
Maggie Lucas was named Big Ten Player of the Year by the coaches and media following a 34-point performance against Nebraska last night. In addition, Coquese Washington was named Big Ten Coach of the Year by the media for the second year in a row.

The Penn State Lady Lions basketball team clinched sole possession of the Big Ten Conference title for the second season in a row after beating Nebraska, 82-67, in Lincoln on Sunday night.

After pulling off an improbable upset, a team will usually react one of two ways in their next contest. They will either build off the momentum of the previous game with a similar effort, or they'll stink up the place.
For Penn State, this one stunk.

Sen. George Mitchell has released his second quarterly report -- as mandated by the NCAA -- on Penn State's progress in abiding by the NCAA sanctions and implementing the Freeh report recommendations.