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By Mike Williams | @MikeWritesSport Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State’s controversial football season, which involved the university community in a contentious national conversation about domestic abuse, ended with the celebration of a 37thBig Ten conference championship, and third in five seasons, after a 45-24 victory over Northwestern Saturday night at Lucas Oil …

By Noah Wolfgang | @NoahWolfgang44 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Coming into the biggest game of his career, Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr. knew the stakes, and boy did he deliver. While guiding the Buckeyes to their third Big Ten Championship in five years on Saturday, Haskins, a sophomore, broke four championship game …

Editor’s note: Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate assistant Robby General served as chair of a College Football Playoff Mock Selection Exercise for student journalists. As the committee finalizes its decisions for the semifinal games, General reflects on his experience in the same room. As the 13 of us sat back, staring at the final rankings …

On the first day of the college basketball season, the Sports Capital Journalism Program hosted a discussion on the state of the industry after an unprecedented period of self-examination and change. More than six months after the findings of the Commission on College Basketball, which resulted in legislation created by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, …

By Aidan Wilkins | @AidanJWilkins Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – College basketball is evolving right before our eyes. The sport saw tremendous questions arise over a long offseason, as the Commission on College Basketball, led by chair Condoleezza Rice, made recommendations on how the NCAA may adjust its rules to allow more flexibility for …

By Josh Roller | @Roller_01 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Associated Press reporter Michael Marot, a longtime colleague of college basketball writer Jim O’Connell, remembered the reporter who made 20 trips to cover the Maui Invitational basketball tournament before his death in July, 2018. “[He] was the only guy who went to the Maui …

By Mike Williams | @MikeWritesSport Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Before expressing his thoughts on the state of college basketball, former vice president of Pacers Sports & Entertainment Bill Benner gave some thoughts on the passing of longtime Associated Press writer Jim O’Connell, who friends and colleagues, for decades, referred to as Oc. “Oc …

By Caleb Lynn | @ CalebLynn1 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Sean Gregory spoke on Tuesday afternoon about his relationship with Hall of Fame college basketball writer Jim O’Connell, a relationship that was much bigger than basketball. Gregory was O’Connell’s nephew. When Gregory was 11 years old, he remembered, O’Connell would deliver media guides …

By Robby General | @rgeneraljr Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Mike Krzyzewski very rarely does anything unrelated to getting his Duke University basketball team ready on game days. But hours before the opening of the 2018-19 NCAA basketball season at the Champions Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse – where No. 4 Duke would dominate …

By Frank Bonner II | @Frank_Bonner2 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time since the 1977-78 season, the NCAA men’s college basketball season tipped off on Tuesday without legendary college basketball writer Jim O’Connell at the Associated Press.