[Jonathan Watters]

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11/20 Big Ten Weekly Roundup

All in all, not a good week for the Big Ten. MSU goes down with the cramps and at Hawaii, Wisconsin nearly blows one to an underrated Eastern Kentucky team, and Minnesota loses Vincent Grier for a significant amount of time. Marco Killingsworth, Jamar Smith, Nate Minnoy, Sylvester Mayes, and Marcus Landry look like impact newcomers. - JW

Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0)

11/18 Illinois 90, South Dakota State 65 Story
11/20 Illinois 71, Texas Pan American 59 Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Dee Brown
SG Richard McBride
SF Brian Randle
PF Shaun Pruitt
C James Augustine

G Jamar Smith
G Chester Frazier
F Warren Carter

Significant Line:
(tie) Shaun Pruitt (11 pts, 5-5 fg's, 9 reb in 24 min) / Richard McBride (15 points, 5-9 fg's, 4-7 3-pt, 4 ast, 29 min)

This Week:
11/22 Texas Southern
11/25 Wichita State

Indiana Hoosiers (1-0)

11/18 Indiana 99, Nichols State 65 Story

Cem Dinc toe injury?

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Lewis Monroe
SG Marshall Strickland
SF Robert Vaden
PF Marco Killingsworth
C Sean Kline

G Errek Suhr
G Earl Calloway
C Ben Allen

SG AJ Ratliff and C DJ White Injured

Significant Line:
Marco Killingsworth (28 pts, 12-18 fg's, 13 reb, 6 ast, 4 blk, 2 stl)

This Week:
11/21 Florida A&M
11/26 @ Western Illinois

Iowa Hawkeyes (2-0)

11/14 Iowa 86, MD-Eastern Shore 41 Story
11/15 Iowa 73, Colgate 51 Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Jeff Horner
SG Mike Henderson
SF Adam Haluska
PF Greg Brunner
C Erek Hansen

G Tony Freeman
F Alex Thompson
C Doug Thomas

Significant Line:
Jeff Horner vs MD-Eastern Shore (16 pts, 7-11 fg's, 2-4 3-pt, 7 ast, 3 stl)

This Week:
11/21 Kentucky (Guardians Classic)
11/22 TBA (Guardians Classic)
11/26 Tx-San Antonio

Michigan Wolverines (1-0)

11/18 Michigan 87, Central Michigan 60 Story

Alex Legion Commits to Michigan Scout.com Profile

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Daniel Horton
SG Dion Harris
SF Lester Abram
PF Graham Brown
C Courtney Sims

G Jerret Smith
F Ron Coleman
F Chris Hunter

Significant Line:
Courtney Sims (20 points, 9-10 fg's, 6 reb, 2 blk, 26 min)

This Week:
11/21 @ Boston U
11/26 Butler

Michigan State Spartans (0-1)

11/19 Hawaii 84, Michigan State 62 Story Katz

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Drew Neitzel
SG Shannon Brown
SF Mo Ager
PF Drew Naymick
C Paul Davis

G Travis Walton
F Delco Rowley
C Goran Sutton

Significant Line:
Paul Davis (12 pts, 5-8 fg's, 11 reb, 20 min)

This Week:
11/21 @ Chaminade (Maui Classic)
11/22 TBA (Maui Classic)
11/23 TBA (Maui Classic)
11/27 IPFW

Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-0)

11/19 Minnesota 70, North Dakota State 57 Story

Vincent Grier injures hand

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Adam Boone
SG Mo Hargrow
SF Vincent Grier
PF J'Son Stamper
C Dan Coleman

G Brandon Smith
G Jamal Abu-Shamala
C Spencer Tollackson

G Rico Tucker suspended

Significant Line:
Vincent Grier (21 points, 8-13 fg's, 5-9 ft's, 7 reb, 5 ast, 4 stl, 7 to's, 40 min)

This Week:
11/26 UT-Chattanooga

Northwestern Wildcats (2-1)

