Here is the NCAA Baseball bracket and no, Illinois isn’t listed. I logically knew they didn’t have much of a chance but I watched the announcement on ESPN this morning regardless in case a miracle may have occurred. Minnesota, Ohio State and Indiana will all be representing the Big Ten…
I would like to take the time to thank Chris Webb (from The Buckeye Nine) for taking on the arduous task of bringing up Buckeye Nine Tournament Central, a blog which covered the Big Ten Tournament from a more independent (i.e. not Big Ten) perspective. Webb did a fantastic job. …
The Big Ten Tournament banner including Illinois’ Brandon Wikoff As always, I had a great time at the Big Ten Tournament. Win or lose, it’s a culmination of everything that the Illinois team has worked so hard for all season. They’ve exceeded everyone else’s expectations this season and each one…
The Hoosiers were on a roll and no one was going to stop them, not even the Gophers, who were pretty hot themselves. They won the Big Ten Tournament championship by defeating the red hot Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-2. This is Indiana’s first Tourney title in in 13 years. This…
Day and night. That’s how I’d describe the difference between Minnesota on Thursday and Minnesota on Friday. And unfortunately, Illinois had to play them Friday. The same Gopher team that couldn’t buy a hit against Indiana the day before and had its pitching pounded by their offense, came out a…
I really thought we had them. Going into the bottom of the sixth, we had a three-run lead. But then again, this was Ohio State and we all know about their offense. The Bucks scored two runs in each of the last three innings to defeat Illinois 7-4. Aaron Johnson…
Indiana cruised to its second tournament victory against second seed Minnesota in the tournament behind the pitching of Matt Bashore who pitched seven shutout innings. Bashore who didn’t allow a hit till the fourth inning, was practically untouchable. allowing only two for the game. Indiana won 12-3. Boy, Indiana sure…
Michigan State made a good effort in the first game of Day 2 of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament but Purdue simply outscored. them. Purdue actually scored in every inning except the seventh defeating the the Spartans 12-9. The Boilermakers had a 7-2 lead in the going into top of…
What the media is saying about the Big Ten Tournament… both here in Columbus and back at the universities. First-year ballpark presents challenge – Columbus Dispatch Big Ten Baseball Tournament Up For Grabs Next Year – Columbus NBC Illini baseball advances in Big Ten Tournament with thumping of Michigan State–…
Just a few photos that were taken today that I thought might be interesting: Huntington Park has been getting rave reviews from everyone I talk to. It’s a very nice facility with some really cool features that we’re just used to at the college level… … a cool video-enhanced scoreboard……