Big Ten RUMORS & NEWS

Newark Star-Ledger "Steve Pikiell has been recruiting Paul Mulcahy for quite some time. The Rutgers coach got his man on Wednesday night. Mulcahy, a Bayonne resident and a 2018 First Team All-State selection for Gill St. Bernard’s as a junior, announced..." May 17

Minneapolis Star Tribune "The last piece of what the Gophers are hoping will be another turnaround season is in place after Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate transfer Brock Stull committed Tuesday to play for coach Richard Pitino. Stull, a 6-4, 195-pound guard, averaged 13.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists for..." May 16

Detroit News "Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel doesn’t want basketball coach John Beilein to go anywhere. He said that last month, just a couple weeks after Beilein led the Wolverines to the national championship game for the second time in five seasons and on the heels of..." May 15

Land of 10 "Minnesota men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino announced that former Pitt guard Marcus Carr is transferring to Minnesota. After playing one year with Pittsburgh in the 2017-18 college basketball season, Carr will join the Gophers with three years of on-court eligibility remaining. “Marcus..." May 13

College Basketball Talk "The topic of athlete compensation has been discussed in collegiate athletics for quite some time, with there being some who believe that the current scholarship setup is more than enough while others believe that athletes should at bare minimum be able to profit off of their own name, image(s) and..." May 02

Bleacher Report "Guard Romeo Langford is one of the most dynamic offensive players in the class of 2018, and he announced his intention to play for the Indiana Hoosiers on Monday. Langord made his announcement at New Albany Senior High School, and the Indianapolis Star's Gregg Doyel showed how the anticipation..." April 30

CBS Sports "The FBI's unprecedented investigation into corruption and bribery in college basketball recruiting has ensnared many people, universities and shoe companies. Tuesday's news crowded the room of interested parties, most notably Kansas, which it could be argued is the most prominent basketball..." April 12

Journal & Courier "Jacquil Taylor knows what he wants to do with his life after college basketball. "I just want to make movies, long story short," Taylor said following his workout Wednesday night. A film based on Taylor's career at Purdue would include something for everyone. Triumph over adversity. Setbacks..." April 12

Detroit News "A little over a week since Michigan’s season ended in the national title game, the Wolverines have experienced their first departure of the offseason. But it doesn’t involve the NBA or a scholarship player. Redshirt sophomore Brent Hibbitts, a walk-on forward, announced on Twitter Tuesday..." April 11

USA Today "Former Purdue basketball standout Isaac Haas infected his former partner with an incurable STD, and she's not the first one he's infected, a civil lawsuit alleges. Alyssa Chambers filed a $1 million civil lawsuit in Tippecanoe Circuit Court Tuesday accusing Haas of lying to her about having a..." April 11

College Basketball Talk "Ohio State and Chris Holtmann landed a key commitment on Tuesday morning, as five-star in-state prospect Alonzo Gaffney pledged to be a Buckeye. Gaffney is a top 20 prospect in the Class of 2019, a lanky, 6-foot-9 forward that had been targeted by some of the biggest programs in college..." April 10

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Chris Holtmann missed out on CJ Walker the first time around. This time, Walker will join Holtmann as Ohio State's likely future starting point guard. Walker announced Sunday he would transfer from Florida State to Ohio State. He'll have to sit out the 2018-19 season under transfer rules, then..." April 09

ESPN "A female student says Michigan State subjected her to a "hostile educational environment," failed to advise her of her rights and did not offer adequate resources for help after she told counselors in 2015 that three Spartan basketball players had raped her. The allegations are made in a..." April 09

Bleacher Report "Michigan State Spartans freshman guard Brock Washington was charged with misdemeanor assault in Ingham County, Michigan, ESPN's Paula Lavigne reported Friday. Lavigne first reported in February prosecutors were investigating Washington after a female student said he "groped her without her..." April 06

Detroit News "The NCAA championship game wasn’t much of a game. And it wasn’t much of a hit with viewers, either — drawing the worst overnight ratings ever, according to Sports Business Daily. According to reporter Austin Karper, Villanova’s 79-62 victory over Michigan on Monday night drew a 10.3..." April 03

Awful Announcing "Viewership for TBS’ Final Four coverage Saturday were always going to be down from last year, when the event aired on CBS. But in encouraging news for Turner Sports, the numbers were up 15 percent from the last time the national semifinals aired on TBS, in 2016. TBS announced Monday that both..." April 02

Cleveland Plain Dealer "Chris Holtmann missed out on guard CJ Walker once. The transfer market is giving Ohio State's coach a second shot. Walker, a transfer from Florida State who would have to sit one year to have two years of eligibility after that, will visit the Buckeyes this weekend, cleveland.com has confirmed...." April 02

Sporting News "Michigan coach John Beilein says he thinks the iconic "Fab Five" eventually will be honored by the school. The Fab Five, consisting of Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber and Jimmy King, were a dominant force for Michigan in the early 1990s. However, controversy marred their..." April 02

ESPN "No. 1 seed Villanova opened as a 6.5-point favorite over No. 3 seed Michigan in Monday's national championship game. The Wildcats are the largest favorites in the championship game since Duke was favored by seven over Butler in 2010. Villanova has been favored in every game this season. The..." April 01

CBS Sports "An NCAA ruling in February came down hard on Louisville for the infamous escort scandal that retroactively deemed players ineligible, forcing its proud basketball program to yank down a title banner inside the KFC Yum! Center and simultaneously vacate the 2013 national championship it won by..." April 01

CBS Sports "After officiating in the past three Final Fours, official John Higgins will not be on the floor this year. Higgins and his crew were left out of the second weekend's games after after the crew mishandled a call in the Auburn vs. College of Charleston Round 1 match-up, and it will get the same..." March 26

Michigan Live "Jalen Rose's 100-year-old grandma has a message for Sister Jean. "It's been a good ride," said Mary Belle Hicks in a video posted to the former Michigan basketball star's Instagram account. "But it's over Saturday. Go Blue! 100." Jean Dolores-Schmidt, better known to America as Sister Jean,..." March 26

Larry Brown Sports "Isaac Haas still seems unlikely to play in Purdue’s Sweet 16 game against Texas Tech on Friday night, but an amendment the NCAA made this week to a rule regarding protective braces has made it possible. According to Andy Katz of NCAA.com, Purdue athletic director Mike Bobinski worked with NCAA..." March 23