Surprises These were my surprises of the week: No Big Ten teams will host a regional: I shouldn't be surprised, but I still am. The fact the Big Ten didn't have one of the possible 20 NCAA host regional sites was a blow. It also was a message to the league's tone-deaf leadership that decided to do their own thing by being the only high-profile league in the country to not allow non-conference games. Phalen Sanford's testing marks: When former strength coach Boyd Epley used to list the top winter conditioning marks over 20 years ago at NU, it allowed Husker fans to get to know a few under-the-radar names based on their athletic testing results.