Michigan State coach Tom Izzo pleads with his team to not commit senseless fouls against Indiana. Chris Howell | Herald-Times
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- Michigan State guard Chris Allen gave insight on how the team deals with Tom Izzo’s criticism, by sticking together and helping each other through it. Could Indiana do the same with an Izzo disciple in Tom Crean?, I wrote.
- Jori Davis has stepped up for Indiana and become a legit scoring threat, Jeremy Price writes.
- Bobby Johnson’s move to Buffalo is something of a surprise for all involved, Dustin Dopirak writes.
IT’S INDIANA
- Crean is counting small victories as he attempts to rebuild the program, SI.com’s Paul Daugherty writes.
- A lot of really interesting comment from Shawn Teague on his son’s Marquis’ recruitment, from Inside the Hall’s Alex Bozich. If you want Teague at IU, what Shawn is saying is going to sound very, very good.
AROUND THE BIG TEN
- JaJuan Johnson continued his torrid play as Purdue beat Ohio State for the first time in Value City Arena, the Lafayette Journal & Courier’s Jeff Washburn writes.
- A lot of questions for Ohio State, including just how much the four starters who play 40 minutes were worn down by Purdue, the Columbus Dispatch’s Bob Baptist writes.
- Penn State got its first Big Ten win of the season and also killed Northwestern’s chances of an at-large NCAA Tournament big, the Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein writes.
- Four Minnesota-born Wisconsin players are headed to the Barn tonight, trying to reverse recent issues there for the Badgers, Madison.com’s Rob Schultz writes.
- Minnesota is going big, starting 6-11 centers Colton Iverson and Ralph Sampson III together, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune’s Myron P. Medcalf writes.
- Illinois has work to do in order to make the NCAA Tournament, the Champaign News-Gazette’s Loren Tate writes.
- Michigan is playing with more confidence, AnnArbor.com’s Michael Rothstein writes.
TAKE A LOOK
The Heavy’s “How You Like Me Now.” Maybe my new favorite band.