Tag: "Maryland"
Iowa men keep Maryland at bay, advance to NIT championship game
NEW YORK — Iowa’s basketball season lives on in the city that never sleeps. The Hawkeyes took the lead early and never relinquished it, advancing to Thursday’s NIT championship with a 71-60 victory against Maryland on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. Iowa used an early 11-0 run to take the lead after the Terrapins had [...]
Iowa men aim for greatness in NIT spotlight
NEW YORK – Aaron White grew up an NBA fan, living and dying with the fortunes and failures of his home-state Cleveland Cavaliers. When his favorite team would play the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden, the games seemed to be magnified. “One of the greatest places, NBA-wise, to watch a game,” the sophomore [...]
Harty blog: The Big Ten would prefer Notre Dame, but Maryland and Rutgers will have to suffice
With Maryland now on board and Rutgers reportedly set to follow on Tuesday, the Big Ten Conference is getting bigger, but not necessarily better. The obvious answer for why Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany went after those two East Coast schools is the potential money generated by the lucrative television markets from which they exist, [...]
Maryland nears decision on move to Big Ten
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland’s decision to stay in the Atlantic Coast Conference or join the Big Ten comes down to tradition versus money. Given the plight of the school’s struggling athletic program, the Terrapins’ stature as a charter member of the ACC may not mean as much as the prospect [...]
Keeler: Big Ten Conference football outlook for 2010
== TWO-POINT CONVERSION === Point No. 1 — Unless another conference forces its hand (as the Big 12 Conference did this summer), don’t be shocked if the Big Ten remains quiet on further expansion for the next 10 months or so while Nebraska, the 12th member, settles in. Commissioner Jim Delany turned heads with his [...]
