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Big Ten Report – Preview (12/26/2011)

The Big Ten season starts next week, before the New Year again.  I still can’t get used to league games before the new year, but I guess it’s a permanent thing.  Once again, there are 18 conference games, but now there are 12 teams in the Big Ten, so the scheduling is a little different, again.  I kind of wished that the Big Ten had applied the Leaders/Legends divisions to other sports besides football, especially basketball, but they didn’t, so it’s just a big 12-team league.  The new kid on the block (Nebraska) isn’t very good at basketball, so the addition of a 12th team doesn’t change the overall power structure much.

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Nothing But ‘Net – Week #08 – 12/19/2011 – SWAC Attack

The (#20) University of Michigan men’s basketball team played two games last week, and they won both of them, to improve their record to 9-2 on the season, including 4 wins in a row.  On Tuesday (12/13/2011) they beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff (UAPB), 63-50, then on Saturday (12/17/2011) they beat Alabama A&M (AAMU), 87-57.  Both games were in Crisler Arena, and both teams are members of the mighty Southwest Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Even though the score of the UAPB game looks pretty close, it was really a 25-point win that turned into a 13-point win in the last 90 seconds.  The point is that both games were blowouts against a couple “cupcakes”.  Michigan has had a problem with 2nd half letdowns when they have a big lead at halftime against inferior competition, so it was great to see them keep the throttle down for the whole 40 minutes vs. AAMU.  UM’s lead continued to grow for the whole game, and even the benchwarmers played well enough to keep the lead around 30 points.

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Nothing But ‘Net – Week #07 – 12/12/2011 – “Just Win, Baby”

The (#20) University of Michigan men’s basketball team played one game last week, and they won it, to improve their record to 7-2 on the season.  On Saturday (12/10/2011) they beat Oakland University, 90-80, at The Palace Of Auburn Hills.  Hence, the Oakland (Raiders)/Al Davis quote in the headline.

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Big Ten wimps out on conference football championship game

From the people who brought you the Leaders and Legends divisions…Your Big 10 Football Championship Location-INDIANAPOLIS.

Really? That’s the best you can do?

I hope the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has worked out some sweet incentives for Jim Delaney and his crew of merry pranksters but color this football fan unimpressed.

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