The Big Ten Conference continues to eat its own young.. it’s a rough ride this year…. tough sledding….. it just brutal intraconference play.. but, it is an improved league this year.... the beatings show no signs of a let up…   6 or 7 games left in the Conference regular season…

*Michigan State:  (19-4, 9-2):   
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Minnesota.....................   16   31  -   47
Michigan State................   42   34  -   76
Wow.. the Spartans SPANKED the Gophers  big time 76 – 47… … Looked like they wanted to send a statement after the home loss against Penn State.. even without Raymar Morgan.. they were on fire.. they started out on an 8 – 0 run, then headed to 13 – 1, and the rout was on…  they out rebounded the Gophers  42 – 26, Durrell Summers again made us all proud.. he is coming along nicely.. Chris Allen looked sharp.. heck.. 11 Spartans scored.. they all looked good..  At the end of the first half, Summers had more points than Minnesota’s entire team..  If they can continue at this level of playmaking and coordination, ain’t no stopping them… Need to get Raymar healthy, Herzog off crutches, Suton’s; knee better and then we’ll be firing on all cylinders.

Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Indiana.......................   26   21  -   47
Michigan State................   33   42  -   75
Beat Indiana at the Breslin center… 75 – 47…. The Hoosiers kept it close until 10 minutes in the second half.. Whats with the Elbows..  Indiana point guard Dumes is a thug..and he isn't even a wolverine...  it took 3 flagrant elbows before he got tossed out.. one of the hits was an elbow to the nuts of Suton which knocked him out of the game for a while.. MSU beat Indiana on the boards 36 – 29…  4 Spartans in double figures, and 10 of the Spartans scored… Spartans shot 42%, and held Indiana to only 31% shooting.

Next Games are: at Michigan and at Purdue.

*Purdue (16-5, 6-4): ….,      Lost Away game to Ohio State 72 – 80 in OT..   Robbie Hummel  out with bad back,  Marcus Green has the flu, Boilermakers were out rebounded by 15, they shot only 6/21 (28%) from beyond the arc., they kept it it close.. but no cigar….

Second lose this week to Illinois, 48 – 66… What is going on…  Kramer had surgery this week to try to fix his nose form the cheap shot elbow from the wolverines last week, Hummel still out with hairline fracture in his back.  The Boilers are looking a little shook up.. they were held down to a shooting percentage  of 32.2 percent and 3-point shooting 2-of-15….

and Next Games: Penn State and at Iowa.

* Minnesota (18-5, 6-5):        47 – 76: Izzo took Tubby got taken to the woodshed.. Holy mackerel…  Shot only 16% from the field,  This was the biggest ass kick’en I’ve seen in a long time. And Minny is a good team.. Just had a bad.. very bad night…  shooting 16%, and 5 – 22 from the free throw line..  Better put this one behind them, and not get embarrassed anymore this season…

Minny lost to Ohio State.. 58 – 64 .. Gophers.. come on ..!!! your better than that… rough week for Tubby...     Next up: Indiana and Penn State.

* Illinois (19-5, 7-4)         Lost to the Badgers  50 – 63… then came back and beat Purdue 66 - 48… The Illini pulled away late with a 23-6 run, a stretch of just over 10 minutes in which Purdue hit just one field goal. 
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
Purdue........................   28   20  -   48
Illinois......................   32   34  -   66

 Like I said, the Big Ten teams are beating each other up….Next Games: Away vs.  Northwestern and Indiana.

*Ohio State (17-5, 7-4)        Beat Purdue 80 – 72 in OT,  OSU shot 60% from the floor, 82% from the free throw line, BJ Giganticus Mullens was a big ugly shot  swatter.  side note: Purdue hasn’t won at OSU for 11 years…  looks like they have to wait one more to attempt to break the streak…

Beat Minnesota 64 – 58… Sharing the ball, 5 players in double figures.. only 2 players in double figures for the Gophers. Giganticus Mullens was a game hero again… .. Next games up are:  only at Wisconsin.

*Wisconsin (14-9, 5-6):      Beat Illinois in Wisconsin 63 - 50, this was their first win in 7 games. They had lost 6 straight …   came beat Penn State 54 – 44….  2 wins this week.. are they on the rise ????    … Next up: home against Iowa and Ohio State.

*Michigan (15-9, 5-7)    Beat Penn State in Ann Arbor  71 – 51.   Harris was hot.. 7 – 13, and 11 – 14 free throws.  scUM just looked to be in a groove… Note: No Wolverines ejected this night…    Michigan lost to UCONN 61 – 69.       Next up:  Home against Michigan State and at NorthWestern.

*Iowa (13-11, 3-8). ….  Hmmm.. Lost to Indiana 60 – 68, someone was bound too… might as well have been the Hawkeyes…. Beat Northwestern 56 – 51… Next up: at Wisconsin and home against Purdue.

*Penn State (17-7, 6-5):     Lost to Michigan in AnnArbor 51 – 71.   They led at the Half 31 – 29, Cornley was 10 – 12 from the floor, but the rest of the team shot 9 – 46..  Coming off the emotional win vs. the Spartans..  they let down against the Wolverines..     Lost to Wisconsin on Sunday  44 – 54, Pringle and Battle only Nittany Lion in double digits….     Next up, at Purdue and against Minnesota.

*Northwestern (13-8, 5-6)     Beat Chicago State 75 – 63… Lost to Iowa 51 – 56…
Score by Periods                       1st  2nd   Total
Northwestern........................   21   30  -   51
Iowa Hawkeyes ......................   24   32  -   56

Next up,  Home against Illinois and Home against Michigan.

* Indiana (6-16, 1-9)  WhaaaHuuuu !  68 – 60: Coach Crean got his first Big Ten victory…... at the expenses of the Iowa Hawkeyes... As in many games, they held a lead.. they were 20 points ahead when IOWA got within 3, They finally held on for a WIN… Iowa got close but couldn’t cash the check… Congrats Hoosiers !!   You now have more wins than the Detroit Lions did this year…..

Lost in East Lansing to the Spartans 47 – 75… Shot only 31%.. Crean needs to watch the frustration levels in Dumes.. this ain’t the playground…    Next games:  at Minnesota and home against Illinois.

*The Local Team That I enjoy watching…. Great place to see a game….
Oakland University (15-11, 8-5)     Beat Oral Roberts !!! 81 – 69 Hot Damn !!!.... Beat  Centenary  78 – 65. Hope they are hitting a stride..     Next up: only home against IPFW.

Sparty On !!!