Friday's Bucky Newsstand

News about Wisconsin athletics and the Big Ten from around the country on Friday, March 14th.

Wisconsin State Journal

UW men's basketball: Smiling Stiemsma at his best

UW men's hockey: Up-and-down season for Turris

Oates: Winning Big Ten tourney opener biggest thing for UW

UW football: Royston to leave program; surgery for Newkirk

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Family goes the extra mile

Notes: Some safety issues

Mehlhaff: Pro Day and waiting for the phone to ring

The Capital Times

UW football: Royston's transfer has its restrictions

Milewski: Winning opener would be huge for Badgers

UW men's basketball: Defense sets these Badgers apart

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Surge cancels purge

Series against U is big for Mavericks -- and for Mankato

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Gophers grind out Big Ten tourney win over Northwestern

Gophers seek a season save for men's hockey team

Chicago Sun Times

Cats couldn't last a 2nd

Purdue on the rise, Indiana in trouble -- but who will win if they get rematch?

Illini discover way to finish

Weber's jest of a request to Painter: Play walk-ons

Chicago Tribune

Illini, Frazier reverse course

Northwestern fades late against Minnesota

Big Ten features key freshmen players

Michigan can grow up, be like Wisconsin

Friday's Big Ten games

Detroit News

Mental toughness comes out in U-M's first-round victory

Depth could pay dividends for MSU in Big Ten tourney

Lansing State Journal

Emotion big part of Morgan's game

Detroit Free Press

Wolverines go cold, but not home

U-M defense frustrates Iowa, makes own scoring drought an afterthought

Spartans can still raise a banner

Today's MSU game - Spartans take on Buckeyes in Big Ten quarterfinals

Iowa City Press Citizen

A frigid finish

Journal & Courier

Purdue wary of Illinois

Free throw shooting weakness for Illini

Painter finalist for more coaching awards

Indianapolis Star

Which Hoosiers will show up? Players say they have refocused

Purdue springs pleasant surprise

Columbus Dispatch

Big Ten commissioner backs Buckeyes season

Pounding in practice puts guards in overdrive

OSU-Michigan State preview