On the eve of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament opening day, the conference awards were announced and the Fighting Illini were represented quite well. For starters, Illini players wrapped up two big awards. First the big news, centerfielder Justin Parr was named Big Ten Player of the Year. Following that up, starting pitcher Kevin Duchene [...]
Filed under: Awards on May 21st, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Kevin Duchene brings home the trophies Congrats to Kevin Duchene who is putting more awards on the mantles of Illini players. He not only garnered the Big Ten co-Pitcher of the Week award but also Freshman of the Week as well. Duchene pitched a complete game two-hit win on Friday night against Penn State. Illinois [...]
Filed under: Awards on May 13th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
Jordan Parr: Second in HR and 4th in rbis in Big Ten Tuesday’s game indefinitely postponed… The game originally scheduled for this Tuesday night against the Redbirds of Illinois State has been postponed due the inclement weather. No date has been set but both teams are looking for a date to make up the game. [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on March 25th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
With their big sweep over Baylor, Illinois has first place to themselves in the Big Ten with a 10-4 record. via Bigten.org Conference Overall Team W L T Pct W L T Pct Illinois………… 0 0 0 .000 10 4 0 .714 Minnesota……….. 0 0 0 .000 10 5 0 .667 Ohio State………. 0 0 [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on March 11th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
I thought I’d take a quick look around the Big Ten after the opening weekend. No conference team went undefeated but two teams were swept. Michigan went 0-3 against California and surprisingly Nebraska lost all four of their games during their jaunt out West. To their credit, two of the games were against ranked Cal-State [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on February 18th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
Kevin Johnson: A pitcher to watch The Big Ten released its preseason poll of conference baseball coaches today. There’s good news and bad news. The good news is that if the coaches are right, Illinois should make the Big Ten Baseball Tournament. The bad news is that it will be by the skin of their [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on February 12th, 2013 | Leave a Comment! »
When I grew up, it was the Big Ten proper. At the time, the last team to join the conference was Michigan State back in 1950. When Penn State joined the conference in 1990 it was a bit of a culture shock accompanied by a bit of snickering. Sure their football team was great but [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on November 23rd, 2012 | 4 Comments »
The Daily Illini has a solid article regarding some proposed changes to the Big Ten Baseball schedule. It includes some extensive quotes from key members of the B10 baseball arena including Brad Traviolia, the Big Ten Deputy Commissioner and a few of the head coaches. Minnesota head coach John Anderson is leading the charge on [...]
Filed under: Big Ten on May 29th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
The Big Ten has come out with the bracket for this week’s baseball tournament in Columbus. Don’t bother looking for Illinois. They haven’t changed their mind. “Ohio State earned the No. 6 seed, finishing 11-13 in Big Ten play. The Buckeyes finished tied in the standings with Illinois and Minnesota, but claimed the tiebreaker by [...]
Filed under: 2012 Big Ten Tournament on May 20th, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Happy New Year everybody! It’s nice to go into 2012 knowing that our team is the reigning Big Ten co-champions AND the Big Ten Tournament Champions. That’s gotta carry some weight and I’m sure help in terms of confidence. With our new, improved schedule (i.e. tougher) for 2012, we’ll be reaching for higher goals, I’m [...]
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