2019 Belmont Stakes, Results
Times: 1⁄4 mile – 23.92; 1⁄2 mile – 48.79; 3⁄4 mile – 1:13.54; mile – 1:38.27; 1 1⁄4 miles – 2:02.72; final – 2:28.30. Splits for each quarter-mile: (23.92) (24.87) (24.75) (24.73) (24.45) (25.58)


2019 Belmont Stakes, Results, Wagering
Wagering on the Belmont Stakes day totaled US$102.2 million, including US$53.2 million on the Belmont Stakes race, and the three-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival had a total wagering handle of US$131.9 million. NYRA said it was the highest for an edition with no Triple Crown candidate; the 2018 Belmont Stakes day had a wagering handle of US$138.0 million.


2019 Bendigo Women's International
The 2019 Bendigo Women's International was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the thirteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Bendigo, Australia between 21 and 27 October 2019.


2019 Bendigo Women's International, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Bendigo Women's International – Doubles
Ellen Perez and Arina Rodionova were the defending champions, but chose not to participate.


2019 Bendigo Women's International – Doubles
Maddison Inglis and Kaylah McPhee won the title, defeating Naiktha Bains and Tereza Mihalíková in the final, 3–6, 6–2, [10–2].


2019 Bendigo Women's International – Singles
Priscilla Hon was the defending champion, but lost to Maddison Inglis in the semifinals.


2019 Bendigo Women's International – Singles
Lizette Cabrera won the title, defeating Inglis in an all-Australian final, 6–2, 6–3.


2019 Benin protests
The 2019 Benin protests was a widespread popular uprising and post-election conflict after the opposition was barred from running in the 2019 Beninese parliamentary election in Benin.


2019 Benin protests, Background
Pre -elections (February–April), demonstrators called for the scrap of a new electoral law, however, a violent crackdown quashed the protests easily. On 1 May, the results of the elections was announced, leading to small protests and rallies in Cotonou that evening.


2019 Benin protests, Protests
Tensions simmered when protests turned into riots after demonstrators came in their tens of thousands nationwide, throwing stones at tanks and the armed forces, who responded with Rubber bullets, Water cannon and Live ammunition in Cotonou, Porto-Novo and Parakou, the three largest cities. 2 were killed over the next 10 days of violent protests. After the president Patrice Talon condemned protesters and the popular uprising, saying it will plunge the country into war, thousands took to the streets in June, the result, Police opened fire wounding several.


2019 Benin protests, Protests
Due to the lack of safety during demonstrations, protesters marches ended without notice.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Benin on 28 April 2019.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Background
The election date was set at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on 9 January 2019, with the term of the National Assembly elected in 2015 due to expire in March 2019.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 83 members of the National Assembly are elected by proportional representation in 24 multi-member constituencies, based on the country's departments. A controversial new electoral code introduced in July 2018 saw the creation of an electoral threshold of 10% of the national vote to enter parliament, whilst the deposit required for a parliamentary list was increased from 8.3 million francs to 249 million francs. The reforms were aimed at reducing the number of political parties, which numbered around 200.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Campaign
Due to the higher electoral threshold, several new parties and blocs were formed prior to the elections. The Progressive Union was formed by a merger of over 20 parties and alliances, including Union Makes the Nation, the Benin Rebirth Party, the Social Democratic Party, Key Force, the Congress of People for Progress, the United Democratic Forces, the Union for Relief, the Union for Democracy and National Solidarity, the Scout Alliance and the Union for Benin.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Campaign
Despite a call from Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin leader and former President Thomas Boni Yayi for unity amongst opposition parties, it was reported that several opposition parties appeared set to run alone, including the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD).


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Campaign
Although it was announced on 16 January 2019 that the opposition would form a single bloc to participate in the elections, only two blocs were registered to contest the elections – the Republican Bloc and the Progressive Union, both of which were linked to President Patrice Talon. The election commission rejected the applications of five opposition groups, the PRD, Cowry Forces for the Development of Benin, Union for the Development of Benin, Moele-Bénin and the Social-Liberal Union.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Conduct
Protests against the new electoral law were banned, with protesters defying the ban arrested. Former presidents Nicéphore Soglo and Thomas Boni Yayi both spoke at a protest event in Cotonou, at which police used tear gas. Prior to the elections, several opposition activists and political journalists were also arrested.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Conduct
On election day, NetBlocks reported the blocking of social media platforms and the subsequent disconnection of nearly all internet connectivity in the country.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Conduct
The turnout of only 23% was a significant drop from 65% from the previous election and the lowest in since Benin adopted democracy.


