Became a Dad to my first daughter this weekend. Her name is Harper- you’d like her. I do. It’s only been a handful of hours but let me tell ya... daughters are pretty cool. (So are nurses. And doctors. And holy cow: wives!!!)
Luka Garza was the
#118
recruit in the class of 2017.
Goes to
@IowaHoops
.
National Player of the Year.
Keegan Murray was the
#334
recruit in the class of 2020.
Goes to Iowa.
Possible/(should be?) National Player of the year this year.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT FRAN MCCAFFERY?!?!
#1
in Scoring all time.
#2
in Assists all time.
#2
in Triple Doubles all time.
2 Final Fours, 4 Big Ten titles.
Unrivaled in attention brought to her sport.
Cheers to the
@IowaWBB
legend… The Unicorn
@CaitlinClark22
Hi. I’m Jonathan Taylor of
@BadgerFootball
- I’d like to apply for early Heisman consideration. In the first 32 minutes of the season I have 4 TDS. K thanks
Just interviewed Urban Meyer. At one point talked about this year doing tv, he says "I had fun - turns out folks wanna talk about football, they don't want to see jumpin' in lakes or goin on rollercoasters"
...
...I feel I may know what he was alluding to.
The man is competitive.
The Big Ten is 7-0 in bowl games. 3-0 in New Years Six bowl games. (And the committee decided the league’s champion didn’t belong in the playoff. Still hard to fathom)
My initial thought was: not a foul.
But watching the replays it is clear it Was a moving screen. It was. That’s a foul. Not even a “it’s technically a foul buuut”. No. It’s the right call.
Either way: mad respect to Bueckers who afterward said that one call is not why they lost
Think of Caitlin Clark's impact this way:
She and the Iowa womens team have now set TV records for Most Watched WBB game Ever on 7 diff networks this year.
Fox, ABC, NBC, BTN, FS1, Peacock and now ESPN
Amazing:
@BadgerMBB
is the first Big Ten regular season champion Ever... to have NO 1st OR 2nd team All-BigTen players (a recognition that started in 1948). Ever!
Talk about definition of a team: whole is greater than the sum of the parts
So Caitlin Clark gives a post championship interview and spends almost the whole time praising her teammate Monica Czinano. So hard not to be constantly impressed.
Also Congrats
@IowaWBB
!!
It was 15 years ago today that
@espn
aired the first episode of Dream Job. I tweet this anniversary every year cause I’m so appreciative for the jump start to my career it gave me. I loved that show, adore the people I met there, cherish the memories it gave me
#HugsAndHandPounds
I’ve done a good amount of play by play of
@IowaWBB
games the last few years.
Last night was my final time to call Caitlin Clark, Kate Martin, and Gabbie March-all (I hope that sticks, by the way).
It’s been a treat to be up close for a golden era of Hawkeye hoops
I’ve been lucky enough to cover Football national championships & Rose Bowls and Final Fours, etc.
But what I feel most fortunate to have been able to cover is the past 4 years watching
@CaitlinClark22
ball out - having a front row seat to that will not be topped. Congrats 22!
Was it a "Down year for the big ten"? Or was it a down year for most traditional powers? Pretty sure folks seem to be impressed right now with Ohio State, Northwestern, Indiana, Iowa, ...
My wife made a new human! This is Allie. So far Allie likes sleeping and also not sleeping.
She has no ties to any fandom yet so if you’d like to call dibs on your favorite team now is the time! (She’s a very good listener)
Yes you did. Congrats to Cassius. It is saying something when you will go down as one of the greatest to ever wear the green and white. Twas a joy to watch you play
Caitlin Clark's 1st ever pro game:
Team Hi 20 points, thanks to 4 made 3s.
All while facing perhaps the best defensive team in the league and a title contender.
Headlines: "Clark struggles"
I just now realized that DisneywORLd is in ORLando.... and DisneyLAnd is in LA. I’d never been able to remember which was which.
I think I just made everyone’s lives a bit easier. You’re welcome, earth.
