By Paul M. Banks is Founder/President of The Sports Bank.net, INDIANAPOLIS- Big Ten player of the year, and likely national player of the year Evan Turner has become quite the polarizing figure this weekend. The Ohio State swing-man made magical memories for OSU fans on his way to becoming Big Ten tournament MVP. But he [...]

It’s time for another one of my crazy sports conspiracy theories.  The Illini were cruising along, looking like a solid 5 seed and maybe even a 4 seed in the NCAA Tourney.  Then they lost Frazier to a fractured hand/wrist and said he would probably not be back for the Big Ten tourney but he [...]

The early games are just about finished, with Michigan State beating Minnesota 64-56 and Ohio State and Wisconsin still going at it and it looks like it could go down to the wire…. 5:30 pm (2) Illinois vs. (7) Michigan- The first issue that comes to mind with this game is the availability of Chester [...]

Day one of the Big Ten Tourney was pretty boring, to put it bluntly.  Minnesota led pretty much the whole way and ended any hopes Northwestern had for their first ever tournament  berth.  Then Michigan jumped out to an early lead and never looked back against Iowa, all but clinching their first tournament appearance in [...]

The Big Ten Tournament starts at 11am today.  There are seven or eight teams that have a legitimate chance to win this thing, and any of today’s games could feature an upset. All times Central: 11:00 am (8) Minnesota vs. (9) Northwestern The teams split games during the regular season, with each winning at home.  [...]

The logjam that made up the Big Ten standings was finally sorted out yesterday afternoon when Wisconsin beat Indiana.  Going into the weekend Penn State could have been seeded as high as the two, but the Nittany Lions ended up with the six.  Ohio State could have been as low as the eight seed, but [...]