2019 Beninese parliamentary election, Results
Voting did not take place in 39 of the country's 546 arrondissements due to local incidents.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election
The 2019 Benue State gubernatorial election occurred on March 9, 2019. Incumbent PDP Governor Samuel Ortom won re-election for a second term, defeating APC Emmanuel Jime and several minor party candidates.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election
Samuel Ortom emerged PDP gubernatorial candidate after scoring 2,210 votes and defeating his closest rival, John Tondo, who received 475 votes. He picked Benson Abounu as his running mate. Emmanuel Jime was the APC candidate with Samuel Ode as his running mate. 33 candidates contested in the election.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Benue is elected using the plurality voting system.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on September 30, 2018. Samuel Ortom won the primary election polling 2,210 votes against three other candidates. His closest rival was John Tondo, a former commissioner for lands who came second with 475 votes, while Felix Atume, came third with 44 votes.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on October 1, 2018. Emmanuel Jime emerged the consensus candidate, after four other aspirants stepped down for him. He picked Samuel Ode as his running mate.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Results
A total number of 33 candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 2,471,894, while 858,947 voters were accredited. Total number of votes cast was 846,222, while number of valid votes was 830,954. Rejected votes were 15,268.


2019 Benue State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. The total valid votes of 830,954 represents the 33 political parties that participated in the election. Green represents LGAs won by Samuel Ortom. Blue represents LGAs won by Emmanuel Jime.


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge
The 2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Berkeley, United States between 15 and 21 July 2019.


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge – Doubles
Nicole Gibbs and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, but both players chose not to participate.


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge – Doubles
Madison Brengle and Sachia Vickery won the title, defeating Francesca Di Lorenzo and Katie Swan in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge – Singles
Sofia Kenin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 Berkeley Tennis Club Challenge – Singles
Madison Brengle won the title, defeating Mayo Hibi in the final, 7–5, 6–4.


2019 Berlin Marathon
The 2019 Berlin Marathon was a marathon race held on 29 September 2019 in Berlin, Germany. It was the 46th edition of the annual Berlin Marathon. The marathon distance is just over 26 miles (42 km) in length and the course is run around the city and starts and finishes in the Tiergarten. The elite men's race was won by Kenenisa Bekele in 2:01:41, two seconds slower than the world record set by Eliud Kipchoge in 2018. The elite women's race was won by Ashete Bekere following a sprint finish in 2:20:14. The wheelchair men's and women's races were won by Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär in 1:28:09 and 1:38:07, respectively.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Course
The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) now known as World Athletics. The course starts at the Großer Stern in the Tiergarten and runs west on the Straße des 17. Juni before turning right at the Ernst-Reuter-Platz onto the Franklinstraße. The course turns east and passes the Justizvollzugsanstalt Moabit before crossing the Spree via the Moltke Bridge, running along the southern side of the Spreebogenpark and crossing the river again via the Crown Prince Bridge.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Course
The runners continue east through Mitte until 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) before turning south to cross the de:Michaelbrücke into Neukölln. At just before 17 kilometres (11 mi), the course turn east onto the Gneisenaustraße where the course passes the halfway mark. The runners leave Schöneberg in a south-westerly direction, passing the Rathaus Schöneberg to enter Steglitz. The course runs west until just after 29 kilometres (18 mi), where it turns north-east onto Hohernzollerndamm.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Course
The runners head in the direction of the finish, passing the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the 35th kilometre before heading east along the Leipziger Straße to the Konzerthaus Berlin. The course turns back west and passes through the Brandenburg Gate in the 42nd kilometre before re-entering the Tiergarten to finish.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Course
The course is very flat, starting at 38 metres (125 ft) above sea level, reaching a maximum elevation of 53 metres (174 ft) and minimum of 37 metres (121 ft). The course also has few corners and is run on asphalt instead of concrete which is easier for the runners' legs. The Berlin Marathon has been host to eight men's and three women's world records since the first race in 1974.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Course
The 2019 edition took place on the 29 September. The title sponsor for the race was German automotive corporation BMW, with the main sponsors being sportswear company Adidas, healthcare and pharmaceutical Abbott Laboratories, and tire company Giti Tire.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Field
According to World Athletics, the favourite in the women's elite race was Gladys Cherono. She had won the previous year's event in a time of 2:18:11, as well as the 2015 and 2017 editions. Vivian Cheruiyot had to withdraw from the race due to issues with her Achilles tendon. Cherono was due to face tough competition from Meseret Defar who had won the 5000 metres event at the 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics and had a marathon personal best of 2:23:33.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Field
Also racing were Mare Dibaba (2:19:52 personal best), Melat Kejeta, who was running her marathon debut and was aiming for the time of 2:22:00 having run a 1:08:41 in the half marathon, and three women who had run sub-2:22:00; Haftamnesh Tesfaye (2:20:13), Helen Tola (2:21:01), and Ashete Bekere (2:21:14). The race director, Mark Milde, called it "one of the strongest women's fields in the history of the event".


