Sunday, October 26 was Big Ten Media Day.
No surprises on the top three picks (Big Ten only releases top three teams). For 1-11, click here.
2008-09 Top Three Preseason Picks
Team, 2007-08 Final Records (Finish)
1. Purdue …read more

The team is already reeling from transfers of top players and possible sanctions from the NCAA for their former coach who had a bad phone habit.
Reports have come out of Bloomington that senior forward Kyle Taber injured his knee last week, had surgery and is expected to be out for 10 weeks. But coach Tom Crean or the University of Indiana would not say what the nature of the injury or the surgery was.
The 6-foot-7 Taber started four games last season, averaging 1.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in 22 games. He is a fifth year senior and the only returning …read more

Apparently at least one Big Ten basketball coach doesn’t quite understand the nature of the internet, or he just doesn’t care.
At a Fighting Illini Comedy Tour Fighting Illini Meet and Greet Tour held in Peoria, Illinois on Thursday night, men’s basketball coach Bruce Weber had this opinion to offer on the upcoming Big Ten men’s basketball season, “The league should be wide open and we can be right in the middle of it. I do know one thing, though. I think Indiana will suck. Don’t put that on the Internet.”
Don’t worry Coach Weber, said statement will never, ever …read more

The 08/09 Indiana Hoosier basketball team will look nothing like the team that made it to the NCAA tournament last year. Not only is former Marquette coach Tom Crean replacing unsuccessful interim Dan Dakich, but 6 recruits are essentially replacing just about all of last year’s squad.
This mess can be attributed to Kelvin Sampson, who all in all committed 5 major violations (along with Indiana), while at Indiana according to the NCAA. But I’m not here to bore you with all the details of Sampson’s wrongdoings.
I’m here to introduce the 08/09 Indiana basketball team, a completely …read more