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Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament schedule

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Wednesday, March 8 (First Round)Game 1: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, 5:30 p.m., BTN Game 2: Minnesota vs. Nebraska, 8:30 p.m., BTN Thursday, March 9 (Second Round)Game 3: Rutgers vs. Michigan, 11 a.m., BTNGame 4: Game 1 winner vs. Iowa, 2 p.m., BTNGame 5: Penn State vs. Illinois, 5:30 p.m., BTNGame 6: Game...

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Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament results

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Wednesday, March 1 (First Round)Game 1: Penn State 72, Minnesota 67Game 2: Rutgers 63, Northwestern 59Thursday, March 2 (Second Round)Game 3: Michigan State 67, Nebraska 64Game 4: Michigan 63, Penn State 61Game 5: Purdue 57, Wisconsin 55Game 6: Illinois 81, Rutgers 55Friday, March 3 (Quarterfinals)Game 7: Indiana 94, Michigan State...

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Benet Academy girls force State double overtime

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By Bobby Narang Lenee Beaumont entered the final weekend of the girls high school basketball season with one goal left to accomplish. The Benet Academy senior point-guard already had etched her name among the best in the State, and in program history, with a prolific career. The Indiana University recruit...

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Revived Northwestern in Big 10 men’s basketball success

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By Woodrow Carroll For a team that lost three of its final four regular-season games, Northwestern University’s men’s basketball team ended up very well. Faced with a four-game losing streak entering this week’s Big Ten Conference tournament, Northwestern closed out regular-season play with a 65-53 victory at Rutgers Sunday, March...

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March Madness only to increase in the next few weeks

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High school Winter sports are on their way to conclusions with only boys basketball champions remaining to be decided in four classes by enrollment. Big Ten Conference, with 14 schools, determined wrestling champions last weekend in 10 weight classes. It is busy times for both participants who have worked hard...

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Veteran champion Kyle Busch continuing NASCAR prowess

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By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Pala Casino 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 26. The race was won by a driver, Kyle Busch, who has won a race there for three teams He won in the No. 8 Chevy and driving for Richard Childress Racing. Following in...

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Final four teams in four classes for State girls

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By Bobby Narang The final four is set in girls high school basketball in Illinois. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) starts the second year of its new format for girls basketball, which includes playing the third-place game on the same day of the semifinals. That forces some teams to...

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Oral Roberts final undefeated league team in college

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By Woodrow Carroll Because Eastern Washington University lost, 71-63, to Idaho State in a Big Sky Conference game Saturday, Feb. 25, there is one remaining undefeated Div-I men’s basketball team in league play, Oral Roberts University. The Golden Eagles closed their league play Saturday, Feb. 25 with a 69-65 road...

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Class 4A East Aurora High School Regional tournament championship: Neuqua Valley vs. Lincoln-Way East

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Neuqua Valley High School's Nicolas Lendino, 44 is in a battle with Lincoln-Way East's Mac Master for a rebound in the Class 4A East Aurora Regional tournament championship game, Friday, Feb. 24.

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ACC changes affiliation; Geneva-Benet in State scrum

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Change is the steady framework in sports in all manner of methods, in personnel, conference affiliation, and rivalries. The West Suburban Conference, Silver and Gold, are dominant in football and often in basketball. That’s steady. The once flaming-hot football rivalry between East Aurora and West Aurora is non-existent because of...

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Davino-Garcia renew rivalry in State wrestling

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By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association individual boys State wrestling tournament featured several marquee match-ups last weekend. The three-day tournament on the University of Illinois campus in Champaign, pitted the best in the State, including two nationally-ranked wrestlers from Kane County. St. Charles East junior Ben Davino and...

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Undefeated, favorite, Ohio State fell in 1961 championship

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By Woodrow Carroll The always-popular NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) men’s postseason basketball tournament is getting close. The tournament Selection Show will be Sunday, March 12. We take a look at a team that came ever-so close to winning the tournament championship, only to falter at the finish, the very...

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Not waiting; March Madness arrives early this year

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March Madness is on the horizon in basketball and for more sports, high school, college, and professional. For some fans the madness has been here during the regular season without a neat order and uncommon results. Why have neat and clean? An examples is the Big Ten Conference in men’s...

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High school boys basketball IHSA schedule Feb. 16-18 and results Feb. 7-13

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Thursday, Feb. 16Fox ValleyCrystal Lake Central at Jacobs, 7Metro Suburban BlueAurora Christ. at Wheaton Acad., 7:30West Suburban SilverOak Park-R.F. at Downers Grove N., 7:30Non-conferenceCoal City at Joliet Catholic, 7Lincoln-Way W. at Hinsdale S., 6:30Plainfield Central at Willowbrook, 6 Friday, Feb. 17Chicago Catholic League BlueSt. Ignatius at St. Rita, 7Fox ValleyBurlington...

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Girls high school wrestling reflects focus, growth

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By Bobby Narang The 2022-2023 girls high school wrestling season is reaching the final stages. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) individual State meet is less than two weeks away, but this season has proven to be a smashing success for the sport. One year ago, the IHSA’s inaugural individual...

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Sensational storm reaches Northwestern basketball

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By Woodrow Carroll Storming the court has become quite fashionable in college basketball when the home team produces a victory over a high-ranking team, or fierce rival. That was the case for the Northwestern University’s men’s basketball team after the Wildcats beat the Nation’s No. 1-ranked team, Purdue, 64-58, in...

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All excitement for dedicated: Super Bowl to 1A girls

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The Super Bowl game this year in the desert of Arizona was Super! Nearly an overtime ending, Kansas City defeated slight favorite of the odds-makers, Philadelphia, 38-35. It has been 37 years, more than one-third of a century (ouch, written that way) since the Chicago Bears captured the 1986 Super...

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