I tend to not flout my ability as a college basketball prognosticator. After all, this is really my first year as a sports writer, let alone as a fan-turned-journalist who predicts the outcome of Big …

Coming into the season, it was clear that there was simply no heir apparent for the Big Ten regular season title. That sentiment remains, with Indiana and Wisconsin undefeated and Michigan State and Purdue close …

Matt Painter will be keeping his job this year, and he may even have it for the next three, at the least. Ten weeks into his third assignment at Purdue, there is a palpable buzz …

When Tubby Smith stepped down from the most illustrious coaching job in college basketball — you know, the University of Kentucky — he had to have known that the next place to hire him would …

There are certain truths that come to light around this time, and this year one of them is as easy to see as Bruce Weber’s orange blazers: The Big Ten is extraordinarily weak. Whereas it …

When Steve Alford took the head coaching position at University of Iowa after four successful seasons with Southwest Missouri State (now Missouri State), one would have thought that Bloomington, Ind. was set of fire. Alford …

Historically, there may not be another team quite like Northwestern. Never making it to the NCAA Tournament, and earning their last conference championship (a shared victory with Ohio State, no less) just before Hitler took …

Say what you will about Bruce Weber and his ability to motivate a team, these Illini are going to have to find something more in their game if they want to make a legitimate run …