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By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State lost both games against Ohio State this season. But in the last game of the second round of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, the 11th-seeded Nittany Lions beat the Buckeyes, 71-68. Penn State (14-16) advanced to a quarterfinal game against Purdue on Friday …

By Michael Harley | @mhar3481 Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — With six seconds left in the game and Michigan State holding onto a slim and shocking two-point lead over Maryland, Spartan freshman Max Christie stepped to the foul line and calmly knocked down a pair of free throws, sealing a 76-72 victory. A year …

By Michael Hemmerle Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — The Iowa Hawkeyes put on a show in the most one-sided game in the 24-year history of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament, beating Northwestern, 112-76, in a game that set multiple records. The fifth-seeded Hawkeyes (23-9) advanced to a quarterfinal game against No. 4 Rutgers …

By Seth Hine Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Hoosiers were struggling to contend with multiple histories in their first game of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament. There were the frustrating, narrow defeats throughout this season. There were the five conference tournament losses in seven games since 2016. There was the nine-game …

By Will Hogsett | @WHHogsett Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – On the last night of the college basketball season, Indiana University coach Archie Miller remembered how he delivered the information that shook the world of his players. “It was like telling them a family member was sick, or something happened to somebody,” Miller said. …

Editor’s Note: In an unprecedented decision, the NCAA announced Thursday afternoon that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments have been cancelled as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The men’s tournament had taken place each year since 1939, while the women’s tournament had been held since 1982. Sports Capital Journalism students Will Hogsett and …

By Dylan Hughes | @ByDylanHughes INDIANAPOLIS – Early in the evening, the opening matchup of the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Northwestern Wildcats started as a normal game. By the time Minnesota advanced to the second round with a victory over the Wildcats, the fans at Bankers Life Fieldhouse …

The Big Ten Conference announced this evening that beginning Thursday, March 12, 2020, attendance at all Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament games will be limited to student-athletes, coaches, event staff, essential team and Conference staff, TV network partners, credentialed media, and immediate family members of the participating teams. Additionally, all further Big Ten Conference winter …

By Malcolm Moran | @malcolm_moran Director, Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – The Sports Capital Journalism Program website is 100 days old. The student work it features, and the program that strives to create an unmatched series of opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students on the IUPUI campus, is much older than that. In the …