Tuori Sports Report

TAKEAWAYS 1-It’s an extremely weird time in college basketball, with the coronavirus looming. It feels like any minute, the season could be taken away from us. Let us enjoy it while we have it. 2-Steve Hawkins out at WMU. This was not highly covered nationally, but it resonates largely in our circle. Hawk led the team to two NCAA tournaments, and had won nearly 300 games in Kalamazoo. It will be interesting to see who they hire, with Saddi Washington (WMU alum, Michigan Assistant) and Andy Bronkema (Ferris State head coach) emerging as early candidates. TODAY’S GAMES 1. B1G R2: Michigan vs Rutgers Nick: Michigan- The Wolverines can’t possibly beat these guys three times in one year right? Wrong. Rutgers struggles away from the RAC, and Michigan has exceeded their expectations in the Big Ten Tournament in recent years. Sam: Michigan-- While the Wolverines are not coming into this tournament hot like they have in the years they’ve won it, I still think they hand...

Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings and Accolades The Big Ten regular season is over, and the TSR team has released its final Big Ten Power Rankings of the season. We also voted on and awarded our Big Ten accolades. Check these all out here, as we made our selections for the following: First Team, Second Team, Freshman Team, Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year and Coach of the Year. Auto-Bids Clinched Atlantic Sun: Liberty Big South: Winthrop Colonial: Hofstra Horizon: Northern Kentucky Missouri Valley: Bradley Mountain West: Utah State Northeast: Robert Morris Ohio Valley: Belmont Southern: East Tennessee State Summit: North Dakota State West Coast: Gonzaga TODAY'S PICKS 1. Patriot League Championship: Colgate vs Boston (7:30, CBSSN) Nick: Colgate- The Raiders have been a dominant team in the Patriot League this season, and they will finish the job for the second straight season. Behind Rapolas...

The Big Ten Basketball regular season is complete. After 20 games of the conference slate, the TSR team has decided to weigh in on the Big Ten season. The actual awards can be found here, awarded by the media and the coaches. Below are our consensus picks (Eric, Nick, Sam and Zach). FINAL BIG TEN POWER RANKINGS 1- Michigan State (54) 22-9, 14-6 2- Wisconsin (52) 21-10, 14-6 3- Maryland (48) 24-7, 14-6 4- Ohio State (45) 21-10, 11-9 5- Illinois (41) 21-10, 13-7 6- Iowa (36) 20-11, 11-9 7- Michigan (29) 19-12, 10-10 7- Penn State (29) 21-10, 11-9 9 -Rutgers (26) 20-11, 11-9 10- Purdue (19) 16-15, 9-11 11- Indiana (16) 19-12, 9-11 12- Minnesota (13) 14-16, 8-12 13- Northwestern (8) 8-22, 3-17 14- Nebraska (4) 7-24, 2-18 FIRST TEAM ALL-BIG TEN HONORS Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois Cassius Winston, Michigan State (Unanimous) Daniel Oturu, Minnesota Lamar Stevens, Penn State Luka Garza, Iowa (Unanimous) SECOND TEAM ALL-BIG TEN HONORS Anthony Cowan, Maryland Geo Baker...

Auto-Bids Clinched Atlantic Sun: Liberty Big South: Winthrop Missouri Valley: Bradley Mountain West: Utah State Ohio Valley: Belmont Southern: East Tennessee State TODAY’S GAMES 1. Horizon League Championship: Illinois-Chicago vs Northern Kentucky (7:00, ESPN) Nick: Illinois-Chicago: The Flames last made the NCAA Tournament in 2004. On the day before that defeat against Kansas, our youngest writer was celebrating his first birthday. He is now completing his junior year of high school. Their tournament drought can have its drivers license... This league is always unpredictable since they went to the neutral site format, and for that reason I’ll take UIC. Sam: Northern Kentucky-- Those semifinal games were that much better last night thanks to having Dakich and Bennetti on the call. Green Bay would bring it close but the Norse always had an answer. They’ll go dancing for the second straight year. Zach: Northern Kentucky- I said it yester...