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    Hunter Dickinson’s pathetic March Madness exit had college basketball fans celebrating his demise

    Hunter Dickinson’s college basketball career ended with a thud for Kansas in March Madness. Hunter Dickinson was the first true star of college basketball free agency in the transfer portal. After a productive three-year career at Michigan where he put up huge counting stats and angered every...
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    The University of Notorius Cheaters (UNC) Makes the Dance

    SDSU was playing defense to start, but UNC crushed their will by playing lock down defense and making everything. UNC was also notably quicker. My wife is a UNC alum and I've watched them quite a bit. This was the good UNC. When they play like that, watch out. But they can be lazy (see lazy...
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    The best college basketball Cinderella story you won’t hear about in March (St Thomas Tommies)

    If you hate it so much why do you keep reading it and posting? It's March. Who doesn't like a Cinderella story.
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    The best college basketball Cinderella story you won’t hear about in March (St Thomas Tommies)

    https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6177335/2025/03/06/march-madness-2025-ncaa-tournament-st-thomas/?campaign=12819147&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=11702194 A good read. : That last part lands hard. The best college basketball story of March is, arguably, the story no one will hear about...
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    Big Ten power rankings have new look with college football spring practice kicking off

    Ohio State carries the flag for the Big Ten after an epic run to capture the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff national championship. But the Buckeyes don’t top our pre-spring power rankings for the conference, which again has the overall depth and wealth of top-end playoff contenders...
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    Which Big Ten football teams return the most production entering the 2025 season

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/big-ten-football-teams-return-102056515.html 7. Minnesota Golden Gophers Returning Production: 62% (No. 40 overall) Offensive: 50% (No. 83) Defensive: 73% (No. 11) Minnesota's defense was a takeaway machine last season. The Golden Gophers also returned 73% of...
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    SEC, Big Ten to push for seeding changes to 2025 College Football Playoff

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/sec-move-nine-conference-games-110732553.html In one potential scenario, the SEC and Big Ten would each have four play-in games among the top eight teams in their respective conference standings, with the winners advancing to the CFP. The ACC and Big 12 would...
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    SEC, Big Ten to push for seeding changes to 2025 College Football Playoff

    https://sports.yahoo.com/article/impacts-proposed-big-ten-sec-121511828.html The way college football used to be continues to look like it will be a thing of the past as the sport changes more and more with each passing day. With rumored discussions of College Football Playoff expansions...
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    10 best coaches in Big Ten men's basketball history

    10. Purdue's Ward Lambert 9. Illinois' Lou Henson 8. Wisconsin's Bo Ryan 7. Michigan State's Jud Heathcote 6. Purdue's Matt Painter 5. Purdue's Gene Keady 4. Ohio State's Fred Taylor 3. Indiana's Branch McCracken 2. Michigan State's Tom Izzo 1. Indiana's Bob Knight...
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    BOOM!!! Justin Hopkins commits to the Gophers!!!!!!!!!

    https://sports.yahoo.com/tennessee-football-target-justin-hopkins-231210485.html
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    College coaches mull NFL-style OTAs as replacement for spring games amid roster tampering, injury concerns

    Spring football as we know it might be nearing its end across college football. Several programs plan to eliminate public spring games this offseason, and prominent coaches are campaigning to transform the allotted 15 days of practices into NFL-style organized team activities in June or July...
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    Mandel’s Mailbag: College Football Tiers

    The first 2 tiers are pretty reasonable, but the rest definitely have some questionable choices. From the article: In college basketball, there are teams that expect to advance deep into the NCAA Tournament. Others are simply happy to make it at all. If you had to put college football teams...
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    Big Ten Athletic departments' 2024 financial statements: Seven lessons from a data deep dive

    The athletic departments of the Big Ten’s 16 public universities generated nearly $2.84 billion in revenue during the 2024 fiscal year but collectively spent nearly $3 billion, according to financial data sent to the NCAA and obtained recently by The Athletic through state open-records laws. Of...
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    College Football rankings: Joel Klatt's way-too-early top 10 for 2025

    10. Michigan 9. LSU 8. Miami 7. Clemson 6. Notre Dame 5. Oregon 4. Georgia 3. Ohio State 2. Texas 1. Penn State https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/college-football-rankings-joel-klatts-way-too-early-top-10-2025
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    Couch: Tom Izzo beating Bob Knight changed Michigan State, set path to Knight's record

    Excellent article. From the article: "before Izzo became a household name on par with anyone in the sport. Back then, Knight, Purdue’s Gene Keady, Illinois’ Lou Henson and Minnesota’s Clem Haskins were the names that personified Big Ten basketball." Those were the days...
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    Ryan Day gets 7 year extension, $12.5MM per year

    https://sports.yahoo.com/ohio-state-coach-ryan-day-gets-contract-extension-through-2031-following-national-title-151356685.html
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    College football officials to explore use of centralized, neutral replay system for postseason games

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-officials-to-explore-use-of-centralized-neutral-replay-system-for-postseason-games/ Use of centralized, neutral replay officials has emerged as a prominent talking point on the heels of a sometimes contentious College Football...
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    Has Big Ten surpassed SEC in college football hierarchy? Examining the gap between powerhouse conferences

    https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/has-big-ten-surpassed-sec-in-college-football-hierarchy-examining-the-gap-between-powerhouse-conferences/ When Ohio State defeated Notre Dame to win the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff, it ended a 10-year national title drought for the...
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    The Athletic final 134 Rankings for the 2024-25 season. Gophers #39

    Gophers #39 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6079111/2025/01/22/college-football-rankings-134-teams-2024-season-end?source=user-shared-article 26-50 Rank Team Record Previous Preseason 26 Memphis 11-2 25 31 27 Army 12-2 22 66 28 Louisville 9-4 26 32 29 LSU 9-4 28 13 30 Kansas State...
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    Sugar Bowl Postponed

    Investigation has shown evidence of a coordinated attack with multiple potential targets.



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