2019 Berlin Marathon, Field
According to World Athletics, the favourite for the men's race was Kenenisa Bekele, who had won the 2016 edition in a personal best of 2:03:03. However, Bekele had struggled with an injury and had not raced since May of 2019, and since setting his personal best, had withdrawn from more races than he had finished. Three other runners, all Ethiopians, had personal bests under 2:05; Leul Gebresilase, winner of the 2018 Valencia Marathon and a personal best of 2:04:02, Sisay Lemma (2:04:08), and Birhanu Legese, winner of the 2019 Tokyo Marathon and a personal best of 2:04:15. The pacemakers aimed to run through halfway in 1:01:30.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Field
The men's wheelchair race featured 61-year-old Heinz Frei who had won the race 20 times. Brent Lakatos, winner of the 2018 race, returned to defend his title from Marcel Hug, who had lost to Lakatos in the sprint, and David Weir, the eight-time winner of the London Marathon. Also racing were 2014 winner Kota Hokinoue and Ernst van Dyk, who had won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. In the women's wheelchair race, four-time winner Manuela Schär returned to defend her 2018 title, which she won in a world record time of 1:36:53. She faced 2018 third place finisher Sandra Graf, and others including Madison de Rozario and Amanda McGrory.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Race summary
In the men's race, the lead group went through 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) in 14:24 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) in 28:53, 8 seconds quicker than Eliud Kipchoge's split at his world record run in the previous year's race. By 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), they were still 8 seconds ahead of the world record split and a group of five (Bekele, Legese, Gebresilase, Lemma, and Jonathan Korir) went through halfway in 1:01:05, one second ahead of the world record split.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Race summary
By 25 kilometres (16 mi), Gebresilase dropped out of the group and was soon joined by Korir, as Legese made a move shortly before the 30-kilometre (19 mi) mark, dropping Bekele then Lemma. However, Bekele had reeled Lemma back in by 35 kilometres (22 mi) and was 13 seconds behind Legese, who had run a 14:09 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) split as opposed to Bekele's 14:20 split from 30 to 35 kilometres. Bekele closed the gap, easily passing by Legese in the 38th kilometre and continued on to pass through 40 kilometres (25 mi) two seconds faster than Kipchoge's split.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Race summary
However, during his world record run, Kipchoge had increased the pace in the final two kilometres and Bekele was not able to match that. Despite sprinting down the final straight, he fell two seconds short of the world record in 2:01:41. Legese finished second in 2:02:48, the third-fastest marathon time ever, and Lemma was third in 2:03:36.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Race summary
The women's race started with a pace that would have the lead pack finishing in the 2:20-2:22 range, with Cherono visible at the front. However, just before 30 kilometres (19 mi), Cherono dropped out of the race due to an infection. The race came down to a sprint finish where Bekere was able to win in 2:20:14 over Dibaba, who finished in 2:20:21. Sally Chepyego Kaptich was third in 2:21:06, with Tola in fourth. Sara Hall ran a four minute personal best to finish fifth and Melat Yisak Kejeta placed sixth in 2:23:57.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Race summary
In the women's wheelchair race, Schär built up an early lead and was two and a half minutes ahead of the other competitors, a lead which she extended to four minutes by the end to win in 1:38:07. McGrory and Rozario finished second and third in 1:42:05 and 1:42:09, respectively. In the men's wheelchair race, Hug had pulled away from the other competitors by 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and "cruised" through the rest of the race to win by over three and a half minutes in 1:28:09. Weir finished second in 1:31:45, with Lakatos third, one second behind.


2019 Berlin Marathon, Results
Results for the top ten in the running races and top three in the wheelchair races are listed below.


2019 Berlin ePrix
The 2019 Berlin ePrix (formally the 2019 BMW i Berlin E-Prix presented by CBMM Niobium) was a Formula E electric car race held at the Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Tempelhof Airport in the outskirts of Berlin on 25 May 2019. It was the tenth round of the 2018–19 Formula E season and the fifth edition of the event as part of the championship. The 37-lap race was won by Audi driver Lucas di Grassi after starting from third. Sébastien Buemi finished second in the Nissan e.dams, after starting from pole position. Jean-Éric Vergne, the championship leader going into Berlin, took third for Techeetah.


2019 Berlin ePrix, Report, Background
The Berlin ePrix was confirmed as part of Formula E's 2018–19 series schedule on June 7, 2018 by the FIA World Motor Sport Council. It's the tenth of thirteen scheduled single-seater electric car races of the 2018–19 season, and the fifth running of the event. The ePrix was held at the 2.375 km (1.476 mi) clockwise ten-turn Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit at Berlin Tempelhof Airport on 25 May 2019.


2019 Berlin ePrix, Report, Background
Entering the race, Techeetah driver Jean-Éric Vergne was leading the Drivers' Championship with 87 points, followed by his teammate Andre Lotterer in second by only one point behind, and third placed Virgin Racing's driver Robin Frijns by just 6 points behind the championship leader. In the team's standings, Techeetah lead with 173 points, after both driver finished in the top 10, followed behind by Envision Virgin with 135 and defending constructors champions, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler down in 3rd with 129 points, after both teams scoring no points in the last race.


