BIG TEN CONFERENCE

Tennessee has already gone farther than the Vols did in their last NCAA Tournament appearance.

Jordan Bohannon banked in a 3-pointer from just inside the midcourt logo with 0.8 seconds left, lifting No. 24 Iowa over ninth-seeded Indiana 80-77 in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Michigan basketball blew a 17-point lead over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday and failed to capitalize on an opportunity to solidify its position in the NCAA Tournament.

Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis is The Associated Press player of the year in the Big Ten Conference and the Badgers’ Greg Gard is coach of the year.

But right now we’re focusing on the conference tournament. Let’s take a look at the odds for the conference tournament. Big Ten Conference Tournament oddsPurdue +220Iowa +330Illinois +330Wisconsin +700Ohio State +1000Michigan +1000Indiana +2500Michigan State +2500Rutgers +3000Northwestern +9000Maryland +10000Penn State +30000Minnesota +50000Nebraska +50000Despite being the No. 3 seed, Purdue is the favorite to win the Big Ten thanks to its dazzling offense. Big Ten Conference Tournament best bet: Purdue +190While there are a lot of hot teams in the Big Ten tournament, none has more appeal than favorite Purdue at +190.

The Michigan wrestling program’s Big Ten title drought is over. “This tournament has been the mission all year,” Michigan head coach Sean Bormet told Big Ten Network after the meet. He forced overtime with a takedown in the final 20 seconds and then scored another takedown to win in overtime. Sunday was Amine’s second straight Big Ten title after winning at 197 pounds in 2021. With five Big Ten teams ranked in the top seven nationally, Michigan has faced quality competition all season.

DeVante' Jones scored 21 points and Michigan rallied in the second half, wrapping up its up-and-down Big Ten regular season by beating No. 23 Ohio State 75-69 Sunday.

Caitlin Clark scored 41 points, becoming more efficient in the second half, and No. 14 Iowa pulled away from Nebraska for an 83-66 win in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament on Saturday. The second-seeded Hawkeyes (22-7), who have won five straight, face No. 14 Indiana, the fifth seed, in Sunday's championship game. Iowa beat the sixth-seeded Cornhuskers (24-8), who knocked off top-seeded and 10th-ranked Michigan on Friday, twice in the regular season and Clark had 31 points in each game.

Hunter Dickinson scored a career-high 33 points on 13-of-19 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds to help Michigan beat Michigan State 87-70.

Iowa climbed nine spots in the AP women's basketball poll to No. 12 after a big week for the Hawkeyes.

Ohio State is trying to keep up with Purdue, Wisconsin and Illinois at the top of the Big Ten, with just a handful of games remaining in the regular season. They come into Monday night’s clash with a 9-4 record in conference play, three games back of the conference-leading Boilermakers. In their first meeting in Bloomington last month, Indiana knocked off Ohio State with a 67-51 win. What: NCAA Men’s BasketballWho: Indiana Hoosiers (16-9, 7-8 B1G) vs. #18 Ohio State Buckeyes (16-6, 9-4 B1G)When: Monday, February 21Time: 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Value City Arena (Columbus, Ohio)Channel: Fox Sports 1Stream: FuboTV (7-day free trial), Sling, DirecTV StreamCheck out the NCAA Men’s Basketball rankings

The Big Ten conference said it was reviewing a fight after the men's basketball game between Michigan and Wisconsin and would take "swift and appropriate disciplinary action."

Juwan Howard was heated when he joined the handshake line following the 77-63 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers Sunday afternoon

-- Within a couple of hours after the postgame brawl between the Michigan and Wisconsin men’s basketball team on Sunday afternoon, an incident that included Michigan head coach Juwan Howard landing a punch, Michigan’s athletic director released a statement condemning the incident. “I am aware of and watched the end of our men’s basketball game,” Manuel said in the statement. Howard didn’t like that Wisconsin had called a timeout in the final seconds of a lopsided game and let Wisconsin head coach Greg Gard know it. It escalated from there, with Howard punching a Wisconsin assistant coach and several players throwing punches as well. Howard was asked in his postgame press conference if he anticipated being suspended for his role.

Michigan coach Juwan Howard hit Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft after arguing with Wisconsin coach Greg Gard during the handshake line following the Badgers’ 77-63 victory.

