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College Football – Big Ten Takes Huge Rankings & Playoffs Hit
It’s not wise to make assumptions about what happens at the end of the season based on week 2 results, but it’s safe to say the Big Ten won’t be having a team in the College Football playoffs after a terrible run of results in one day, with Michigan State (losing to Oregon), Ohio State (defeated by Virginia Tech) and Michigan (crushed by Notre Dame) getting beaten quite harshly to show how far their conference seems to be right now from the rest.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Hoping to Draft Nik Stauskas or Doug McDermott
Whatever happens for the Chicago Bulls in free agency, they want a shooter in this draft. However, the two players they want – Doug McDermott coming out of Creighton and Nik Stauskas of Michigan will probably be taken before they get a chance to use their 16th and 19th overall selections.
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NFL Rumors – Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons & St. Louis Rams Interested in Drafting Taylor Lewan
The best tackle heading into the 2014 NFL Draft just might be Taylor Lewan coming out of Michigan, which is obviously attracting a lot of attention among high pickers like the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and the St. Louis Rams, with Lewan visiting all three teams.
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Kentucky Over Michigan – History Making Freshmen
Sometimes things just click for certain teams, and there’s not much to explain. Kentucky continue knocking off last year’s Final Four teams, beating Michigan 75-72 with a game winning 3-pointer from Aaron Harrison to cap off another big performance from Julius Randle.
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NCAA Tournament – Elite Eight Predictions (Kentucky vs Michigan, UConn vs Michigan State)
Two teams from the same state on the same night of the Elite Eight, as UConn take on Michigan State followed by the big game of the evening, Kentucky playing against Michigan to wrap up the picture of the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four for 2014.
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Michigan Over Tennessee – No More Upsets
It was a scary finish for Michigan, who almost let a double digit lead slip away from them in the final seconds. It was a courageous finish from Tennessee, but their upsetting days for this season are over, as Jordan McRae having a big night wasn’t enough to hold off the Wolverines, losing 73-71.
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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Predictions (Kentucky vs Louisville, Tennessee vs Michigan)
In probably the strongest of the regions, the Midwest offers two excellent Sweet Sixteen games with Tennessee and Michigan playing before the main course of the day and what might be the biggest game of the night overall as the sibling rivalry of Kentucky and Louisville writes another chapter.
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Michigan State vs Michigan For the Big Ten Tournament Title
Something weird happened this season for both teams. Michigan looked bad during the non-conference part of the season, but finished with the Big Ten title for the second time in three years, including beating Michigan State twice. The Spartans looked like the best team in the nation during the first half of the season, but lost seven times in the final 12 games of the regular season.
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Iowa Beats Michigan – Roy Devyn Marble At His Most Dominant
Everything looks good for Iowa when Roy Devyn Marble plays well, and he did that and more as the Hawkeyes got back on the winning track at home with a very important 85-67 win over Michigan, keeping their Big Ten aspirations alive and well going into the final stretch of the regular season.
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Indiana Beats Michigan – Hoosiers Keep Pulling Off Upsets
This isn’t a season that Indiana are making any kind of move towards the Big Ten title, so pulling off upsets over rivals and ranked teams is the best they can do. For the second time this season, they’ve beaten a ranked conference opponents, beating Michigan 63-52.