This is a shout out to Kevin Hunter:
Maybe you do know what you’re talking about when you say the Big Ten is less than stellar.
Penn State came out on top in Illinois on Wednesday night, 38-33.
However, Big Ten action wasn’t all putrid on Wednesday. Northwestern beat Ohio State 72-69 at home. Northwestern needed a win in the worse way. This W keeps a NIT berth well within reach.
Shooting guards Jon Diebler (OSU) and Craig Moore (NW) combined for 15 trifectas.

When I began this prediction assortment, cometh straight from my crystal ball, no way-no how I saw coming a Northwestern Wildcat yearning. But if paper sheds any truth for this upcoming season, Big Ten basketball teams look to either ‘have’, or ‘have not’.
When coming up with a spot to slide NW into, I took into account the scoring punch returning for each team.
Northwestern ranks high in the returning scorers category, only Purdue ranks higher. Only Purdue and Northwestern return at least three players who scored in double figures last season. Scoring isn’t exactly the staple of …read more