NEWARK, N.J. -- Sitting in my hotel room a few hours before heading off Wednesday to one of the Big Ten’s fabled destinations -- the Rutgers Athletic Center -- I came across this line from Zach Osterman of the Indianapolis Star, in his column recapping Indiana’s win at Iowa to clinch the outright Big Ten regular-season title: “In a race he does not deserve to lose but probably will anyway (to Michigan State guard Denzel Valentine), Ferrell at least concluded his argument in style.”
That’s IU senior guard Yogi Ferrell, the race is for Big Ten player of the year, and my reaction was: Huh?