Watch college sports on FuboTV (Free trial)Ohio State finds themselves in a little bit of a better standing than the Gophers, but not by much. Though they have a 7-3 overall record, their 3-3 Big Ten mark only has them sitting seventh in the conference. Ohio State arrives to the Land of 10,000 Lakes with a 5-3 record against conference opponents, while the Gophers are 3-5 against top-25 competition. What: NCAA WrestlingWho: #6 Ohio State Buckeyes (7-3, 3-3 Big Ten) vs. #16 Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-5, 3-4 Big Ten)When: Friday, February 11Time: 9:00 p.m. ETWhere: Marturi Pavilion (Minneapolis, Minn.)Channel: Big Ten NetworkStream: FuboTV (Free trial), Sling, DirecTV StreamCheck out the NCAA Wrestling rankings here

Johnny Davis had a game-high 25 points, leading No. 14 Wisconsin to a 70-62 victory over No. 17 Michigan State on Tuesday night.

They still sit fourth in the Big Ten with a 4-1 record, trailing Penn State, Iowa and Wisconsin. Michigan comes into Friday night 4-1 against ranked opponents. With those wins, Nebraska is now 3-2 against ranked competition. What: NCAA WrestlingWho: #4 Michigan Wolverines (8-1, 4-1 Big Ten) vs. #9 Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-2, 2-2 Big Ten)When: Friday, February 4Time: 8:00 p.m. Channel: Big Ten NetworkStream: FuboTV (Free trial), Sling, DirecTV StreamCheck out the NCAA Wrestling rankings here

The Big Ten announced revisions to the 2022 football schedule on Wednesday (Jan. 12) for all 14 teams in the conference, including two noticeable changes for the Michigan Wolverines.

University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh has become a highly touted man this offseason. Several NFL teams, such as the Las Vegas Raiders, Los Angeles Chargers and the Chicago Bears have reportedly come calling.

The Michigan Wolverines have won their first Big Ten Conference football championship since 2004, first outright since 2003, and subsequently earned their spot in the College Football Playoff to play for a national championship.

Michigan State fell flat in Columbus on Saturday, losing in demoralizing fashion to Ohio State

No. 6 Michigan stayed put in the rankings after its 21-17 win at Penn State last week.

No. 7 Michigan State heads to No. 5 Ohio State for a game Saturday that will have huge implications in the Big Ten East.

Yes, only one team currently finds itself in the top four necessary to qualify for the playoff (Ohio State, at No. 6) and Michigan Michigan State (No. Ohio State currently holds a one-game lead in the standings over Michigan and Michigan State, while MSU holds the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Wolverines. MICHIGAN STATE (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) —The biggest surprise of the Big Ten season, Mel Tucker has Michigan State not only playing good football but in a position to win the Big Ten and reach the playoff. Of course, that hinges on the Spartans pulling an upset victory over Ohio State on Saturday and finishing business next week against Penn State.

Ninth-ranked Michigan heads to No. 23 Penn State for a key Big Ten game Saturday.

No. 5 Michigan State has a lot of momentum following its thrilling comeback win over its in-state rival.

No. 5 Michigan State has a lot of momentum following its thrilling comeback win over its in-state rival.

Things to watch this week in the Big Ten Conference

When the Michigan football team gets back to playing games, the next one will be played in a more traditional time slot. The kickoff time and TV designation were announced Monday by the Big Ten Conference, giving both schools the required 12 days advance notice. More: Jake Moody, Brad Hawkins earn Big Ten honorsMichigan (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) is coming off a 32-29 win over Nebraska game on Saturday night, a game televised to a prime-time national audience. It was the second night for Jim Harbaugh’s team this season, a coveted time slot for TV networks looking to maximize their audience. Kickoff times for Michigan’s Oct. 30 game at Michigan State and Nov. 6 game against Indiana have not yet been announced, and both fall within the window of being eligible for prime-time TV slots.

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and Nebraska coach Scott Frost will walk tall into their Big Ten Conference matchup Saturday.

The Big Ten formally announced it has made an alliance with the ACC and Pac-12 that will impact non-conference scheduling, future playoff format discussions and more.

We could see forfeits this fall if a Big Ten team is unable to manage the COVID-19 virus. With the Delta variant running rampant and cases increasing across the country, the Big Ten Conference on Monday unveiled its revised COVID-19 policy that calls for forfeits and “no contests” if a team is buried in positive cases. That’s a change from 2020, when sporting events in the Big Ten were canceled and not counted in the standings. In football, the Big Ten canceled 13 games due to its stringent COVID-19 policy that set benchmarks with regards to positive cases. Studies have shown that vaccinated individuals are less likely to contract the virus, spread the virus, be hospitalized and die from COVID-19.

