1980 was the last time that either Purdue or Iowa made it to the Final Four. Since Purdue made it back to the Final Four this year, it made us go back to the year 1980 and celebrate the year to remember for the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Purdue Radio Analyst Bobby Riddell shares what it means for the Boilermakers and Matt Painter to go to the Final Four.

Purdue is headed to the Final Four! We are joined by Bobby Riddell to talk about what it means for the Boilermakers to go to the Final Four for the first time since 1980. Speaking of 1980, there was another Big Ten team that had their most recent trip to the Final Four come in 1980. We revisit the 1980 Iowa Hawkeyes in this episode of The Sports Life. The Frozen Four comes up next week and we preview it with college hockey veteran writer Neil Koepke.

Our cover story this week analyzes the incredible rebirth of MSU Gymnastics and the man leading the charge, Mike Rowe. We sat down with Mike Rowe a couple of years ago when the turnaround began, and we bring you his story here.

We bring you sound from the four Big Ten head basketball coaches that lost in the opening weekend: Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Northwestern's Chris Collins, Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg, and Wisconsin's Greg Gard.

We take a trip down memory lane by revisiting the 2005 Illini that made it to the Final Four, while also examining some of the top things in pop culture and sports in the year 2005, the last time Illinois made it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament.

This week's episode of The Sports Life takes you back to the year 2005, the last time that Illinois made the Sweet 16. Also, we bring you some of the sound from the Big Ten Basketball Coaches that were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in the opening weekend. Finally, we bring back to you the Cover Story of the rebirth of MSU Gymnastics led by Mike Rowe.

Do you hear that...? That is the sound of March Madness and the Dance! An iconic staple to this time of the year is the song "One Shining Moment," and we discover the wild origin story of the track here!

We go down memory lane by revisiting some of the best moments from Big Ten Basketball teams in March Madness here on The Sports Life!

Former Illinois Head Coach and now BTN Analyst Bruce Weber joins us on The Sports Life to talk about some of the great moments involving Big Ten Basketball in the postseason, including the legendary 2005 Illinois-Arizona game.