Hockey team can't solve recent Friday failures Imagine the frustration of a team looking for consistency, only to find two straight weeks of baffling, back-and-forth play.
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	Rychart named player of the week but Gophers can't break into polls When Minnesota men's coach Dan Monson realized he forgot to mention Dusty Rychart was named Big Ten player of the week in the locker room meeting, he chose to do so right before the walk-through.
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Big Ten competition as good as any in college basketball In a league of parity, Illinois (15-4, 5-1 Big Ten) is the early front-runner of Big Ten men's basketball standings. Under first-year coach Bill Self, Illinois barely sits ahead of Michigan State (15-1, 4-1).

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