Sweet Sioux Tomahawk trophy to be retired
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...distance itself from any potentially offensive Native American images. The NCAA would have prohibited Illinois from postseason tournaments if it didn't comply. Any ideas for a new trophy? I'll include some suggestions in...
Blog | November 21, 2008On second thought, Neuheisel's return no Hate-a-palooza
Ted Miller, Pac-10...m convinced that if nobody snitched on Neuheisel's innocent participation in a NCAA basketball tournament auction/pool with friends in 2003, he'd still be the coach and the Huskies...
Blog | November 14, 2008New Big East commish means stability
Brian Bennett, Big East...talk to Louisville coach Rick Pitino during halftime of a game at last season's Big East Tournament in Madison Square Garden. Pitino was sitting with John Marinatto, whom he introduced to me as "the...
Blog | November 11, 2008Friday mailbag
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Just got to Annapolis, where I'll be covering tomorrow's Pitt-Navy game. Wouldn't it be cool if Navy played its gam...
Blog | October 17, 2008Mailbag: Take a stand
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett The mailbag was a little light this week, which I guess is understandable after a rather uneventful conference week...
Blog | October 14, 2008Duke football's lone ACC winner: a lacrosse player
Heather Dinich, ACC...58-10. Duke was 10-1 in ACC regular season play and 5-1 in ACC tournament action with league tourney championships in 2007 and 2008. McFadyen helps the football team out on...
Blog | September 26, 2008Things I noticed watching Saturday's games
Tim Griffin, Big 12...WR Corey Surrency, who never played high school football. Surrency made his start playing in flag-football tournaments before going to El Camino Community College. He's simply emerged as Christian Ponder's go-to...
Blog | September 13, 2008Chanticleers, Penguins and Black Bears, oh my!
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...parts about the nonconference schedule. It's a bit like the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament, except these games are never played on neutral sites. But as Michigan found out last year against...
Blog | August 28, 2008Big 12 links: Kansas City is a Big 12 mecca
Tim Griffin, Big 12...12's men's basketball championships in March and will be solidly in the rotation for future tournament events. And the venerable Municipal Auditorium, with its stately art-deco ambience, is the best arena around...
Blog | August 21, 2008All in the family for Louisville's Bolen
Brian Bennett, Big EastPosted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Andy Lyons/Getty Images Brock Bolen makes a run during Louisville's game against utah on Oct....
Blog | August 18, 2008Big Ten tour: Hoops officiating and the TV command center
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...coaching in another league and must have worked a conference semifinal, a conference final or an NCAA tournament game before being hired. In some cases (usually nonconference games), less-experienced officials are used, mainly to...
Blog | July 31, 2008Big Ten tour: Q&A with Jim Delany, Part II
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...Everybody says there's too many, but I've seen teams under .500 in the NCAA (basketball) tournament and teams at .500 in the NIT. College football is pretty unique. To say that every single...
Blog | July 31, 2008Big Ten tour: Q&A with Jim Delany, Part I
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...a lot of projects. But I'm obviously conscious of, did we start a men's [basketball] tournament? How's it going? Are we able to re-establish the Rose Bowl within the BCS? So...
Blog | July 31, 2008Big East has no plans to add Army, Navy
Brian Bennett, Big East...searching for an opponent and it couldn't be a Division I-AA school. During the golf tournament, Schiano and Fresno State's Pat Hill agreed to play a Sept. 1 game at Rutgers Stadium...
Blog | July 28, 2008Delany: Playoff proposals create 'slippery slope'
Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten...it to all conferences, then you're at 10 automatic qualifiers. I've seen the (NCAA) basketball tournament, the automatic bid is the most important thing. So very quickly, we'd be at a 16...
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