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Big Ten making strides in improving its baseball programs
Up to six Big Ten teams could make the NCAA tournament field.
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Is Twitter's hype just as dangerous as rage?
Twitter's influence goes the other way, too, when it inflates the egos of young recruits
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Big Ten tournament Semi final game highlights
Maryland reaches Big Ten title game with 4-2 win vs Indiana Maryland scored four times in an error-prone seventh inning and beat Indiana 4-2 Saturday to advance to the Big Ten Tournament championship game.
Cronenworth leads Michigan past Illinois 5-3
Jacob Cronenworth had three hits, drove in three runs and earned his seventh save to help Michigan beat Illinois 5-3 on Saturday to advance to the Big Ten championship game.
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Dominican trip helped mold Illini into baseball power
Big Ten regular-season champions traveled to play in Dominican Republic
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Nebraska catching some of Minnesota's baseball talent
Two metro area standouts are expected to be a part of Darin Erstad's Huskers' incoming 2015 recruiting class.
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Gallery: Thursday's Big Ten baseball tournament action
Michigan scored eight runs to defeat No. 2 seed Iowa 8-5 in the second day of the Big Ten baseball tournament.
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MSU Mankato football player wins on 'Price is Right' using Kolstad number
Football player Jeffrey Raymond says he wanted to memorialize his friend Isaac Kolstad while playing televised game show
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Big Ten: Freshman ineligibility idea just the start
Jim Delany's idea of making freshmen ineligible in football and men's basketball has drawn plenty of attention and scorn.
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Gallery: Big Ten baseball tournament
The Big Ten baseball tournament kicked off Wednesday at Target Field. The Gophers did not qualify.
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Gophers mull what went wrong this baseball season
The improved Big Ten kept host Minnesota out of the conference tourney
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Wisconsin's Alvarez open to letting Axe return to sidelines
Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez said the decision to limit the Paul Bunyan's Axe celebration to the end zone was made by former Badgers coach Gary Andersen.
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Hakstol leaves UND for Flyers; assistant named as replacement
Dave Hakstol announced his resignation as University of North Dakota hockey coach Monday morning to become the new head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers. Brad Berry will succeed him at UND.
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North Dakota quickly names Berry as Hakstol's successor
UND quickly tapped assistant Brad Berry to be the school's 16th coach, announcing the move at a news conference on Monday afternoon at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
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Rare route from NCAA to NHL
Dave Hakstol became only the third coach in NHL history to climb directly from the college ranks to the NHL. A look at the other two:
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St. Cloud State eliminates Mankato from D-II baseball
St. Cloud State beat Minnesota State Mankato 5-4 in 10 innings.
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Reusse: Fasching, McKenzie follow legends at St. John's
Two with deep St. John's roots are following coaching legends.
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Division II baseball: St Cloud State and Mankato stay alive
St. Cloud State, the No. 1 ranked team in NCAA Division II baseball this season, lost its Central Region opener Friday morning but rebounded for an extra-inning victory later in the day.
Family tree lesson for Huskies' Pat Dolan
St. Cloud State baseball coach didn't think he was related to Milroy Dolans. Au contraire.
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