2019 Berlin ePrix, Report, Background
After the previous round in Monaco, two drivers received three place grid penalties for causing collisions. Alexander Sims who collided with Di Grassi, and Frijns who collided with Sims.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
The 2019 Best of Nollywood Awards was the 11th edition of the ceremony and took place in the Coronation Hall of the Kano State Government in Kano State on 14 December 2019. Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje was the chief host of the event and the event was co-hosted by actress, Maryam Booth and Gbenga Adeyinka.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
About 100 films were considered. The nomination list was revealed by the jury on 29 September 2019 where Gold Statue by Tade Ogidan earned the highest nominations with 12 nominations followed by Diamonds In The Sky by Femi Adebayo with 11 nominations.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
Veteran actor, Sadiq Daba was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award which was presented by the Kano State governor, Ganduje. Governor Ganduje also endowed Sadiq Daba with a ₦1 million donation on behalf of the Kano the State Government.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
Gold Statue won in 6 categories including movie of the year, best actor of the year, director of the year, movie with the best production design, film with the best use of sound and best use of make-up in a Movie. Diamonds In The Sky won in 2 categories namely;  movie with the best editing and movie with the best cinematography.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
Other winners include Tamara Etaimo, Ibrahim Yekini, Adebimpe Oyebade, Abba Elmustapha, Hadiza Gabon, Hassana Muhammad and Hauwa Kulu.


2019 Best of Nollywood Awards
It was noted that Igbo language films were not represented in the awards and the head of Jury of BON awards, Niran Adedokun reacted saying "The process started in July and with over 100 movies entered for nomination consideration. BON is interested in the promotion of films in Nigerian languages as filmmaking is a tool for preservation. But we struggle to get entries in other languages other than Yoruba so I encourage producers to employ more of our languages and sunlit them for awards."


2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season
The 2019 season was Bethlehem Steel FC's fourth season of competitive soccer in the USL Championship and third season competing in the second division of American soccer. Steel FC competed in the league's Eastern Conference.


2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of March 17, 2019.


2019 Bethlehem Steel FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Due to their affiliation with a higher division professional club (Philadelphia Union), Steel FC was one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.


2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
The 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at Daytona Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in fourth place.


2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2018 season 7–5, 5–2 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for second place.


2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team, Preseason, MEAC poll
In the MEAC preseason poll released on July 26, 2019, the Wildcats were predicted to finish in second place.


2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team, Preseason, Preseason All–MEAC teams
The Wildcats had eleven players selected to the preseason all-MEAC teams.


2019 Bhatpara by-election
The 2019 Bhatpara by-election was held to elect a member for the Bhatpara constituency of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. It was held alongside the national general elections and was won by Pawan Kumar Singh.


2019 Bhutan Premier League
The 2019 Bhutan Premier League was the eighth season of unified league, rebranded as the Bhutan Premier League (previously the Bhutan National League), the top national football competition in Bhutan, having replaced the A-Division in 2013.


2019 Bhutan Premier League
The Bhutan Football Federation implemented a new league structure for this season. The top division is named Bhutan Premier League (BPL) and has featured ten teams across the country. The second division is named Bhutan Super League (BSL) and has featured nine teams across the country, replacing Thimphu League as qualifying competition for the Premier League. The lowest division is named Dzongkhag League where teams play in their respective districts (Dzongkhags) to gain promotion to the Super League.


2019 Bhutan Premier League, Super League
The Bhutan Super League was played from April to June, in single round-robin format, featuring nine teams: five teams from Thimphu, one team from Paro, one team from Phuentsholing and two teams from the Bhutan Football Federation Academy.