20 years ago today was the debut of Dream Job.
No really.
The show that changed my life. Everyday of joy life I think about how fortunate I have been because of that show.
Some incredible friends and amazing experiences.
Here now some pics from back then in 2004…
The Michigan Wolverines baseball team blew their lead in the Big Ten regular season. Didn’t win the Big Ten Tourney. Barely made it in as one of the last 4 teams to make the NCAA Tournament. And are now 1 win away from a national championship
Just a reminder this is a Spartan team waltzing into the Sweet 16 despite NOT having a 15 points per game scorer in injured Josh Langford, and barely getting half the normal minutes from another 15 points per game player in injured Nick Ward.
Matt Painter is known quite well in Big Ten country, but not nearly enough nationally (for now). He's so good: He lost Isaac Haas (14 pts/game), Vincent Edwards (14 pts) & Dakota Mathias (12 pts) from last year's team... but this year's team is in the Elite 8
Give up 48 pts and lose your 2nd game to a 3-loss team.... I bet Bama drops from
#5
all the way down to
#6
probably. Cause remember, what happened doesn't matter, its what ya think might happen that matters
Big Ten Signing Day storylines: Iowa is bringing in their best class in a decade. Including 2 highly regarded Tight Ends. If only they had a good history developing TEs (Hockenson, Fant, Kittle...)
Iowa has -15 rushing yards, only 199 total yards, and went 1-11 on 3rd downs..... but beat an SEC team to become Outback bowl champs. Hawkeye fans are like...
Clayton Thorson ends his
@NUFBFamily
career as the program record holder for career TD passes, Completions, Passing Yards, and Wins. BigTen record for QB starts. And wins 3 straight bowl games. Kudos, sir.
I interviewed Urban first on the field just seconds after the game ended and he was practically shaking. His wife Shelley was basically holding him up, saying to him “I got you, I’m here, I got you”. It was a pretty beautiful moment really
Urban Meyer ends his 7 year Buckeye career with the following accomplishments: 83 wins to only 9 losses, a national title, 3 Big Ten titles, a 7-0 record vs Michigan, and victories in the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta and Cotton bowls.
Big Ten Signing Day storylines: Nebraska is again set to bring in a top 25 class. 4 straight years of that. This time the most 4-star players that Scott Frost has brought in for a single class yet. Including 2 WRs - to go along with JD Spielman and Wandale Robinson next fall!
The only woman EVER to have a triple double vs an AP top 10 team?
Caitlin Clark. Tonight.
The only man to ever have a triple double vs an AP top 10 team?
Dwyane Wade.
Pretty cool to be in that company… for Wade.
What an amazing season for
@IowaWBB
A truly special group. Led by a classy head coach in
@LisaBluder
And. Guess what. We are lucky enough to get to see Caitlin Clark for another year
Seeing some dumb hot takes that Michigan didn’t belong in the title game. Dumb. Michigan didn’t lose a game since Feb 6th. Nova was best tam in country. Mich shut down national player of the year in title game, happened to have Divincenzo have an all time game off the bench (1/2)
It is a madhouse already in Minneapolis
Legit thousands in line already. First game is an hour out.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa don’t play til 5:30 local.
Quite a scene
Fans started lining up at 8:30am for today’s
@IowaWBB
vs
@BadgerWBB
game.
It’s 29° outside, and fans here 5 hours early!
First sellout here in 21 years.
Tip-off 1:30pmCT on
@BigTenNetwork
There are many people to be very happy for with tonight’s Purdue win. But not many more so than David Blough (that’s his name that name again is David Blough) Lost starting job- didn’t pout. Always does the right thing. Good for him.
Just did one of my absolute favorite interviews in 12 years here at BTN. Giorgi Bezhanishvili of
@IlliniMBB
-- an absolute joyful, hilarious fella. It airs at 4:10pmCT Check it out! He's a blast
Through 6 games
@BadgerFootball
...
