#Steve Pikiell

After a strong start to the new year with an easy win at Northwestern, Ohio State has fallen on hard times, losing three-straight games. Following a heartbreaking loss to Purdue last week, the Buckeyes lost at Maryland last Sunday, and on Thursday were upset by Minnesota, who were winless in Big Ten play entering the game. Now Ohio State will have…

Well, that didn't take long for the Big Ten season to reach a full boil, did it? Consider the first five days in January. The losing coach from Indiana said the winning coach from Iowa should have been thrown out of the (bleeping) game. Purdue, the No. 1 team in the nation, was knocked off once and nearly twice, saved by a late 3-pointer from a…

college basketball odds series for our Seton Hall Rutgers prediction and pick. The Seton Hall Pirates and Rutgers Scarlet Knights will bring a big New Jersey flavor to this game. Shaheen Holloway comes to Seton Hall from Saint Peters, the New Jersey-based Catholic school which made history at the 2022 NCAA Tournament. Holloway led Saint Peter's to…

The time has come. Rutgers Men's Basketball will tipoff tonight with a matchup against Columbia at Jersey Mike's Arena. There is plenty of be excited about after three years of great success within the program. Changes have been made within the roster as the Scarlet Knights will showcase a bit of a new-look team. Fans have had all offseason to…

Seven months ago, I sat in the back row of seats in the media room at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and watched E.J. Liddell and Malaki Branham do their best to hold it together and discuss Ohio State's second-round loss to the Villanova Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament. Moments earlier in the locker room, they embraced their concussed teammate…

The Big Ten has a diverse set of 14 head coaches. It has long-tenured coaches who took over for their mentors years ago and have delivered big-time successes. It has former NBA assistants who have made big splashes immediately at their alma maters. It has inexperienced head coaches who have energized their programs, hoping that bigger wins are…

MINNEAPOLIS - The Big Ten has yet to announce a venue for Rutgers basketball's second meeting with Michigan State this upcoming season, but Tom Izzo spoke about the contest with no doubt about where it will be played. The Spartans' Hall of Fame coach confirmed at Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday that he and Scarlet Knights head coach Steve…