ohio State – still has realistic dreams of a landing on the right side of the Selection Sunday bubble.
That makes this year’s Big Ten Tournament a little mundane, but there are still [...]

Record: (18-12, 9-8 Big Ten)
Key Wins: N-Syracuse, Florida, @ Illinois, Minnesota, Purdue
Key Losses: @ Tennessee, North Carolina, @ Iowa, @ Michigan
Key Stat: 4-8 away from Value City Arena.
Key Numbers: RPI: 55; SOS: 33; NSOS: 13; Vs. Top 50: 1-9
Biggest Strengths: Big-time talents. As I wrote earlier this season, the Buckeyes are not in a rebuilding [...]

First, the recap:
Big Ten: Ohio State. The Big Ten’s weekly entrant in this column is one loss away from dropping out of the bracket. OSU is an abysmal 1-8 against the RPI Top 50. Fortunately, or unfortunately, for them they still have three opportunities to improve that record: @Indiana, H-Purdue, and H-Michigan State [...]

After a one-week hiatus, we’re back with the weekly Bubble Watch. A quick rundown of the teams featured last time around:
Big 10: Indiana Hoosiers. IU is now officially a lock.  After two wins over Big Ten leaders Purdue and Michigan State, Indiana will be in the Tournament.  The bigger question is whether [...]

First, a review of last week’s Bubble teams:
Big Ten - Ohio State Buckeyes. Ugh. Bucks had a chance to solidify their profile last week, but lost at a scrappy Iowa. We’re now starting the all-important “Last 10 games,” and as bad as the Big Ten is this year, Ohio State’s schedule is pretty rough. [...]

The tears were flowing in Columbus, Ohio, last April. The Ohio State Buckeyes, who lost to Florida in the BCS Championship game in January and had already lost to the Gators on the hardwood back in December, were swallowed up by the Gators once again, this time in the NCAA title game.
It wasn’t just the [...]

When analyzing matchups, experts tend to look at the obvious: rankings, star players, and big-name coaches. All of these play a factor, but sometimes a win just comes down to knowing your opponent.
How does the opposition score? From the foul line? Mid-range jumpers? Three-pointers? And, almost as important, where are your team’s defensive weaknesses? Can [...]

2006-2007 Record: 35-4 (15-1 Big 10, 1st)
Postseason Games:

3/9/2007
Michigan
Big Ten Tournament
W
72-62

3/10/2007
Purdue
Big Ten Tournament
W
63-52

3/11/2007
Wisconsin
Big Ten Tournament
W
66-49

3/15/2007
Cent. Conn St.
NCAA
W
78-57

3/17/2007
Xavier.
NCAA
W
78-71 (OT)

3/22/2007
Tennesseee
NCAA
W
85-84

3/24/2007
Memphis
NCAA
W
92-76

3/31/2007
Georgetown
NCAA
W
67-60

4/2/2007
Florida
NCAA
L
84-75

Returning Statistical Leaders:
8.5 ppg – Jamar Butler
4.5 rpg – Othello Hunter
3.6 apg – Jamar Butler

Starting Lineup:
Key Stat:

C
Kosta Koufos
7’0
Fr.
45.4% 3-point shooter through 5 games

PF
Othello Hunter
6’8
Sr.
20 blocks in 18 Big Ten games last year

SF
David Lighty
6’5
So.
Only 68.5% FT shooter and 20% [...]

North Carolina (5-0) has been tested twice in five contests, first in the season-opener and then again in the final of the Las Vegas Invitational. The Tar Heels beat a Davidson team that briefly entered the AP Top 25 by a 76-72 margin at home to kick of the 2007-2008 campaign. After three blowouts (two [...]

Historically the Preseason NIT field has consisted of four ranked teams in the preseason polls that will meet in New York City to attract viewers to the Worldwide Leader.
That’s not the case in 2008, but for the first time in recent years, the entire field is competitively deeper and is evenly distributed across the four [...]