A) Has 4 shutouts
B) Won by combined score of 255-29
C) Def has scored 4 TDs, and allowed 4 TDs.
D) Def has played 24 Qs this year, in 20 of them allowed 0 pts
E) Has Not trailed in a game all year
F) All of the Above.
(its F)
Rutgers is ranked in men's basketball. The last time the Scarlet Knights were ranked:
- I was not alive
- Miracle On Ice had not happened
- ESPN did not exist
- Only 1 Star Wars film had been released
- Mae West was still alive
(aka.... its been a while)
Just doing some quick math getting ready for the Womens Selection show.
@IowaWBB
stud
@GabbieMarshall
has shot...
wait for it...
78% on 3s her last 9 games.
Not. A. Typo.
Caitlin Clark just got a triple double.
In the Big Ten Tournament CHAMPIONSHIP game!
Seriously… anyone trying to say the National Player of the Year is anyone but her is desperately bending over backwards
This
@BoilerBall
team was 6-5 in December. The story coming into the season was “they got one great player. Anyone else??” And now they share the league title in one of the toughest years the Big Ten has had in years. Remarkable.
Purdue this year: winning B10 record for 1st time since 2006. David Blough ties Brees & Everett with 7 300+ yard pass games. Rondale Moore is only 3rd player in B10 history with 100+ catches in a season. Bowl eligible. Not bad
@BoilerFootball
not bad!
Tomorrow
@PennStateFball
is set to bring in the Most 4&5 star players of any Big Ten team. 16! Only Georgia and Alabama have more right now nationally. Join us on BTN for our 8 hour Signing Day show -- Weds 9amET - 5pm ET
We at
@BigTenNetwork
have been around for 15 years.
We have had big time shots (Blake Hoffarber, etc)… but.
That was probably the biggest shot in our networks history. Wow.
Something to consider: what if targeting was like a hockey penalty. You’re out for 5 minutes. 10 minutes. A quarter. Something less than a game. The reason behind targeting is obviously excellent, but the punishment feels so strong when so many times it just wasn’t malicious.
Playoff Committee prediction:
“Minnesota hasn’t played anyone, except 1 top 5 team that they beat...so...
#10
”
“Bama hasn’t played anyone, except 1 top 5 team and they lost ...So...
#5
”
Big Ten Signing Day storylines: Ryan Day is doing just fine in his first ever full recruiting class. He will have a top 5 class nationally, including 3 of the top 11 Wide Receivers in the country. And 4 of the top 15! Plus the
#1
OT in the country & the
#1
C with the
#1
WR
My wife somehow found the Clark Griswold hat. I’ve wanted it ever since I saw Christmas Vacation years ago. No one ever could find it. So, sorry
@BigTenNetwork
but I’ll be wearing it on air, in studio, at the Rose Bowl, pretty much all the time. K thanks!
Cassius Winston last night broke the Big Ten record for Most Assists in a single season!
Most Assists in a Single Season Big Ten History
2018-19 Cassius Winston 279*
1988-99 Mateen Cleaves 274
1978-7 Magic Johnson 269
2004-05 Deron Williams 264
Worst sports take ever remains: ‘Jordan failed at baseball’. Ya know how insanely hard it is to hit .202 in AA?! Only a few thousand people alive can do that, and they all picked up a bat every day their entire lives... as opposed to zero times the previous 14 years!
#LastDance
I’m no fan of throwing at someone’s head- for obvious moral and safety reasons.
But the optics of suspending a guy 8 games for almost-but-Not-even hitting an Astro, but 0 games to any Astro that cheated is... woof
Friendly reminder: when SEC teams score lots of points it’s cause their offenses are elite. NOT their defenses stinking- that’s, of course, for any other league. Same when their top teams struggle: it’s cause of depth, not cause of bad top teams- again that’s other conferences
On February 6th Michigan lost to Northwestern. The Wolverines were 19-7 and by all accounts no more than just a nice team. ... (pause for dramatic effect). ... They haven’t lost since. And they don’t seem to be slowin down any time soon. This team is Elite!