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Still no word Research Foundation to fight Neimann-Pick Painter figured Type C disease. he would have heard The fund was esfrom the Big Ten by tablished in 2008 in now regarding the honor of the Smith's apparent incident bethree children, all tween Branden Dawdiagnosed with the son and Travis Carroll disease. One child, on Jan. 5 at Michigan Braden, died in 2006. State. The disease is a geBut he hasn't. netic neurodegen"I thought I would Tom Campbell erative disorder that receive a phone call, Matt Painter is one of 48 men's coaches involved in ESPN's Infiniti Coaches' causes progressive but I didn't," he said. Charity Challenge. Painter selected the Smith Family BReaK Thru Fund as his deterioration of the When asked charity, which would receive $100,000 should he win the online vote. nervous system. whether he was disCharity challenge appointed by the non-action, he Painter is one of 48 men's Around the Big Ten said, "Sure, it's disappointing. But coaches involved in ESPN's InS Nebraska will continue to we need to play better. We need finiti Coaches' Charity Challenge. to worry about things we can Voting began Monday afternoon. search for its first Big Ten victory of the season without one of its control." Each coach receives $5,000 best players. for the charBrandon Ubel, the team's ity, but the one leading rebounder and thirdbig ten STANDINGS who receives the leading scorer, is "highly doubt(as of Jan. 13) most votes will ful" for the game Wednesday League Overall win $100,000 for against Purdue, coach Tim Miles W-L Pct W-L Pct the charity. 1. Indiana 3-0 1.000 15-1 .938 told the Lincoln Journal Star. Ubel Wisconsin 3-0 1.000 12-4 .750 P a i n t e r ' s fractured his elbow in a loss to 3. Michigan 3-1 .750 16-1 .941 charity is the Michigan and missed the team's Minnesota 3-1 .750 15-2 .882 Smith Fam- game against Michigan State on Michigan State 3-1 .750 14-3 .824 ily BReaK Thru Sunday. Ohio State 3-1 .750 13-3 .812 Fund, a research 7. PURDUE 2-2 .500 8-8 .500 Miles played only six recruit8. Illinois 1-3 .250 14-4 .778 fund estab- ed scholarship players against Iowa 1-3 .250 12-5 .706 lished within the Spartans, but Nebraska was Northwestern 1-3 .250 10-7 .588 the framework within one point in the final two 11.Nebraska 0-4 .000 9-8 .529 of the Ara Par- minutes before losing 66-56. Penn State 0-4 .000 8-8 .500 seghian Medical Ubel is averaging 12.1 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. S In the league's premier matchup last week, No. 15 Ohio State handed No. 2 Michigan its first loss of the season in Columbus and likely kept the Wolverines from becoming the nation's top-ranked team after Duke also lost. "There's always satisfaction in denying Michigan the No. 1 spot in the country," Ohio State's Evan Ravenel told reporters after the game. Deshaun Thomas led the Buckeyes in the victory, being named Co-Big Ten Player-of-theWeek after dropping 20 points on Michigan after getting 22 against Purdue earlier in the week. j GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 17 • 13