Big Ten teams that miss conference games because of COVID will be charged with a forfeit and a loss this season, the conference announced.

Fee Hall on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 on campus at Michigan State University in East Lansing. East Lansing, Michigan (Michigan State University)This is one of two Big Ten cities to fall in population in the latest census. Hoover and Greene, a four-story, 171-unit, 182-bed apartment building with ground-floor commercial space at 151 E. Hoover Ave. in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News6. Ann Arbor, Michigan (University of Michigan)The latest update for Ann Arbor is 123,851 residents, which city officials credit to the city’s downtown housing boom over the last decade. Combined, they just edge out Ann Arbor by a few thousand residents in the latest census update.

With the college football season fast approaching, we figured now would be the right time to dive into Michigan’s 2021 football schedule. Michigan is set to face in-state rival Michigan State in East Lansing this year, and travel to Happy Valley to play Penn State, while it hosts Ohio State in Ann Arbor. According to college football prognosticator Phil Steele, Michigan is set to play the 58th toughest schedule in 2021 based off opponents’ win percentage in 2020. They return starting quarterback Kaleb Eleby (1,715 yards, 4 TDs), who was highly efficient last fall, and former Michigan State transfer running back La’Darius Jefferson. A fight for the legendary Michigan football coach’s legacyOddsmakers set Michigan football’s win total for 2021

College Football Playoff expansion took another step forward this week.

Officials in charge of the College Football Playoff have opened two days of meetings in suburban Chicago.

Indiana's breakout was one of the stories of the 2020 football season.

Heart inflammation is rare in Big Ten Conference athletes who’ve had COVID-19 and in most cases it causes no obvious symptoms.

The Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans will meet twice in the 2021-22 Big Ten basketball regular season.

A season off from playing organized football left Ambry Thomas with a lot of time to think. Thomas, a Detroit native, already experienced a bout with colitis in 2019 that left him hospitalized for a month. He eventually returned and played a full season, even considering a jump to the NFL then. “I didn’t feel comfortable going out there to play if they weren’t comfortable with us being out there playing,” Thomas told reporters on Wednesday, ahead of Michigan’s scheduled pro-day event for NFL scouts Friday in Ann Arbor. I’m on my time — I’m not on the Big Ten’s time schedule.”That left Thomas with a four-month jump on draft preparations.

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby and Washington winger Tom Wilson separately questioned the NHL on a lack of clarity between clean and dirty hits. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___The Boston Bruins are resuming practice since having two games postponed resulting from five players being placed in the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol. The team announced it will practice Wednesday night, a day before the Bruins are still scheduled to host the New York Islanders. The total is down from 15 on Tuesday, which was the most since 18 players were in the protocol on Feb. 17. The conference allowed a limited number of fans to attend the Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.

Second round winners: Michigan, Florida State, Texas, Alabama. On to the upsets ...First round winners: Baylor, North Carolina, Winthrop, Purdue, Texas Tech, Colgate, Virginia Tech, Ohio State. AdFirst round winners: Gonzaga, Missouri, UCSB, Virginia, USC, Kansas, VCU, Iowa. Second round winners: Gonzaga, Virginia, USC, Iowa. The Big Ten tournament gets replaced by a Final Four in the heart of Big Ten country.

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard questions a call in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland at the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)The Michigan Wolverines will start the 2021 NCAA Basketball Tournament as the No. 1 seed in this year's NCAA Tournament -- as it should be. 11 UCLA on Thursday in the First Four round play-in game, with the winner playing No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

As the Fighting Illini celebrated their first Big Ten Tournament title since 2005 with a 91-88 overtime victory over No. 9 Ohio State on Sunday, they quickly turned the focus to their No. Instead of withering in their fourth game in four days and being without forward Kyle Young for the second consecutive game, Ohio State (21-9) continually fought back. BIG PICTUREOhio State: They didn't win the title but the fifth-seeded Buckeyes overperformed expectations. ALL-TOURNEY TEAMAdDosunmu and Cockburn were joined on the all-tournament team by Washington and Liddell from Ohio State and Iowa’s Luka Garza, the league’s player of the year.

Virginia was forced to withdraw from the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament on Saturday because of a single COVID-19 case. They were already missing David McCormack and Tristan Enaruna, who both tested positive before the conference tournament. Pitino is the fifth coach to lead five teams to the NCAA Tournament, joining Lon Kruger and Tuby Smith. The Cougars routed Cincinnati in the AAC final, ending the Bearcats hope of slipping into the NCAA Tournament field of 68 as an automatic qualifier. 7 Houston and Cincinnati, which needs to win to get in the NCAA field.

