By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net
When Michigan State meets #3 Purdue on Sunday, it’ll have huge influence on who wins the Big Ten regular season title. But beyond that…who will eventually take Purdue’s #1 seed in the NCAA tourney now?
The Purdue Boilermakers are 12-3 in the Big Ten, a half-game ahead of [...]

For two days the Big Ten football coaches and three players from each team gather in Chicago for Big Ten Media Days.  From what I could tell, this year’s event was pretty bland (are they ever exciting?), but I guess that’s what you get when Lane Kiffin doesn’t coach in your conference.  
So what did we [...]

Well, last night did not go nearly as well as Saturday.  Bulls lose.  [ESPN]  Hawks lose.  [ESPN]
Rumor has it that ESPN is considering changing up their College Gameday crew.  If this is true I can’t imagine anyone ever watching it again.  Ever.  [SEC Live News]
So the Lions got a new logo and new jerseys that [...]

For three weeks every year the NCAA Tournament dominates the sports world.  This year the final game had to share the spotlight with baseball’s opening day, but for the most part it was all we cared about.  Taking a look back at some of the games, here are some tournament thoughts.

The Big Ten did, well, [...]

The Cubs season got off to a great start with a lead-off homer from Soriano.  The Cubs went on to beat the Astros 4-2.  [MLB.com]
North Carolina pummeled Michigan State to win the NCAA Championship last night.  Sorry all you people without jobs in Michigan.  [ESPN]
Michael Jordan and Jerry Sloan were inducted into the Basketball Hall [...]

After months of games, the college basketball season will come to an end tonight at Ford Field in Detroit, and the script really does seem like something out of a movie.  At least that’s what CBS and ESPN are telling us.
Despite all the hyperbole and sappy package pieces, the Michigan State-North Carolina match-up does present [...]

Last week I said that the general dullness of the first two round of the NCAA Tournament wasn’t such a bad thing.  I thought that since so many good teams won, the second weekend would be that much better than most years.  I was absolutely wrong.
The last four days were no better than the first [...]

Hey everyone, StevieY and I are going to try something new this weekend.  We will be liveblogging the Louisville-Michigan State game at 1:20 pm central time on Sunday.  It will be different than some liveblogs you’ve seen.  Unlike the type they do on Deadspin where you have to keep refreshing, we will be using a [...]

Once again, if the early games turn out to be disappointing there is still plenty of hope for a great game at night.  First, Michigan State and Kansas will meet in a great coaching match-up among other things, then North Carolina and Gonzaga will finish off the Sweet 16 games.
(3) Kansas vs. (2) Michigan State, [...]

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 [...]

What a win for Northwestern!  The Wildcats ruined Purdue’s Senior Night with a stunner; I heard they can still be as high as a six seed in the Big Ten Tournament.  Bubble?  [Lake The Posts]
I absolutely agree with 3:10 to Joba that Tim Lincecum is awesome and so is the new commercial he is in. [...]