2019 Bhutan Premier League, Premier League
The Bhutan Premier League began in June and ended in November, in double round-robin format, featuring top five teams of the 2018 Bhutan National League and top five teams of the 2019 Bhutan Super League. Since Thimphu were dissolved, they were replaced by Phuentsholing United.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season
The 2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season officially began on December 31, 2018 with the start of the 2019 WTA Tour. She entered the season as No. 152 in the world.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Auckland Open
Andreescu started her season at the Auckland Open, where she qualified for the main draw after beating Kristína Kučová, Jaimee Fourlis and Laura Siegemund. In the main draw, she made it to the final after defeating four top-30 players, including two former World No. 1 players, Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams. However, she lost to defending champion Julia Görges in three sets.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Australian Open
In Melbourne, Andreescu successfully progressed through qualifying to enter the main draw. She then beat Whitney Osuigwe before losing in the second round to Anastasija Sevastova in three sets.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Newport Beach
Andreescu played at the Newport Beach, where she was the sixth seed. Having received a bye in the first round, she then won the next five matches and secured her first ever WTA 125K series title, which elevated herself to the World No. 68.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, Early hard court season, Mexican Open
In February, Andreescu played the Mexican Open, where she got to the semi-finals, losing to No. 5 seed Sofia Kenin in three sets. Nevertheless, her ranking climbed to a career-high 60.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Indian Wells Open
This year's Indian Wells Premier Mandatory event proved to be her breakout event. By reaching the semi-finals, Andreescu became the third wild card to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, joining Grand Slam champions Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. She then defeated two then top-ten players, Elina Svitolina and Angelique Kerber, to win her first WTA title. The victory also promoted the 19-year-old rising star to a new-career high ranking of 24.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, March sunshine events, Miami Open
Several days later, Andreescu drew Begu in the first round again in Miami. She managed to save a match point and eventually won the match to reach the second round. In the second round, she avenged her Acapulco loss to Kenin to set up another meeting with Kerber. She upset Kerber in three sets once again, but she had to retire against Anett Kontaveit due to a right shoulder injury, ending her 10-match winning streak.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, European clay court season, French Open
After a three-month-long recovery, Andreescu returned to the tennis court at the French Open, as the 22nd seed. However, she retired before her second round match against Kenin. She missed the entire grass-court season to recover from her shoulder injury.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, US Open series, Rogers Cup
Andreescu came back two months later in her home tournament, the 2019 Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she made to her third WTA final after defeating two former top-ten players, Eugenie Bouchard and Daria Kasatkina, and two then top-ten players, Kiki Bertens and Karolína Plíšková, all in three sets. In the semi-finals, she met Kenin for the third time this season, and successfully upset the American girl in two straight sets. Her final rival was the 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, but a tearful Williams retired when she was 1–3 down in the first set due to her own injury. This gave Bianca her second WTA title, and a career-high ranking of 14.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, US Open series, US Open
Two weeks later, she was seeded 15th in the US Open. She made it to the second week of a Grand Slam without losing a set. In the fourth round, she outlasted local player Taylor Townsend to make her first quarter-final appearance in a Grand Slam. After downing Elise Mertens in three tough sets, she upset Belinda Bencic in two sets to reach her first Grand Slam final, where she faced Serena Williams once again.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, US Open series, US Open
Andreescu beat Serena in straight sets, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, the first woman to win the US Open in her main draw debut (she previously lost in a qualifying round), and the first player born after 2000 to win a Grand Slam tournament. With the 2,000 points she won from the Grand Slam, she made her top-five debut.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, East Asian fall swing, China Open
Having rested for near a month, Andreescu returned to court in the China Open, the tournament she never played before. She upset Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Elise Mertens and Jennifer Brady to reach quarterfinals, where her opponent was the former World No. 1 players Naomi Osaka. She eventually lost to the Japanese woman after three tough sets, ending her 17-match winning streak. Nevertheless, Andreescu was still qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time in her career.


2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season, Year in detail, Year-end Championships, WTA Finals
At the Year-end Championships, Andreescu was divided into the purple group, alongside Karolína Plíšková, Simona Halep and defending champion Elina Svitolina. The first round robin match against Halep marked the first-ever meeting between the two Romanian descendants. Despite having a match point, she was still edged by the 2019 Wimbledon Champion in three tough sets. In the second match against World No. 2 Plíšková, Andreescu retired after losing the opening set when she injured her knee. The injury ended her season a little bit earlier than expected as she withdrew from the tournament. Sofia Kenin later replaced her to complete the match against Svitolina.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game
The 2019 Dr Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas between the Baylor Bears and Oklahoma Sooners. The 18th Big 12 Championship Game, Oklahoma defeated Baylor 30–23 in overtime to win its fifth consecutive and 13th overall Big 12 Conference football championship, and 49th overall conference championship.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game
This was the third year of the current division-less format of the game; instead of representatives from two divisions, the two teams with the best conference records from a full round robin conference schedule earn a spot in the game. The Big 12 Championship Game featured the winners of the former North and South divisions from 1996 to 2010, and the conference did not have a championship game from 2011 to 2016.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Previous season
The 2018 Big 12 Championship Game featured top-seeded Oklahoma against second-seeded Texas. It was the first time the two rivals had played each other in the conference title game. Texas had won the regular season's Red River Showdown game 48–45. In the championship game, Oklahoma was victorious by a score of 39–27, winning their fourth consecutive and 12th overall Big 12 Conference championship.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Teams
The 2019 Championship Game was contested by Baylor and Oklahoma. The teams had met 29 times previously, with Oklahoma leading the series 26–3. The Sooners came into the game having won five straight meetings, including the 2019 regular-season meeting, which was played in Waco and saw Oklahoma complete the largest comeback in school history by overcoming a 25-point deficit to win 34–31.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Teams, Baylor
The Baylor Bears, led by head coach Matt Rhule, were making their first Big 12 Championship appearance. They were the first team to make their debut in the Big 12 Championship since TCU in 2017.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Teams, Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Sooners, led by Lincoln Riley, were making their eleventh Big 12 Championship appearance; they were 9–1, having won each of their past eight appearances in the conference title game, including both editions played since the Championship game was reinstated for the 2017 season.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Oklahoma received the opening kick-off, but both teams punted on their first offensive possessions. Oklahoma opened the scoring with a six-yard touchdown run by Kennedy Brooks on a 78-yard drive that featured a 71-yard pass from Jalen Hurts to CeeDee Lamb. After a Baylor fumble, Oklahoma scored again with a 44-yard field goal by Gabe Brkic. In the second quarter, Baylor got on the board with a 44-yard field goal by John Mayers. Baylor starting quarterback Charlie Brewer left the game with an injury after being sacked by Kenneth Murray.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Late in the second quarter, Oklahoma's Jalen Hurts was intercepted by Jordan Williams and returned to the OU 23 yard line, after which Baylor tied the game with a 33-yard touchdown pass from backup quarterback Gerry Bohanon to Tyquan Thornton. Baylor took the lead in the final seconds of the half with a 28-yard field goal by Mayers to make the score 13–10.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
On Oklahoma's first offensive possession of the second half, the Sooners tied the game with a 24-yard field goal by Gabe Brkic. They then took the lead on the next drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to Nick Basquine. Early in the fourth quarter, Baylor backup quarterback Gerry Bohanon was also injured. The Sooners took a 10-point lead with another 24-yard field goal by Brkic. Baylor, led by third-string quarterback and true freshman Jacob Zeno, responded with an 81-yard touchdown pass from Zeno to Trestan Ebner. On the next drive, Zeno completed a 78-yard pass to Chris Platt, which set up a 27-yard field goal to tie the game with 3:25 remaining. Oklahoma was forced to punt, and Baylor was unable to score in the final minute, forcing overtime.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
In overtime, Oklahoma received the ball first and scored in three plays via a five-yard run by Rhamondre Stevenson. On Baylor's possession, Jacob Zeno was sacked by Nik Bonitto and Jalen Redmond on 3rd and 10, and they failed to convert on 4th and 20, ending the game.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Oklahoma wide receiver CeeDee Lamb had eight receptions for 173 yards and was named game MVP.