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS – Illinois center Kofi Cockburn learned some hard lessons dueling with Luka Garza as a freshman. The victory sends the Illini to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. They made themselves at home, cheering loudly each time Cockburn made a play, while booing the foul calls against Illinois. A 9-0 run midway through the first half gave Illinois a 22-14 lead that it never surrendered. BIG PICTUREIowa: The Hawkeyes won't go away quietly in the NCAA Tournament, as Illinois found out Saturday.

AdBIG PICTUREIowa: Reaching the title game as an unranked fifth seed should translate to a higher seeding in the NCAA Tournament. ... As much as Maryland dominates the conference, the Hawkeyes defeated the Terrapins in the 2019 Big Ten tourney title game. Maryland: This is the fifth tourney title for the Terps, who also won in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2020. UP NEXTIowa: NCAA Tournament, TBA. Maryland, NCAA Tournament, TBA.

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)INDIANAPOLIS – All Michigan coach Juwan Howard intended to do, he said, when he started walking toward the baseline during the second half of Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals was question a call. After the game, Howard apologized for his actions — and also placed blame on the other bench. Don’t talk to me ever again,’ Then he charged at me. All I said is, ‘Don’t talk to me, don’t talk to me.’”Maryland scored five points after the fracas to cut the deficit in half. BIG PICTUREMaryland: A strong finish — and Thursday's victory over Michigan State — should be enough to get an NCAA Tournament bid.

Ten scholarship players are returning after spending the 2020 season on the Michigan roster, but only five of them saw snaps at a linebacker position. We’ll start at the top, where fifth-year senior and defensive co-captain Josh Ross is back for one more go of it. And if not, could Michigan slot the 6-foot, 227-pound Barrett into an outside linebacker spot instead? That could open the door for Nikhai Hill-Green or Cornell Wheeler to get more looks, especially if Michigan opts to utilize four-linebacker formations often. Whether Macdonald continues that trend remains to be seen, and will tell us a lot about the future of the linebacker position at Michigan.

Michigan put all athletic activities on pause after receiving several positive tests for a COVID-19 variant that transmits at a higher rate. Michigan leads the Big Ten standings and is chasing a No. Wisconsin has been sliding down the Top 25 the last few weeks and lost 77-54 at Michigan on Jan. 12. INSIDE THE NUMBERS: The Big Ten has three of the top six teams in the current AP Top 25: Michigan, No. The last time Ohio State won more than five true Big Ten road games in one season was in 2010-11.

FILE - Big Ten signage is shown outside The Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, in this March 12, 2020, file photo. Big Ten officials have decided to move next month's men's basketball tournament from Chicago to Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)INDIANAPOLIS – The Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday that its men's basketball tournament will move from Chicago to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the site of this year's Final Four. Big Ten officials see the advantages of Indianapolis as a tournament site, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Local leaders have spent two months scrambling to accommodate the NCAA, which announced last month that all 67 men's tourney games will be played in Indianapolis and its surrounding communities.

The Michigan men’s basketball team’s game at Penn State, scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Penn State program. They postponed Sunday’s game against Wisconsin as well as Tuesday’s game against Ohio State due to COVID concerns. And now they have announced that their next two games -- Michigan on Saturday and Rutgers on Tuesday -- are postponed. The affected schools “will work with the Big Ten Conference to identify rescheduling options,” according to Penn State. Michigan beat Penn State 62-58 on Dec. 13 at home.

17 Michigan State — sets the stage for what could be an epic start to the new year in the improbably deep Big Ten. 15 Illinois and Michigan State visits the Cornhuskers. The weekend wraps up Sunday with Wisconsin visiting Penn State, Northwestern heading to Michigan and Ohio State traveling to Minnesota in a pair of matchups involving ranked teams. The Hokies already have wins over teams that were ranked in Villanova and Clemson. BIG 12 BATTLESThe Big Ten has the most teams in the Top 25 but the Big 12 may have the best — the league has five teams ranked in the top 13.

(AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)It's hard to decide who has been more dominant in men's college basketball this season: Gonzaga or the Big Ten Conference. The sixth-ranked Badgers began a run of Top 25 teams from the league, jumping three spots after wins over Nebraska and then-No. 12 Michigan State. The Hawkeyes dropped from fourth to 10th while surprising Rutgers began a run of four more Big Ten teams at No. Minnesota, whose lone loss came to Illinois and which was last ranked on Dec. 4, 2017, plays its next six against Top 25 teams: Michigan State, at Wisconsin, Ohio State, at Michigan, at Iowa and the Wolverines at home.

