The NCAA tournament brackets were revealed Sunday evening, and after both Florida and Michigan lost in their respective conference tournaments, the choice for the #1 seed came down to Duke and Arizona. And since Duke had it coming in to the weekend, and won the ACC Tournament without two of its normal starters, guess what: […]
Penn State’s Big Ten Tournament run came to an end with a 5-2 loss to Michigan on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions made a bevy of mistakes that directly led to Michigan goals, and it was too much to overcome against the top team in the country on the road. Penn State will now wait […]
First Team All-Big Ten Cuscago Ty: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan *Big Ten Player of the Year Keaton Wagler, Illinois Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Bruce Thornton, Ohio State Braden Smith, Purdue Robby Nardini: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan * Big Ten Player of the Year Keaton Wagler, Illinois Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Braden Smith, Purdue Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska How […]
No change in the top three, as Duke, Arizona, and Michigan had dominant 2-0 weeks where they beat strong competition. The Blue Devils rolled past Virginia, the Wildcats clobbered Kansas, and the Wolverines romped past Illinois 84-70 on the road. Below them, UConn and Florida impressed in the battle for the fourth 1-seed, with the […]
CHAMPAIGN — Kylan Boswell sat at the podium while emerging from a flashbang. As the mist subsided, the irritation in his eyes grew. It was like he had seen a ghost. “I feel like I let us down tonight. I can’t afford this type of stuff for the team,” Boswell said after No. 10 Illinois’ […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With all the hope in the world, Illini fans were let down Friday night. Despite a sold out State Farm Center crowd and a sense of hunger to take home a victory, No. 10 Illinois couldn’t hold off the most athletic team in the nation, falling 84-70 to No. 3 Michigan. The […]
Yeah, so this caused a firestorm of controversy. The concept of rivalry in college athletics can be a headscratcher. In college football, Michigan State fans view Michigan as their rivals. Michigan fans view Michigan State as their intramural sparring partner because of their far greater concern with the team down south. Meanwhile, in basketball, Ohio […]
Game 1: Relatively Competitive with ranked Michigan Game 2: Relatively competitive with ranked Notre Dame Game 3: Bit of a struggle with Cleveland State, rallied and won Game 4: Handled Detroit Mercy fairly easily two days after the CSU game Game 5: What will happen when Marquette men’s lacrosse has to deal with a Harvard […]
The Big Ten is lost. Michigan officially locked up at least a share of the conference last night with three games to go, and unless they lose at Illinois, at Iowa, and at home against Michigan State Purdue will have to wait another year for that elusive 27th Big Ten championship that was almost considered […]
The victims of Sunday afternoon’s top-10 upsets slid a combined seven spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll, with Michigan and Louisville clinging to their top-10 statuses at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, as Duke dropped three spots to No. 12. Here’s how the rest of the top 25 shook out, with first-place […]
Next up for Duke is a very tough matchup in Washington, D.C. with #1 Michigan, and that game is going to be a really big challenge. To an extent, these teams mirror each other. For one, Jon Scheyer and Dusty May have no interest whatsoever in Small Ball. They’ve both gone big. Scheyer started his […]
We’ll get more into this when it gets closer to game time obviously, but as you probably know, Duke and Michigan are set to play on Saturday. With Michigan #1 and Duke #3 and the amount of attention both programs get, but especially Duke, ticket prices were never going to be cheap. Capital One Arena seats […]
We have a new #1. Arizona is undefeated no more, and that means Michigan has snatched the throne at 24-1. They’ve won nine Quad 1 games, pounded the majority of their competition, and seem to be showing no signs of slowing down as March nears. Behind them sits Houston, who’s only lost once in Big […]
As we head into Gameweeks 27 to 32, looking at team fixtures can help you make smart FPL decisions. Some teams have easier matches where their players can score points consistently, while others face tough games that make it harder to get returns. In this article, we highlight five teams to focus on and five […]
Tuesday night is one of the biggest games in the history of Mackey Arena. Purdue began the season as the No. 1 ranked team, but now it will look to beat the No. 1 ranked team for the first time since beatined Arizona in December 2024. The Boilermakers have only beaten No. 1 three times […]
No. 2 Michigan secured the regular season series against No. 5 Penn State with a 6-3 win on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions were down to 10 healthy forwards after Dane Dowiak exited last night’s game with an injury. Penn State’s effort was solid for most of the game, but the Wolverines’ superior talent and […]
Gavin McKenna, who has been charged with misdemeanor assault after a recent fight in downtown State College, is expected to play this weekend when Penn State takes on Michigan...
According to multiple reports, Marcus Freeman and the Notre Dame Football program are expected to hire Michigan linebackers coach, Brian Jean-Mary, to coach the linebackers for the Irish in 2026. Jean-Mary was also the Michigan defensive run game coordinator — which is was also the same position as departing Irish coach Al Washington had last […]
Between Michigan-Michigan State and Purdue-Indiana, there were a few B1G rivalries that took center stage throughout the week, and Illinois-Nebraska was a great game to cap off an already amazing week. With many big games in other locations across the country, the bracketology outlook has significantly shifted as well. Michigan – No. 1 Seed (No. […]
This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us back to one of the most emotionally charged games ever played inside Notre Dame Stadium — the 1992 showdown between Notre Dame and Michigan. I chose this game in honor of Reggie Brooks, whose birthday we just celebrated on January 19th. Reggie’s legacy at Notre Dame extends far beyond […]
The Big Ten is nearly halfway through the season, and it’s time to highlight some of the league’s top performers so far. The conference is as strong as it’s been in years, with five teams currently ranked inside the Top 12 of the latest AP Top 25 Poll. Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, Michigan State, and Purdue […]
For a while on Friday night, Ohio State was going toe-to-toe with one of the best teams in the country in Michigan. The Buckeyes had a one-point lead midway through the second half… before the floodgates opened. Michigan outscored the Buckeyes 27-14 over the final eight minutes of action for a 74-62 win Friday night […]
We are more than a quarter of the way through Big Ten conference play, and five teams have separated themselves as legitimate regular-season title contenders. Michigan, Purdue, Nebraska, Michigan State, and Illinois all have zero or one loss in league play and will be battling to be crowned champion. Illinois won a share of the […]
While Mizzou Football’s transfer portal strategy may be questionable this offseason — Eli Drinkwitz and the staff were still able to land some high-profile players. Michigan cornerback Elijah Dotson is certainly one of those additions. As a former four-star, top-100 recruit out of high school, Dotson put up a productive freshman season with the Wolverines. […]
Ohio State failed to achieve two of its three ultimate goals this season, defeating Michigan but losing the Big Ten Championship Game to Indiana and falling in the first round of the College Football Playoff to Miami. In both of the Buckeyes’ losses to the Hoosiers and Hurricanes, a large portion of the blame fell […]