2019 Big 12 Championship Game, Aftermath
Oklahoma, who had been ranked sixth heading into the game, moved up to fourth in the final College Football Playoff rankings, earning them a spot in the CFP semifinal to be played at the Peach Bowl. Facilitating the rise in the rankings was No. 4 Georgia's loss to LSU in the SEC Championship Game and No. 5 Utah's loss to Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Baylor remained ranked seventh and received a bid to the Sugar Bowl against Georgia. Oklahoma lost to LSU in the Peach Bowl, 63–28; and Baylor lost to Georgia, 26–14.


2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 26 at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Big 12 Conference for college baseball. The winner of the tournament, Oklahoma State, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament has been held since 1997, the inaugural year of the Big 12 Conference. Among current league members, Texas has won the most championships with five. Among original members, Kansas State has never won the event. Baylor won their first championship in 2018. Iowa State discontinued their program after the 2001 season without having won a title. Having joined in 2013, TCU won their first title in 2014 while West Virginia has yet to win the Tournament.


2019 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and then played a two-bracket double-elimination tournament leading to a winner-take-all championship game.


2019 Big 12 Conference Softball Tournament
The 2019 Big 12 Conference Softball tournament will be held at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 10 through May 11, 2019. The tournament winner will earn the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on Fox College Sports, the championship game will air on FS2. Due to Weather conditions, the last 4 games of the Big 12 Tournament were canceled. Therefore the Automatic bid was given to the regular season champion which would be Oklahoma.


2019 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from March 8 to 11, 2019 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Baylor won the championship game over Iowa State, 57–49. Kalani Brown was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


2019 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big 12 Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from November 3 to 10, 2019. The 7-match tournament was held at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, MO with a combined attendance of 2,025. The 8-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the TCU Horned Frogs in the championship match to win their 1st conference tournament.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2019 Big 12 Conference football season represented the 24th season of Big 12 conference football, taking place during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season began with non-conference play on Thursday, August 29, 2019. Conference play began on Saturday, September 21, 2019. The entire schedule was released on October 18, 2018.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season
The 2019 season eas the eighth for the Big 12 since the early-2010s conference realignment brought the Big 12 membership to its current form.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season
As a ten–team league, the Big 12 played a nine-game round-robin conference schedule and each member played three non-conference games – one of which must be against a Power Five conference foe. The regular season was followed by a conference championship game played between the regular-season champion and the regular-season runner-up. The 2019 Big 12 Championship Game was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, December 7, 2019.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Preseason, Big 12 Media Days
The Big 12 media days will be held on July 15–16 in Frisco, Texas.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Preseason, Big 12 Media Days, Preseason poll
The 2019 Big 12 Preseason media poll was released on July 10, 2019. Prior to the Big 12 media days. Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Head coaches
There will be 4 new head coaches in the Big 12 Conference for the 2019 season.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Head coaches
On November 4, KU fired coach David Beatty after four years at the school. Two weeks later on November 19, Les Miles was hired as the new head coach of the Jayhawks.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Head coaches
On November 25, Texas Tech fired coach Kliff Kingsbury after six years with the team. Four days later on November 29, Matt Wells from Utah State was hired as the new head coach of the Red Raiders.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Head coaches
On December 2, Bill Snyder retired from the Kansas State Wildcats after 26 years with the school. Nine days later on December 11, Chris Klieman from North Dakota State was named the new head coach of the Wildcats.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Head coaches
On January 1, Dana Holgorsen left West Virginia to become the new head coach of the Houston Cougars. Three days later on January 4, The team hired Neal Brown from the Troy Trojans as the new head coach of the Mountaineers.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Schedule
The regular season began on August 30 and will end on November 30.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Big 12 vs other conferences, Big 12 vs Group of Five matchups
The following games include Big 12 teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Big 12 vs other conferences, Big 12 vs FBS independents matchups
The following games include Big 12 teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass. The Big 12 counts games against the other two FBS independents, BYU and Notre Dame, as satisfying its requirement that Big 12 members play at least one Power Five non-conference opponent.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Central Time Zone. Big 12 teams shown in bold.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and Honors, Big 12 Individual Awards
The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Big 12 Conference football coaches at the end of the season.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and Honors, All-Americans
The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, Awards and Honors, All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.


