Big Ten Tournament: Penn State silences United Center crowd, knocks off Illinois in second round
By Drew Steiner Medill Reports The boisterous, orange-filled United Center was silenced Thursday as the No. 7 seed Illinois Fighting Illini were knocked out of the Big Ten tournament by the No. 10 seed Penn State Nittany Lions, 79-76. The Nittany Lions played much of the game with a smaller lineup, with the tallest player […]
Big Ten Tournament: ‘Unacceptable’ second-half struggles end Wolverines’ run
By Kierstin Lindkvist Medill Reports The Michigan Wolverines’ second-half struggles ended their Big Ten tournament run against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights — marking the first time in history that the lower seed has won the first three games. Entering the tournament, the higher seeds in the first three games (Wisconsin, Nebraska and Michigan) were a […]
Big Ten Tournament: Buckeyes knock off Hawkeyes, continue unprecedented streak of upsets
By Adam Bakr Medill Reports No. 13 seed Ohio State defeated No. 5 seed Iowa 73-69 in the Big Ten tournament second round on Thursday and made Big Ten history in the process. It’s the first time the lower seed has won the first four games of a Big Ten tournament. With No. 10 Penn […]
Turkish immigrants stepping up to help earthquake victims at home
By Almagul Serikbayeva Medill Reports In the wake of early February’s earthquake along the Turkish and Syrian border, the Turkish diaspora of immigrants in Chicago has packed and shipped more than 2,500 boxes of donations full of winter clothing, sleeping bags, hand warmers, diapers, baby food, hygiene products and other necessities, to their homeland through […]
