Skip Myslenski

Observations, quotations and evaluations on the Big Ten Conference ... The Man Ohio State point guard Jamar Butler is as rare as a day without screaming headlines. He is understated...

When it finally ended, when his team finally had survived a blast furnace of a game, Purdue guard Chris Kramer wandered off by himself. Slowly he started walking across the...

He has received more publicity than Britney Spears, and with very good reason. His skills, to say nothing of his mien and his self-control, far exceed those of the dizzy...

They appeared often during Bruce Weber's first season at Illinois, leading most memorably to a 19-point spanking by Providence at Madison Square Garden. They popped up, too, during Bo Ryan's...

This was like watching an intrasquad game, but Saturday's matinee really featured No. 25 Wisconsin and struggling Iowa. The match brought together the Badgers' Bo Ryan and the Hawkeyes' Todd...

This was not pretty. This was DeShawn Sims planting, starting to pivot and then tripping over either his own feet or the free throw line. This was not fodder for...

His big men were one of Tom Izzo's concerns back in October. "They have to get better," the Michigan State coach said. "By committee, I have enough of them. I...

The rearview mirror is a terrible jailer. You gaze into it and you glimpse the past, and suddenly you are a hostage of memories rather than living in the moment....

It was Woody Hayes who once memorably proclaimed that the best thing about freshmen is they become sophomores. Of course, there are exceptions to that rule. Greg Oden and Mike...

Bradley didn't show up for its Wednesday night visit to Hinkle Fieldhouse toting gym bags filled with shoes, shorts and shirts. Nope. Those bags instead contained trowels. Then it went...