Michigan State’s women’s basketball team is off to a strong start this season and a couple of Muskegon High School alumnae have played key roles in that. One of those players, in particular, got a shout-out from the Big Ten Conference this week. Last season in the Spartans’ 16-14 campaign, Winston appeared in all 30 games off the bench and she averaged 8.6 minutes per contest. The Spartans host Central Michigan Friday, Northern Illinois Sunday and Oakland next Tuesday before they resume conference action Dec. 31 at Ohio State. More coverage:All-time Oakridge great Sophia Wiard ties Toledo’s single-game scoring recordSophia Wiard earns MAC women’s basketball weekly honor for Toledo

The number of positive COVID-19 cases within the Michigan football team continues to rise, resulting in the university canceling Saturday’s game against Ohio State. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman reported that Michigan would be without around 45 players due to positive coronavirus cases, contact tracing or injury. “The players, to a man, wanted to play this play this game,” Harbaugh said. Cut through the clutter of social media and communicate directly with our beat reporters, just like you would with your friends. Sign up for insight on the Wolverines for $4.99 a month (with a 60-day free trial) by texting 734-215-6605.

Saturday’s scheduled football game between rivals Michigan and Ohio State has been canceled due to ongoing coronavirus issues within the Wolverines program. The two Big Ten Conference teams have played “The Game” every season without disruption since 1918. Michigan said in a statement that increasing coronavirus cases and multiple players in quarantine forced the team to make the decision to cancel the game, scheduled to be played in Columbus, Ohio. Last week, the Wolverines halted all football activities due to Covid-19 cases among players and canceled last Saturday’s game against Maryland. However, the conference has set a threshold of six games played to qualify for the conference championship game against Northwestern.

“I was infuriated by the insinuation that Michigan would do anything but play a football game. Herbstreit later apologized for his comments, saying he had “no evidence” and “no business at all saying that. Ohio State, the No. Michigan has canceled its game Saturday against Maryland due to COVID-19 issues, while the Dec. 12 game at Ohio State could be in jeopardy. “And to insinuate that, to say something other than that, is a statement by a fool,” Manuel said.

A poor start to the 2020 football season could mean no bowl game for the Michigan football team for the first time in the Jim Harbaugh era. They did not qualify in 2014 and have missed out on bowl games just three times since 1975. That leaves the Big Ten with a guaranteed slot in the Pinstripe Bowl (Dec. 29, New York), Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Dec. 30, Charlotte), Music City Bowl (Dec. 30, Nashville) and Outback Bowl (Jan. 2, Tampa, Fla.), and the opportunity to fill the Orange Bowl (Jan. 2, Miami) or Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1, Orlando). In 2019, the 10-2 Wolverines played Florida in the Peach Bowl in Atlanta, a New Year’s Six-designated bowl game. Harbaugh’s teams also played in the Outback Bowl (2018), Orange Bowl (2016) and earned another Citrus Bowl invite in 2015.

And even if more games are wiped out due to COVID-19 and other open dates emerge, the Big Ten is intent on keeping its football season in-house. Before the conference reversed its decision to play this fall, Nebraska had been among the most outspoken about playing. The discussions we had were with teams that had already implemented stricter testing protocols than those mandated by the Big Ten Conference. Ultimately, the Big Ten Conference did not approve our request, and we respect their decision. The Big Ten COP/C voted today to reaffirm its decision to play ONLY conference games this football season, even if games are canceled and open dates emerge, source confirms to @TheAthleticCFB.

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)Indiana jumped into The Associated Press college football poll Sunday after pulling off the weekend’s most dramatic upset and Ohio State moved up to No. Ohio State leaped two spots after easily dispatching Nebraska as the Big Ten Conference kicked off its pandemic-delayed and abbreviated season. When the Big Ten postponed its fall season, Ohio State and the rest of the conference's teams became ineligible for inclusion in the rankings. Now that all the voters are including Ohio State, Wisconsin, Michigan, et al., those teams got an extra boost this week. 3 Ohio State at No.

