Monthly archives: October 2009

Oct 12, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: 2009-2010 Season

Around the Big Ten ‘09: Indiana

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Previously: Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Next up in the seemingly never ending series of Big Ten previews, the Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana was absolutely terrible last year, so bad that they didn’t even fall on most efficiency charts. Tom Crean is no newcomer to coaching though, and improvement seems likely [...]

Oct 12, 2009 at 10:57 am by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: 2009-2010 Season,Links

Monday Bullets

MGoBlue.com is running a series of features to countdown the days ‘til Michigan Madness. Over the weekend they ran a video/slide show from Selection Sunday, an interview with Laval Lucas-Perry, and a feature on Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims. The highlight of the week will almost assuredly be the live chat with DeShawn Sims scheduled [...]

Oct 9, 2009 at 10:19 am by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: 2009-2010 Season

Around the Big Ten '09: Northwestern

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Previously: Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin Next up in the Around the Big Ten series, Northwestern. The Wildcats pulled off some shocking upsets last year and the folks in Evanston are excited for the upcoming year. I got a hold of Lake The Posts to talk some Northwestern hoops. Last year [...]

Oct 8, 2009 at 9:37 am by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: Links

Thursday Bullets

Thursday Bullets

Len Elmore knows how to stay busy. After his NBA career he headed to Harvard Law School and has dabbled as an agent and lawyer while announcing college basketball games on ESPN and CBS on the side. Not a bad gig. In an interview with BitterLawyer.com, Elmore predicted a Final Four of “Kansas, Michigan State, [...]

Oct 7, 2009 at 4:10 pm by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: Uncategorized

Mr. Versatile

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Fran Fraschilla recently ranked the most versatile players in the country (ESPN Insider). The article is behind a pay wall but Fraschilla defines a versatile player as follows: To me, it’s a player who could help me win if I had to play five of him on the court at one time. Hasheem Thabeet was [...]

Oct 7, 2009 at 11:23 am by Dylan Burkhardt Filed under: 2009-2010 Season

Around the Big Ten ‘09: Ohio State

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Previously: Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, Wisconsin Bob Baptist is one of the best beat writers in the Big Ten. Baptist covers the Buckeyes for the Columbus Dispatch, on his blog Hoops & Scoops, as well as on his Twitter account. Baptist graciously agreed to answer some questions about this year’s Buckeyes team. Ohio [...]

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