11/13 Northwestern 61, Lehigh 59 Story
11/14 Northwestern 61, Charlotte 47 Story
11/15 UNC-Wilmington 56, Northwestern 48 Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Evan Seacat
SG Mohammed Hachad
SF Tim Doyle
PF Vedran Vukusic
C Michael Thompson

G Brandon Jenkins
F Bernard Cote
C Vince Scott

Significant Line:
Vedran Vukusic, 3 games (25.3 ppg, .556 fg%, 12-22 3-pt)

This Week:
11/21 Florida Atlantic
11/26 @ DePaul

Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0)

11/20 Ohio State 81, Chicago State 52 Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Sylvester Mayes
SG Je'Kel Foster
SF Ron Lewis
PF Matt Sylvester
C Terence Dials

G JJ Sullinger
F Ivan Harris
C Brayden Bell

PG Jamar Butler and PF Matt Terwilliger suspended

Significant Line:
Sylvester Mayes (11 pts, 4-7 fg's, 9 ast, 4 stl, 1 to)

This Week:
11/22 Butler

Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0)

11/19 Penn State 66, Cornell 54 Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Ben Luber
SG David Jackson
SF Geary Claxton
PF Travis Parker
C Brandon Hassell

G Mike Walker
F Jamelle Cornley
C Milos Bogetic

Significant Line:
Jamelle Cornley (11 pts, 5-9 fg's, 9 reb, 28 min)

This Week:
11/23 Nicholls State
11/26 LIU Brooklyn

Purdue Boilermakers (1-0)

11/19 Purdue 82, Wofford 75 Story

David Teague out for season

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Chris Lutz
SG Marcus Green
SF Nate Minnoy
PF Carl Landry
C Matt Kiefer

G Korey Spates
G Bryant Dillion
C Gary Ware

Significant Line:
(tie) Nate Minnoy (25 pts, 11-13 fg's, 1-6 ft's, 2-2 3-pt, 5 reb, 4 TO, 28 min) / Korey Spates (16 pts, 5-9 fg's, 6-10 ft's, 4 ast, 2 TO)

This Week:
11/22 South Alabama
11/26 Xavier

Wisconsin Badgers (2-0)

11/18 Wisconsin 80, Norfolk State 51 Story
11/19 Wisconsin 95, Eastern Kentucky 89 (2OT) Story

Opening Night Rotation:
PG Kammron Taylor
SG Ray Nixon
SF Alando Tucker
PF Jason Chappell
C Brian Butch

G Michael Flowers
F Marcus Landry
C Greg Steimsma

Significant Line:
Brian Butch, vs Norfolk State (23 points, 9-12 fg's, 3-3 3-pt, 7 reb, 4 ast, 25 min)

This Week:
11/21 Old Dominion (Paradise Jam)
11/26 Coastal Carolina

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[Brian34Cook]

I voted for Nate Minnoy althought I watched that Marco game and was very very impressed, lol.. Man Tucker had a big performance in that double overtime game. Was it really that tough..

Augustine is going off for 16 PPG (73.3 %) and 10.5 RPG which is good to see early on (1st game 18 pts, 14 boards ) .. Rich McBride has really stepped up his game to me though.. 13.0 PPG and 6 APG.. Solid defense..

Watch out for Jamar Smith, the kid can shoot.. but most importantly this Chester Frazier guy for Illinois that IMHO will be starting by the Big Ten season at the point for Illinois..

Anyways enough Illini rambling.. :laugh:

 

[sheefo13]

What an good all around game for Vincent Grier.. I voted for him.

 

[Midnight_Marauder]

Wow.......Hawaii beat Michigan State?

 

[apelman42]

Wow Jonathan, I'd like to give you two thumbs up for preparing that Big Ten roundup page. That's really cool and I thank you for putting something like that up.

As for Eastern Kentucky B34C, apparently one of their guys was hitting 3 pointers from the cheap seats. They did make the tournament last year and they could be a darkhorse in this year's tournament. A win is a win though.