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Weekly publication – March 7th

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• Michigan State claimed the 2024-25 Big Ten basketball championship with its 91-84 victory in Iowa on Thursday evening. The victory improved the Spartans in the big ten to 16: 3 and established a lead of two games with a game. This is the 17th Big Ten Championship of the Michigan State and his first since he claimed a share in the title 2020. This is also the 11th Big Ten crown for the head of state of Michigan, Tom Izzo, who is bound to most in the history of the conference.
• Michigan enters the last weekend of the regular season and sits in second place in 14: 5, a game north of Maryland, Purdue and Wisconsin. At 12-7, UCLA is sixth, followed by Illinois and Oregon at 11-8 and Indiana and Ohio State with 9 to 10. With one game, five teams, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Rutgers and USC at 7 to 12 years in conference with 7-12.
• Milestone Watch … Congratulations to Minnesotas Dawson Garcia, who recorded 14 against Wisconsin to become the 20th active player in division I to exceed 2,000 career points … Iowas Fran McCaffery and Nebraskas Fred Hoiberg approach the coaching mile, like McCaffery with 295 victories at Iowa -WASTION.
• Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan, state of Ohio, Oregon, Purdue, Ucla and Wisconsin have won their places at Tiaa Big Ten -Männerbasketball tournament 2025. The last five places of the tournament will be secured this weekend, as the tournament returns to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis from March 12th to 16th. The tournament will be the first to offer a 15-team field and start on Wednesday with three first round games.
• This week, the Naishith Basketball Hall of Fame announces the finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame Naismith and honors the five best players in every position. Six big ten players were listed among the winners. Purdues Braden Smith was appointed one of five finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year, while Rutgers’ Ace Biley was appointed the finalist for the Julius Erving Small striker of the year. The hall included Michigans Danny Wolf as a finalist for the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year, while Maryland’s Derik Queen, Michigans Vladislav Goldin and Nate Bittle in Oregon were honored as the finalist of Kareem Abdul Jabbar Center of the Year.
• Both games last Sunday on CBS scored more than two million viewers. The Illinois Michigan game led to 2.1 million viewers to increase 61 percent compared to the comparable window of the previous year. The second game of the DoubleHeader, the state of Wisconsin-Michigan, achieved an average of 2.031 million views of 92 percent compared to the comparable window last year.
• On Monday, the Big Ten announced his weekly men’s basketball prices. Nick Martinelli von Northwestern collected his second player of the week of the season, while Jase Richardson was appointed newcomer of the week by Michigan the week in a row.
• Brice Williams in Nebraska set a program record with 43 points in the loss of double transition from the Huskers in the state of Ohio. Williams met the best five three-point career on the way to break the brand from Eric Piatkowski in 1994. The defeat of 116-114 also tied the school record for combined points in one game. On the other side of the soil, the 116 points of the state of Ohio have ever been achieved in one game for the second most common Buckeyes and mark most points in the Value City Arena.
• Eight B1G teams were classified in 8th place in the top -25 surveys published on February 17 in Associated Press and/or USA Today trainers. The coaches also listed Michigan State No. 8, followed by the Badgers in 12th place, the Wolverines with 13, the Terps at 15 years and the boiler makers in 19th Illinois, Oregon, and the UCLA also received voices in both polls.
• The Big Ten collected 99 victories against Quad 1 opponent and 183 victories against Quad 1 and 2 teams. The state of Michigan leads the league with nine quad -1 victories that are the second most common in the country. 11 Quad 1 victory of the state of Michigan are in second place in the country, two more than Michigan and UCLA. The Spartans of the Spartans 16 Quad 1 and 2 victories in the nation in fourth place. Purdue and Wisconsin have 15 such victories, a more than Michigan and Oregon.
• Nine big ten teams were in the top 40 and 15 in the top 70 in the net ranking through games on March 6th. Michigan State State in 11th place, followed by Maryland, No. 13 Wisconsin, No. 15 Purdue, No. 17, Illinois, No. 26 UCLA, No. 28, Michigan, No. 30 Oregon and No. 35, and No. Northwestern, Indiana, Nebraska, USC, Penn State and Iowa, only the SEC has more Teams in the top 40, with 12.
• Nine of the 18 teams from Big Ten are on March 6th in the top 35 of the Kenpom reviews, including five in the top 20. The state of Michigan is on No. 9, followed by Wisconsin, No. 12 Purdue, No. 13 Maryland, No. 19 Illinois, No. 27 UCLA, No. 29 Michigan, No. 31, and No. Only the SEC has more teams in the top 40 with 11.
• The big ten ended his non-conference plan with a record of 160-38 and ended the 144 non-conference victories last season. Under these victories, the B1G 122-7 (.946) was at home. The 160 victories of Big Ten and.
• The 2025 Big Ten men’s basketball tournament will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse from March 12th to 16th. This will be the 14th time that the tournament takes place in Indianapolis. The tournament will be the first to offer a 15-team field and start with three games on Wednesday, March 12th. Peacock will broadcast the first three games of the Tiaa Big Ten men’s basketball tournament in 2025 on television. On Thursday and Friday for Big Ten Network, the second round and quarter -final games were committed. For the 28th year in a row, CBS Sports is broadcast the semi -finals and the championship game to CBS, with these games also streaming live on Paramount+.