| ESPN Announces Times and Television Designations for 10th Annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge ESPN announced today the start times and television designations for the 2008 ACC/Big Ten Challenge games. For the fourth consecutive year, the event will feature 11 games and will include two telecasts on ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise the remaining nine games.  Olympic Spotlight: Basketball's Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, Michael Redd and Deron Williams With the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games quickly approaching, BigTen.org takes a look at both former and current Olympians who have made their mark in their respective sports. In today's "Olympic Spotlight" feature, we take a look at the Olympic basketball careers of Michigan State's Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Illinois' Deron Williams, and Ohio State's Michael Redd. Three Big Ten Basketball Players Selected in 2008 NBA Draft Indiana's Eric Gordon was selected seventh overall in the 2008 NBA Draft (by the Los Angeles Clippers) on Tuesday night in New York. Gordon joins teammate D.J. White (29th pick to Detroit Pistons) and Ohio State's Kosta Koufas (23rd pick to Utah Jazz) as the three conference players chosen in the first round of the draft. The Big Ten and the NBA Draft With the 2008 NBA Draft upon us, BigTen.org takes a quick look at some of the prospects in this year's draft, as well as some historical facts to get you set for the annual event, which will be held this Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Big Ten Men's Basketball Captures 32nd Straight National Attendance Title For the 32nd straight season, Big Ten men's basketball leads the nation in attendance, according to numbers released by the NCAA. The Big Ten ranked first among all conferences with an average of 12,978 fans per game/session, which is 838 more than the national runner-up (SEC - 12,140). News Wizard |