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[purduefanatic]

[Howee]

[purduefanatic]

You're welcome.

I guess the lesbian theme is permeating to all the threads now...lol. Man, Rene was so bad.

[mzonefan]

http://www.bigten.org/genrel/100114aaa.html

ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced today that it has notified the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of initial recommendations designed to provide enhanced benefits for student-athletes that are members in good standing with their individual universities as part of the NCAA’s new autonomy governance structure.

For the past two years, the conference has publicly stated its desire to continue providing student-athletes with an unmatched educational and athletic experience, including comments made by Commissioner James E. Delany at the July 2013 Big Ten Football Media Days (attached as PDF), at the Collegiate Commissioners Association meeting on September 25, 2013 (PDF), at the July 2014 Big Ten Football Media Days (PDF), and in statements issued by the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors on June 1, 2014 (PDF) and June 24, 2014 (PDF).

The Big Ten will work to implement the following proposals through individual institutional action, conference-wide action or under the NCAA autonomy governance structure:
• Cost of Education: Redefine full grant-in-aid to meet a student-athlete’s cost of education, as determined by the federal government.
• Multi-Year Scholarships: Guarantee all scholarships. If a student-athlete is no longer able to compete, for whatever reason, there should be no impact on institutions’ commitment to deliver an undergraduate education.
• Lifetime Educational Commitment: Ensure that scholarships are available for life. If a student-athlete leaves a university for a professional career before graduating, whether the career materializes, and regardless of its length, the scholarship will be honored after his or her playing days are complete.
• Medical Insurance: Provide improved, consistent medical insurance for student-athletes.

The Big Ten has also agreed to address additional student-athlete welfare issues including, but not limited to, health and safety, time demands and comprehensive academic support by way of a “Resolution” that creates a specific pathway and timeline for implementation.

The Big Ten Conference is an association of 14 world-class universities committed to the pursuit and attainment of athletic and academic excellence. Big Ten institutions feature broad-based athletic programs which provide nearly $200 million in direct financial aid to almost 9,500 student-athletes on 350 teams in 42 different sports.

We look forward to working with the ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC through the NCAA autonomy governance structure toward adoption and implementation of these proposals.

[mzonefan]

B1G TV Schedule

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/WBBTVSCHEDULE.pdf

[bucks4now]

What is BTN Plus, plus what?

[scfastpitch]

[bucks4now]

Isn't it amazing that most of the games they want us to pay for. The number of games that are on the channel have gone down every years since they launched. I had a conversation with Miechelle Willis and told her that it was wrong for us to pay for the games and the games are produced by the students. I told her that was "double dipping".

[LegoMyEggo]

I don't have a problem paying for a subscription. It costs money to produce those games.

Looks like we won't be watching Raven Ferguson-

Raven Ferguson Dismissed From Team

Columbus native played in 95 career games for the Buckeyes the past three years


Oct. 2, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio –Kevin McGuff, Ohio State head women’s basketball coach, announced today that senior guard Raven Ferguson has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules.

“I’ve enjoyed having the opportunity to coach Raven this past year,” McGuff said. “And it’s unfortunate that we’re at this point, but due to a violation of team rules she can no longer be a part of our program. I wish her nothing but success as she moves forward as a basketball player and as a person.”

Ferguson played in 95 career games for the Buckeyes with 19 starts during the previous three seasons. She averaged 10.8 points and 5.4 rebounds last season as a junior while earning honorable mention all-Big Ten honors.

[ClayK]

I was curious about Ferguson, so I checked: She was No. 35 overall on the Hoopgurlz list, and had a less than dazzling collegiate career.

Nothing against Ferguson, but rankings really don't mean much coming out of high school. Production at the college level is what really matters, so rating recruiting classes based on individual rankings doesn't necessarily deliver that much solid information.

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[NoDakSt]

Iowa gets a 2016 verbal from Amanda Ollinger, who not only was receiving interest from Iowa State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Louisville, stanford, and Oklahoma, but also was being recruited for Volleyball. The 6-2 Forward verballed the Hawkeyes the day before 2015 F hannah Stewart (Minot Ryan, ND) verballed Bluder's Bunch.

[mzonefan]

Nicole Elmblad returns as captain for Michigan. Great kid. Pre-med and works her butt off all of the time.

http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/100614aaa.html

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan women's basketball head coach Kim Barnes Arico announced that senior Nicole Elmblad (St. Ignace, Mich./LaSalle) will serve as captain for the second consecutive season on Monday (Oct. 6).

"Nicole has been a tremendous leader for us, both on and off the court," Barnes Arico said. "She is one of our hardest workers and is always doing what she can to improve both her game and her leadership skills. I know that she has learned a lot from being captain last year and I am excited to see how she does this year in the role."

"It is an incredible honor to serve as captain again for this team," Elmblad said. "It is an exciting opportunity for me to learn from how I handled the role last year and how I want to lead this year. I am excited for the chance to continue to improve my leadership and my voice."

