The Big Ten’s seemingly perpetual wheel of expansion has decimated the league’s football scheduling process. The 2011 and 2012 schedules vanished with the addition of Nebraska. Three seasons worth of schedules, two of which were released with great interest last spring, also went up in smoke when the league chose to add Rutgers and Maryland [...]

The Big Ten’s top four players will rank among the nation’s top 10 at the end of the season. Michigan guard Trey Burke, Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, Indiana center Cody Zeller and Indiana guard/forward Victor Oladipo all are competitive for first-team All-American honors. All four are almost assured of landing on the top two [...]

IOWA CITY — A 10-game Big Ten football schedule has the potential to disrupt the annual Iowa-Iowa State football series. Iowa, like most high-major football programs, prefers to play seven home games each year to help fund the athletics department. Iowa earns about $2.8 million per home date. A 10-game Big Ten schedule would prevent [...]

IOWA CITY — No Big Ten program has made year-over-year defensive strides like Iowa. The Hawkeyes (15-9, 4-7 Big Ten) have allowed eight fewer points per game this year than last, by far the league’s greatest point drop. Through 24 games, Iowa now allows 63.9 points per game, down from 72 a contest over the [...]

IOWA CITY — Urban Meyer arrived at Ohio State 14 months ago with a national title pedigree and a penchant for recruiting excellence. As expected, the two-time national championship coach has shook up the Big Ten’s football culture, and the league’s recruiting costs have skyrocketed. Meyer has turned the Buckeyes from a regional powerhouse into [...]

There’s an ice storm brewing in southern Wisconsin so this is quick for the night. Iowa’s season was symbolized by two late-game possessions in its 74-70 double-overtime loss at Wisconsin. With 20.5 seconds left and the Hawkeyes leading 58-55, Traevon Jackson sank a 3-pointer that bounced up and then through the net to tie the [...]

MADISON, Wis. — Iowa’s late-game struggles continued Wednesday night, this time at the Kohl Center. The Hawkeyes (14-9, 3-7 Big Ten) led by nine points with 6:18 left, but the Badgers (16-7, 7-3 Big Ten) rallied to tie the game and send it into overtime. Wisconsin won 74-70 in double overtime, ending a three-game losing streak [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s most recent three opponents have outscored the Hawkeyes at an alarming rate off the opening tip, a trend the players and coaches say cannot continue. At Purdue, the Hawkeyes (14-8, 3-6 Big Ten) missed their first six shots, and trailed 10-2 nearly six minutes into their game. Penn State built a [...]

Perhaps no Big Ten official had more reason to be miffed about the Big Ten’s initial divisional alignment than Wisconsin Athletics Director Barry Alvarez. Wisconsin was placed opposite from Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska when the Big Ten split into two divisions for the 2011 football season. Wisconsin was scheduled as a permanent cross-divisional rival with [...]

IOWA CITY – Lisa Bluder knew better as she sat in the bowels of Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Iowa head coach witnessed too many basketball games to believe what came out Jaime Printy’s mouth. “I guess I shot the ball pretty well tonight. Shots were falling,” the Iowa senior shooting guard said. Bluder turned to Sam [...]