2019 Big 12 Conference football season, NFL Draft
The following list includes all Big 12 players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.


2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big 12 Conference. It was played from March 13 to 16, in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center. No. 5 seed Iowa State defeated Kansas 78–66 to win the championship and receive the Big 12’s automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. It was Iowa State's fourth Big 12 title in the last six years. They also became the first team lower than a four seed to win the tournament.


2019 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeding
The Tournament consisted of a 10 team single-elimination tournament with the top 6 seeds receiving a bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio from May 23 through May 26. The event, held at the end of the conference regular season, determined the champion of the Big East Conference for the 2019 season. The winner of the double-elimination tournament, Creighton, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The tournament used a double-elimination format and featured the top four finishers of the Big East's seven teams.


2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament, was the sixth men's soccer tournament of the current Big East Conference, formed in July 2013 after the original Big East Conference split into two leagues along football lines. Including the history of the original conference, it was the 25th edition of the Big East tournament.


2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Georgetown, the two-time defending champions, successfully three-peated, and won their third consecutive Big East Tournament title, defeating Providence 3–1 in the final. Georgetown would also go on to win their first NCAA Tournament championship in program history. In addition, three teams (Butler, Providence, and St. John's) earned at-large bids into the NCAA Tournament, giving the Big East the most tournament bids since 2014.


2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Future MLS player, Dylan Nealis won the Offensive MVP Award. Jack Beer won the Defensive MVP award.


2019 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big East Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big East Conference held from November 3 through November 10, 2019. The five-match tournament took place at campus sites, with the higher seed hosting each game. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Georgetown Hoyas. However, they were unable to defend their crown, losing to Xavier 2–0 in the final. This is the first title in program history for Xavier, and the first for head coach Nate Lie.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
The 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the seventh season for the realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 24th season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 2.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Entering the season, Georgetown were the defending conference tournament champions, while Creighton were the defending conference regular season champions. Georgetown successfully defended their Big East Tournament title, and also won the regular season.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
Four Big East teams earned berths into the NCAA Tournament, where Georgetown won the NCAA Tournament Championship in penalty kicks against Virginia. This was Georgetown's first national championship in men's soccer, and their first College Cup appearance since 2012. Elsewhere, St. John's and Providence reached the Sweet Sixteen, losing to Virginia and Clemson, respectively, while Butler was eliminated in the first round by West Virginia.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Background, Coaching changes
Ahead of the 2019 season, Creighton head coach Elmar Bolowich was hired by professional soccer club, Jacksonville Armada FC. Johnny Torres was hired to replace Bolowich.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason All-Conference Teams
All conference teams were announced in conjunction with the preseason poll.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Big East Tournament
The 2019 Big East Tournament was held from November 9–17, 2019. Georgetown won the championship against Providence.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Derek Dodson, GeorgetownTani Oluwaseyi, St. John'sSamson Sergi, XavierYudai Tashiro, CreightonJacob Montes, GeorgetownTiago Mendonca, ProvidenceMax de Bruijne, DePaulDylan Nealis, GeorgetownPatrick Seagrist, MarquetteJoao Serrano, ProvidenceGiannis Nikopolidis, Georgetown


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Wilmer Cabrera Jr., ButlerLuke Haakenson, CreightonAchara, GeorgetownCarlton McKenzie, Seton HallSean Zawadzki, GeorgetownLuka Prpa, MarquettePaulo Lima, ProvidenceSkage Simonsen, St. John'sYounes Boudadi, CreightonBrandon Duarte, St. John'sShane Bradley, VillanovaJan Hoffelner, St. John's


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Brandon Guhl, ButlerJack Haywood, ButlerJared Timmer, ButlerKuba Polat, CreightonConnor Alba, MarquetteJosh Coan, MarquetteAustin Aviza, ProvidenceDanny Griffin, ProvidenceBrandon Knapp, St. John'sEinar Lye, St. John'sDerrick Otim, XavierMatthew Rosenberg, Xavier


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, 2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.


2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
No players in the Big East Conference signed homegrown contracts.


