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Ohio State ballers

Jim Jackson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:12:00 +0000

Jonathan D. Chu asks: "Is the atmosphere or exactly why are all of these freshmen leaving Ohio State after one year? Coach Matta is an excellent coach and even a better recruiter, and I personally do not think it's him that's pushing kids out the door? It was clear that Koufos and Mullens weren't ready to leave."

They did it!

Jim Jackson — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:09:00 +0000

"How about them Cats?"

Impressive so far

Jim Jackson — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Michigan, Minnesota and Michigan State continue to impress me with their play this week.

Last week's wins prove depth of Big Ten

Jim Jackson — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:26:00 +0000

If there was a question of how good and deep the Big Ten conference is this year, Minnesota, Michigan State and Purdue put that to rest. Each team won games against ranked opponents this weekend, with Purdue beating No. 22 Davidson in Indianapolis, while Minnesota upset No. 9 Louisville in Phoenix and Michigan State upended No. 5 Texas in Houston.

How about those Wolverines?

Jim Jackson — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:47:00 +0000

Got a question from Brian Cremean, who writes, "Seeing a few remarkable wins by Michigan (UCLA, Duke), how well do you think this will translate onto the rest of the season. I know as a Buckeye Alumni, you probably still have some latent dislike for us, but beating two top ten teams is pretty impressive."

The week that was ...

Jim Jackson — Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:24:00 +0000

I don't know if this was a good or bad week for our Big Ten Basketball teams.

E-mail Q&A

Jim Jackson — Tue, 2 Dec 2008 09:05:00 +0000

Got an e-mail from Russel Daum, a reader of the blog. In part of his e-mail he writes:

It's never easy

Jim Jackson — Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:23:00 +0000

It was a tough Thanksgiving weekend for our two top ranked Big Ten teams.

For openers

Jim Jackson — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:00 +0000

Hello Big Ten Fans! I hope you are ready for an exciting and very competitive basketball season.

Welcome Jim Jackson!

Jim Jackson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:05:00 +0000

We here at BigTenNetwork.com are excited to launch Jim Jackson's fresh Big Ten basketball blog .