Elmblad started all 34 games as a junior and averaged 11.4 points and 7.6 rebounds in a team-leading 36.1 minutes per game. She led the Wolverines in steals (45) and ranked second in assists (103) en route to earning MVP honors at the season-ending banquet. Elmblad, a biopsychology, cognition and neuroscience major, was named to the Academic All-America second team, Academic All-Big Ten team and a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

For her career, the lefty has appeared in 98 games and averaged 6.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

U-M returns four starters in Elmblad, senior Cyesha Goree (Grand Rapids, Mich./Wyoming Park), senior Shannon Smith (Gastonia, N.C./Forestview [Trinity Valley C.C.]) and sophomore Siera Thompson (Gardena, Calif./Serra) from last season's team. In addition, the Wolverines welcome a five-member freshman class that is ranked No. 23 by the All-Star Girls Report.

Michigan kicked off official practice on Sunday (Oct. 5). The Wolverines host Davenport in exhibition action on Nov. 2 before kicking off the regular season at home against Detroit on Nov. 14.

[purduefanatic]

Man, this type of thing gets me so excited for the season...

http://www.snappytv.com/snaps/ita_-_episode_1_-_fine_cut_j1vgkx

[gopher5]

http://www.bigten.org/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101614aab.html

[purduefanatic]

Has this already been posted?

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11709357/makayla-waterman-ohio-state-buckeyes-miss-season-knee-surgery

Waterman was expected to be a pretty big contributor this year so this hurts Ohio State quite a bit.

I am so very tired of ACL tears.

[bucks4now]

I think the injury was reports but not out for the year... this is sad.

[mzonefan]

Rosemont, Ill. - Maryland was selected as the preseason conference favorite in the Terrapins' inaugural Big Ten women's basketball season by the coaches and media, the conference office announced on Thursday. Minnesota's Rachel Banham garnered Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year accolades.

Iowa's Samantha Logic, Minnesota's Banham and Nebraska's Rachel Theriot earned nods as Preseason All-Big Ten honorees from both the coaches and the media. Michigan State's Aerial Powers and Northwestern's Nia Coffey were voted to the coaches' preseason squad, while Maryland's Lexie Brown, Minnesota's Amanda Zahui B. and Ohio State's Ameryst Alston were voted to the media's list.

During the 2013-14 campaign, Banham was an All-America honorable mention honoree for the WBCA and Associated Press, and earned unanimous first-team All-Big Ten accolades from coach and media voters. She led the conference in scoring with 23.3 points per Big Ten game last season.

Maryland enters its inaugural Big Ten season returning nine letterwinners and two starters from last year's squad that won 28 games and advanced to the NCAA Final Four. Brown earned NCAA Tournament All-Region honors and was recognized on the Lieberman Award Watch List in 2014.

Michigan State was picked to finish second by both the coaches and media this season. The Spartans finished the 2013-14 campaign with 23 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive season. Michigan State returns three starters from last year's team that shared the Big Ten title with a 13-3 conference record.

Iowa was picked to finish third this season by the coaches' panel. The Hawkeyes return 10 letterwinners from a team that went 27-9 and made its seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance last season.

Nebraska was chosen third by the media voting panel. The Huskers, who won the Big Ten Tournament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, will return four starters to this year's squad.

The 2014 Preseason All-Big Ten Teams and preseason polls can be found below.
2014-15 Preseason All-Big Ten Teams and Preseason Polls

2014-15 COACHES BIG TEN PRESEASON RANKINGS
1. Maryland
2. Michigan State
3. Iowa
2014-15 COACHES PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN TEAM
Samantha Logic, Sr., G, IOWA
Aerial Powers, So., G, MSU
Rachel Banham, Sr., G, MINN
Rachel Theriot, Jr., G, NEB
Nia Coffey, So., F, NU
2014-15 COACHES PRESEASON BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Rachel Banham, Sr., G, MINN

2014-15 MEDIA BIG TEN PRESEASON RANKINGS
1. Maryland
2. Michigan State
3. Nebraska
2014-15 MEDIA PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN TEAM*
Samantha Logic, Sr., G, IOWA
Lexie Brown, So., G, MD
Rachel Banham, Sr., G, MINN
Amanda Zahui B., So., C, MINN
Rachel Theriot, Jr., G, NEB
Ameryst Alston, Jr., G, OSU
*Six players recognized due to a tie
2014-15 MEDIA PRESEASON BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Rachel Banham, Sr., G, MINN

[lynxmania]

Yay Rachel!

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[myrtle]

why does nobody list more than the top 3 teams? [frustrated!]

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[mzonefan]

[bacabuck]

[NoDakSt]

Q & A with Lisa Bluder. Hawkeyes are seeking their eighth consecutive NCAA tournament bid.

http://m.hawkeyesports.com/m/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/101714aaa.html

[bullsky]

The Big Ten is YOUNG. I think it's a battle between Iowa and Maryland. Rutgers could play spoiler.

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[ClayK]

A Northwestern note: Freshman point guard Morgan Green from Northern California is not on the roster and apparently is going to a JC in the Bay Area. She was a very athletic guard who was the fifth-rated NorCal player -- behind two Mickey's Girls, Mariya Moore, who went to Louisville, and Kelli Hayes, who went to UCLA.

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