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on a nine-foot rim, the 6-foot-2 senior moved up a foot. And her first attempt rattled down, al- though not as smoothly as she So after a successful dunk Date would have liked. "We had the nine-foot rim, Oct. 30 MONTEVALLO (exhibition) 7 p.m. Nov. 3 Nov. 9 Nov. 11 HOFSTRA* Nov. 15 vs. Villanova# XAVIER LAMAR NEWBERRY (exhibition) BUCKNELL* Time 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 2012-13 MEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Game TV Nov. 16 vs. Alabama/Oregon State# 5/7 p.m. ESPNU/ESPN2 Nov. 21 UNC-WILMINGTON Nov. 28 at Clemson! Dec. 1 Dec. 4 Dec. 8 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 8 p.m. Dec. 15 Dec. 18 BALL STATE Dec. 29 Jan. 2 Jan. 5 Jan. 8 at Eastern Michigan vs. Notre Dame& WILLIAM & MARY ILLINOIS Jan. 13 PENN STATE Jan. 16 Jan. 19 WEST VIRGINIA Jan. 24 Jan. 27 IOWA Jan. 30 Feb. 2 Feb. 5 Feb. 9 Feb. 13 Feb. 16 at Nebraska at Michigan INDIANA at Northwestern at Penn State at Michigan State OHIO STATE 7:15 p.m. ESPNU 2:15 p.m. BTN 6:30 p.m. BTN 2 p.m. BTN 4:30 p.m. ESPN2 7 p.m. 2 p.m. ESPN3 ESPN3 8:30 p.m. BTN Noon 9 p.m. TBA 9 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. Feb. 24 NORTHWESTERN Feb. 27 March 2/3 at Wisconsin March 6 MICHIGAN March 9 MINNESOTA at Iowa MICHIGAN STATE at Illinois at Indiana 3:30 p.m. BTN 8:30 p.m. BTN Noon 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 9 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA 8:30 p.m. BTN TBA March 14-17 Big Ten Tournament (Chicago) * 2K Sports Classic — Mackey Arena # 2K Sports Classic – New York City (Madison Square Garden) ! ACC/Big Ten Challenge & Crossroads Classic — Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse) 7 p.m. Noon TBD BTN BTN ESPN3 BTN ESPN BTN BTN CBS BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital BTN Digital but it was kind of easy," Ostarello said. "… I only told three team- mates I was going to do it (on the 10-foot). But I think it shows what the women's game has come to, and hopefully we can get more fans now." Ostarel- ESPN/ESPN2 ESPN2 BTN BTN BTN ESPN/ESPN2 TBD lo's regularly successful, but mostly while just messing around at practice. She conne c ted on a dunk in a game once, during a summer AAU tournament years ago in San Diego. But Os- tarello, who dunked with team- mates Ch- antel Poston and Joslyn Massey on the nine-foot rim, was happy to get an opportuni- ty in front of thousands of fans in Mackey Arena. She's hoping a few of them will give women's basketball an opportunity. "I think it's huge," Ostarello said of the season-opening fes- tivities Friday, "especially in a combined event with the men's team. They bring in so many fans, so many student fans, if they are there in the gym, we might as well show what we can do, as well." Trevor Mbakwe's back in legal trouble after being convicted of drunken driving following a September arrest. The conviction sent Mbak- AROUND THE BIG TEN S Minnesota star forward Purdue's basketball teams performed for an estimated crowd of 8,000-9,000 at the Tip-Off Before the Kickoff Friday night in Mackey Arena. against a former girlfriend two winters ago. "He's lucky to still be around Tubby here," Gopher coach we to Florida for what the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reported to be a "status report" hearing that, worst case scenario, could result in jail time for Mbakwe. While in junior college in Smith told the paper. Mbakwe, who was granted Florida in 2009, he was convict- ed on a felony assault charge, after which he was placed on probation as part of a pre-trial intervention program, accord- ing to the Pioneer-Press. He was removed from the program af- ter violating a restraining order season. S The Big Ten will hold its annual media day event in Chicago next Thursday, Purdue being represented by coaches Matt Painter and Sharon Versyp; men's players with GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 7 • 38 a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA after sitting out most of last season because of a knee injury, is considered one of the top players in the Big Ten, if not the country, heading into the Tom Campbell Terone Johnson and Byrd; and women's players Drey Mingo season ranked No. 1 in the USA Today Top-25 Coaches' Poll. The Hoosiers are joined and Courtney Moses. S Indiana will open the in the top-25 by Ohio State (fourth), Michigan (fifth), Michi- gan State (14th) and Wisconsin (21st). Purdue Dame is 23rd. j opponent Notre