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By Michael Hemmerle | @MichaelHemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – He had entered the game in the first half, part of a flurry of Iowa substitutions that made freshman Payton Sandfort easy to miss. He had averaged 5.0 points in his freshman season and went scoreless in 10 games. Sandfort had double-figure games against …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Coming off an emotional last-second win on Saturday in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Iowa Hawkeyes completed the task and defeated the Purdue Boilermakers, 75-66, on Sunday afternoon to win the championship. The title is the first for …

By Seth Hine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Third-seeded Purdue advanced to its fifth title game in the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament with a 75-70 victory over Michigan State at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday. Purdue (27-6) will face Iowa in the first championship meeting between the two schools in tournament history. Five Purdue …

By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – On the day that will be remembered for Jordan Bohannon’s game-winning shot to send Iowa to the Big Ten Championship Game, the play of Keegan Murray made it possible. Murray, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, became the first player in the 24-year history of the Big Ten Men’s …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — In his 177th game as an Iowa Hawkeye, Jordan Bohannon banked in the biggest shot of his career. With a semifinal game of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament against Indiana knotted at 77, the Hawkeyes were looking to take the final shot of …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Less than a week after suffering an apparent right ankle injury in a frightening moment, Johnny Davis, Wisconsin’s sophomore guard and the Big Ten Player of the Year, ran out of the tunnel in Indianapolis ready to compete in the Badgers’ Big Ten Men’s …

By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – A Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament marked by its unpredictability – with the top two-seeded teams eliminated before the semifinal round for the first time in its 24-year history, has retained one tradition. The Michigan State Spartans are in the semifinals. The seventh-seeded Spartans eliminated No. …

By Seth Hine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — In the first-ever Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament meeting of Rutgers and Iowa, Iowa was able to come away with a 84-74 win. Iowa (24-9), after setting the tournament record for points scored at 112 on Thursday, was able to make solid use of its bench …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Hoosiers advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament as they defeated the No. 1-seeded Fighting Illini of Illinois, 65-63, in the first quarterfinal game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The ninth-seeded Hoosiers (20-12), became the second-lowest seeded team to reach …

By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — “We were expecting to be here and winning it all,” Illinois coach Brad Underwood said. “We had a good feeling going into the tournament.” The top-seeded Illini had history on their side in the quarterfinals of the 2022 Big Ten tournament. Illinois owned a superb 6-2 …