Big Ten facing big challenge
May 5, 2008
John Brumbaugh
The Big Ten never has been in a class with the Atlantic Coast Conference in basketball. But until recent years, it didn’t rank behind the Southeastern Conference, Big 12, Big East and Pac-10 in the eyes of most evaluators.
Big Ten teams won five NCAA titles from 1976 to 1989, but they have won just one in the last 19 years (Michigan State in 2000).
What happened? More important, what can the Big Ten do to get back on top? Or has the turnaround already begun and is all of this fretting much ado about nothing?
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