As seven Big Ten cities, including East Lansing, prepare to host college football games this weekend, elected officials from across the conference are pushing for COVID-19 data from their communities to be considered in planning for games. Mayors of 11 Big Ten cities, including Aaron Stephens of East Lansing, Christopher Taylor of Ann Arbor and Andy Schor of Lansing, sent a letter to the Big Ten conference office this week, as the conference is set to hold its first games of the 2020 season starting on Friday. In addition, if the positive rate for all players, coaches and staff for a team rises above 7.5 percent, then the team is also shut down for a week. The mayors asked that the positive rate for the community at large be added as a metric alongside those. They wrote that they “do no expect this standard to be in line with the current standard for the team.” Positive rates on Michigan and Michigan State’s campuses are both at two percent or lower for the most recent weeks available.

All rights reserved)ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Mayors from 11 Big Ten cities sent a letter to the conference requesting four additional safety measures be taken ahead of football season. After it was originally postponed until the spring, the Big Ten football season was reinstated last month and will begin this weekend. On Tuesday, 12 mayors -- 11 from Big Ten cities, as well as the mayor of Lansing -- sent a letter to the league requesting a few additional precautions be put in place. Work with local and county health officials to agree on a positivity rate that would make a city unsafe to hold a game. “We know the history of football games within our cities,” the letter says.

AdvertisementMeanwhile, city officials announced five more states were added to Chicago’s travel quarantine order, while none were removed. Illinois health officials on Tuesday also announced 3,714 new known cases of COVID-19 and 41 additional fatalities, bringing the total number of known infections in Illinois to 350,875 and the statewide death toll to 9,277 since the start of the pandemic. With COVID-19 cases on the rise again and business and international air travel depressed, trade show organizers continue to examine plans for next year. A state gets placed on the list if it averages more than 15 new daily COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period. —Associated Press7:02 a.m.: Pritzker to hold daily coronavirus briefing TuesdayAs a sign of the seriousness of the resurgence in COVID-19 cases, Gov.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Which pair of Michigan football players who share a jersey number will unite to be the most valuable this season? This year’s roster, with the new rule in place, has 45 duos who will wear the same jersey number. Some of the Michigan jersey number duos contain players who will contribute on different sides of the ball. 1: Both players must wear a jersey number for the entire season for their stats to qualify in favor of said jersey number. Other eligible duosHere are all the other jersey number duos listed on the 2020 Michigan football roster, as of Oct. 16.

The same day the Big Ten started daily COVID-19 antigen testing in the ramp up to a postponed fall football season, the conference revealed more details about its partnerships and protocols. Big Ten teams were allowed to begin fully-padded practice on Wednesday as daily antigen testing started. “Quidel’s rapid antigen testing technology represents the ability to perform COVID-19 surveillance testing on a large scale with prompt results.”Michigan State athletics reports 11 new positive COVID-19 casesPlayers and staff members will be tested before every practice and game. Players who are presumptively positive through antigen testing will be referred to their school’s health staff for confirmatory PCR testing. Each school’s chief infection officer will report confirmed positive cases to the medical subcommittee of the Big Ten Conference Return to Competition Task Force.

RELATED: Big Ten football is happening after allIn this episode of MLive’s Spartan Confidential podcast, host Brandon Champion is joined by MLive Michigan State beat reporters Kyle Austin and Matt Wenzel to breakdown the third edition of Michigan State’s 2020 football schedule. The Rundown:2:12: First basketball, what will the Spartans non-conference schedule look like? 8:00: Breaking down Michigan State football schedule 3.013:11: Is 4-4 a fair prediction? 17:20: Jacub Panasiuk opts back in19:05: Who will be Michigan State’s starting QB against Rutgers? 23:45: Elijah Collins should be Michigan State’s workhorse RB26:05: What to expect from Western Michigan transfer WR Jayden Reed

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) will return with a 6-game football season, meaning all 10 major conferences will play this fall. The MAC was the first of the NCAA division one conferences to postpone their football season due to the coronavirus pandemic. “There are simply too many unknowns for us to put our student athletes in situations that are not clearly understood,” said MAC Commissioner John Steinbrecher at the time. After the Big Ten Conference reversed its decision to postpone the season, pressure built on the rest of the conferences to do the same. Read more: Big Ten reinstates fall football season, with games scheduled to begin Oct. 23-24

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan football team have fought for a season since the moment the Big Ten announced football would be postponed. Michigan put a beating on Michigan State for the first time in a long time last year, dropping 44 points on the Spartans and running them out of Ann Arbor. Michigan outplayed Penn State on the road last season, a year after smacking the Nittany Lions by 35 points in Ann Arbor. Probably not a lot, but if Milton can be at least as good as Shea Patterson was last season, Michigan should be the favorite at home. Unless Milton emerges as a Heisman-level quarterback in his first season, Michigan probably won’t be competitive in this game.

