Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Those who give us hope: The Big 10!
With Michigan's victory in the Final Four, the Big Ten conference has achieved something rare: a trifecta of championships in football (Indiana), Men's basketball (Michigan) and Women's Basketball (UCLA). The last time this happened, it was the SEC in 2006-2007, 19 years ago.
Though it has added east and west flanks, the Big 10 still has its critical mass in the midwest, where winters are colder and glamour is rarer. Yet, even in the modern age, it prevails.
It must be a bitter pill for the SEC, that saw itself as ascendant not that long ago...
