Stephen Bardo joins BTN

The Big Ten network has landed a longtime ESPN college basketball analyst: Stephen Bardo. The former Illinois player signed a multi-year deal with the network and will do a mix of games and studio. Bardo had been with ESPN since 2005. "I didn't know which way ESPN would go with me at the end of the year," Bardo said. "I got moved off Big Ten for the Big 12, and I had really caught the Big Ten bug when I did those games. The Big Ten is home for me. When I was playing in Big Ten, it was the best college basketball conference in country, and I don't see why it can't be the same today."

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