Michigan’s third-iteration Big Ten schedule included some familiar opponents, many of whom were expected to be included anyway, but seeing them on paper doesn’t make things easier. On Oct. 24, season-opening weekend for the Big Ten’s revised, nine-game schedule, Harbaugh’s team will make the 600-mile trek to Minneapolis to play an up-and-coming Minnesota team. A Dec. 5 home game against Maryland serves as the lead up to the biggest game of the season, the annual showdown against Ohio State. Having to play Ohio State and Penn State in one season is difficult enough, but throw in Minnesota and Wisconsin and Michigan could make the case for having the most difficult schedule in the conference. Read more on Michigan football:DE Aidan Hutchinson in for 2020 seasonRecruiting: LB Casey Phinney flips commitment from MichiganU-M fixes schedule so Ohio State, Michigan State visit opposite yearsJim Harbaugh on ESPN: ‘Lot of juice’ in practice this weekUrban Meyer: Michigan QB Joe Milton a ‘Cam Newton lookalike’

The Michigan football team will open the condensed, twice-revised 2020 Big Ten schedule on the road against a potential Big Ten West contender. Minnesota is one of two crossover games on the schedule, along with Wisconsin, which Michigan is slated to host Nov. 14 in Ann Arbor. In their first marquee game of the season, Michigan will host in-state rival Michigan State on Oct. 31, Halloween night, in Ann Arbor. Michigan hits the road to play Indiana the following week, Nov. 7, before the marquee matchup with the Badgers, another potential West division contender. Michigan’s new 2020 football schedule:— Oct 24: at Minnesota— Oct. 31: vs. Michigan State— Nov. 7: at Indiana— Nov. 14: vs. Wisconsin— Nov. 21: at Rutgers— Nov. 28: vs. Penn State— Dec. 5: vs. Maryland— Dec. 12: at Ohio State— Dec. 19: TBDRead more on Michigan football:WR Giles Jackson ‘super excited’ to be first U-M player to wear No.

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, the seating area at Bankers Life Fieldhouse is viewed in Indianapolis after the Big Ten Conference announced that remainder of the men's NCAA college basketball games tournament was canceled. Indianapolis city leaders want the college basketball world to know it is open for business. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)INDIANAPOLIS – With the coronavirus pandemic already forcing changes for college basketball, a bubble may be brewing in Indianapolis. Indiana Sports Corp. released a 16-page proposal Friday that calls for turning the city convention center's exhibition halls and meeting rooms into basketball courts and locker rooms. ___For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP_Top25

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click to enlarge john j. klaiber jr / Shutterstock.comBig Ten football is BACK! 🏈 pic.twitter.com/bEYemfKqxm — The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 16, 2020Just for the record, "MI" is Michigan, NOT Mississippi. No offense, Mississippi, but now this is personal.According to a congratulatory announcement made by White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday, Michigan's teams are no longer included in the 14 teams that make up The Big Ten. All 14 teams are scheduled to start the season during the weekend of Oct. 24.Following the announcement, Gov. “All of our coaches, staff, and practice personnel wear masks/gators during practice.”

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A sense of normalcy is returning to Michigan college campuses amid the Big Ten’s decision to reinstate the fall football season. College students were more than disappointed in the conference’s August decision to postpone the fall football season due to health and safety concerns amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic -- affecting plans for conference member schools Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. The decision not to play hit especially hard at the University of Michigan, where fall football has been a century-long tradition -- the team even played five games during the 1918 Spanish Flu. Let’s play football," Harbaugh added. Related: What governor said about fans attending Michigan, Michigan State football games this year

The decision comes with stringent COVID-19 safety guidelines, headlined by two main statistics the conference will monitor throughout the season:Two COVID-19 statsThe two stats outlined in the Big Ten release are team positivity rate and population positivity rate. Big Ten officials define population positivity rate and the “number of COVID-19 positive individuals divided by the total population at risk." Team test positivity rate and population positivity rate thresholds will be used to determine recommendations for continuing practice and competition, officials said. All COVID-19 positive student-athletes will have to undergo comprehensive cardiac testing to include labs and biomarkers, ECG, Echocardiogram and a Cardiac MRI. Following cardiac evaluation, student-athletes must receive clearance from a cardiologist designated by the university for the primary purpose of cardiac clearance for COVID-19 positive student-athletes.

FILE - In this June 4, 2019, file photo, Kevin Warren talks to reporters after being named Big Ten Conference Commissioner during a news conference in Rosemont, Ill. Leaders of six state legislatures in the Big Ten footprint have sent a letter to commissioner Kevin Warren asking the conference to reconsider its decision to cancel the fall football season. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. The Big Ten said its Council of Presidents and Chancellors voted unanimously Tuesday to restart sports. The move came amid sharp pressure from coaches, a lawsuit from players and pressure from parents and even President Donald Trump pushing for a Big Ten football season.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Big Ten announced Wednesday that it has reinstated the 2020 fall football season, with games scheduled to begin Oct. 23-24. This reversal comes five weeks after Big Ten presidents voted against playing any fall sports. We respect the challenge that the virus has presented, however we will not cower from it.”It took several weeks, but Harbaugh has gotten his wish. Six days before postponing the season, Big Ten officials released a modified 10-game, conference-only schedule for each member. Even without bye weeks, a 10-game schedule would carry the Big Ten football season through Christmas.

FILE - Ohio State cornerback Shaun Wade (24) is shown during the first half of the Fiesta Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019, in Glendale, Ariz. Ohio State stars Shaun Wade and Wyatt Davis got tired of waiting for a decision on the football season and chose to opt out and begin preparing for the NFL draft. COLUMBUS, Ohio – With the chances of the Big Ten Conference playing a football season slipping away, two of Ohio State's best players have chosen to opt out and start preparing for the NFL draft. That schedule could set up Big Ten teams to be part of the College Football Playoff. ___Associated Press College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed to this report. ___More AP college football: https://apnews.com/Collegefootball and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25___Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy

The Big Ten presidents were presented a comprehensive plan Sunday to conduct a fall football season, but a final decision is still to come. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Big Ten was not making its return to competition plans public. The person said the meeting broke up without the presidents and chancellors voting and with no set plans for them to reconvene. Still, if they act quickly Big Ten football could kickoff as soon as the weekend of Oct. 17. That schedule could set up Big Ten teams to be part of the College Football Playoff.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, Ohio State plays against Florida A&M at Ohio Stadium during an NCAA college football game in Columbus, Ohio. Seventy-seven of those teams are scheduled to play throughout the fall, starting at various times in September. 2 Ohio State, No. The Big Ten postponed its fall season Aug. 11 because of concerns about playing through the COVID-19 pandemic, with presidents voting 11-3 in favor. On the first Saturday of the football season that included Power Five teams playing, Big Ten teams were idle while athletic directors and university leaders were working on ways to possibly salvage a fall football season.

Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) and other Midwest legislative leaders announced Tuesday they sent a joint letter to Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren encouraging the conference to reconsider its stance on the fall sports season. The Big Ten Conference announced on Aug. 11 that it would move its football season to the spring semester because of health risks associated with the coronavirus. Over the weekend, President Trump tweeted Big Ten members University of Michigan and Michigan State University could be excluded from the next football season due to the governors response to the coronavirus. Big Ten Football is looking really good, but may lose Michigan, Illinois and Maryland because of those Governors' ridiculous lack of interest or political support, Trump tweeted Sunday. Last week, the Michigan High School School Athletic Association (MHSAA) reinstated football and other high school sports.

Less than four months before the scheduled kickoff of the college football season, not one of the 14 schools in the Big Ten Conference can say for sure it will have students back on campus this fall a crucial step for sports. The football season, for now, is due to begin Aug. 29, though Big Ten schools dont begin play until the following week. Commissioners of the nations major college football conferences told Vice President Mike Pence last month that college sports cannot return from the coronavirus shutdown until campuses have reopened. Officials at Ohio State, Penn State, Illinois and Wisconsin said they expect to make announcements in June or July. Think about that, if students arent on campus that means the institution has made a decision its not safe for those students to be here on campus, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said.

The NCAA has canceled its March Madness basketball tournaments and "all remaining winter and spring" championships as coronavirus fears upend the sports world. The Southeastern Conference, Big Ten Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Big East, Big 12 Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference all canceled their men's championship basketball tournaments ahead of the NCAA's announcement. The NCAA had previously said the upcoming men's and women's March Madness basketball tournaments, which were scheduled to begin in days, would be played without fans. The Jayhawks are the top-ranked men's basketball team in The Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Big East conference men's basketball tournament had already begun at Madison Square Garden in New York City, but now will not continue.