2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was the men's basketball postseason tournament for the Big East Conference. It was held from March 13 through March 16, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Villanova defeated Seton Hall 74–72 to win the tournament, and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. With the win, Villanova became the first team to win the Big East Tournament three consecutive times.


2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 10 Big East schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with tie-breaking procedures to determine the seeds for teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received first-round byes. Seeding for the tournament was determined at the close of the regular conference season.


2019 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament concluded the 2018–19 season of Big East Conference women's basketball. The event was held from March 9–12, 2019 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. DePaul won the championship game over Marquette , 74–73.


2019 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Marquette, DePaul and Butler have clinched first round byes. Xavier will play in the first round


2019 Big Easy Tour
The 2019 Big Easy Tour was the 9th season of the Big Easy Tour. It was the second season in which events received Official World Golf Ranking points.


2019 Big Easy Tour, Schedule
The schedule included 18 regular events and an end-of-season tour championship. Regular events have prize money of R 75,000 with R 200,000 for the tour championship.


2019 Big Easy Tour, Order of Merit
The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned Sunshine Tour cards for the 2020/2021 season.


2019 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 13–16 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. It was the 44th edition of the tournament, which debuted in 1976.


2019 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Regular season and defending tournament champion Montana defeated Eastern Washington 68–62 in the championship game to gain the conference's automatic bid to the 68-team NCAA Tournament. It was Montana's eleventh Big Sky tournament title, which leads the conference; its first came in 1991.


2019 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The eleven teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker to seed teams with identical conference records. The top five teams received a first round bye.


2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 11–15, 2019 at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho. Portland State was the winner of the Big Sky Tournament earns an automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.


2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big Sky Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Sky Conference held from November 6 to November 10, 2019. The five-match tournament took place at Jackson Stadium, home of the regular-season champions Montana Grizzlies. The six-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The Montana Grizzlies were the defending champions and did not successfully defended their title, losing to the Northern Colorado Bears in the semifinals. Northern Colorado would go on to win the tournament, with a 1–0 win over Eastern Washington in the final. This was the second overall title for Northern Colorado, and the second title for coach Tim Barrera.


2019 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Fayetteville Ballpark in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2019 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big South Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament that ended the 2018–19 season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 5 through March 10, 2019 at various campus sites. Gardner–Webb defeated Radford 76–65 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. It was the first title for Gardner–Webb after 11 years in the Big South, and their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Sites
The first round was played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played at Gore Arena in Buies Creek, North Carolina, home of regular-season champion Campbell. The championship game was held at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Virginia, the home arena of the highest surviving seed, Radford.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top five teams received a first-round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 30th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big South Conference's automatic berth to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
Campbell won the tournament, making it their second consecutive and sixth all-time Big South championship. They defeated High Point in the final. With the title, Campbell earned their second consecutive automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated James Madison in the first round 3–1, but fell to #1 Virginia in the second round 0–2.


2019 Big South Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, All Tournament Team
Ian Rees, CampbellGideon Betz, CampbellThibaut Jacquel, CampbellJalen James, CampbellAlessandro Sobacchi, High PointIlias Kosmidis, High PointJonathan Bolanos, High PointAlain Delgado, Gardner–WebbAbel Gebrekiros, Gardner–WebbLuca Ziegler, PresbyterianSergio Pinto, PresbyterianVictor Valls, RadfordMiles Rapp, Winthrop


2019 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big South Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that ended the 2018–19 season of the Big South Conference. It was held from March 12 through March 17, 2019 at various campus sites. Radford won the conference tournament championship game over the Campbell Lady Camels, 57–45, to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2019 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Sites
The first round will be played at campus sites at the home of the higher seed. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be played at #1 and #2 seeds. The championship game will be held at the home arena of the higher surviving seed.


2019 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 11 conference teams are eligible for the tournament. The top five teams will receive a first-round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big South Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big South Conference held from November 1 through November 10, 2019. The quarterfinals of the tournament were held at campus sites, while the semifinals and final took place at Sportsplex at Matthews in Matthews, North Carolina. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. Radford were the defending champions, and successfully defended their championship with a 2–1 win over Gardner-Webb fin the final. The conference tournament title was the seventh for the Radford women's soccer program and the seventh for head coach Ben Sohrabi.


2019 Big Ten Baseball Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Baseball Tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from May 22 through 26. The event aired on the Big Ten Network.


2019 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The 2019 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. A run rule (10 run lead after 7 innings) was in effect for the tournament.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season
The 2019 Big Ten conference football season was the 124th season of college football play for the Big Ten Conference and was part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season
This was the Big Ten's sixth season with 14 teams. The defending league champion was Ohio State. The 2019 season consisted of a nine-game conference schedule for the fourth year in a row.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season
The Big Ten had two new coaches for the 2019 season. Ohio State promoted offensive coordinator Ryan Day to head coach, replacing Urban Meyer who retired at the end of the 2018 season. Maryland also had a new coach for 2019, hiring Mike Locksley to replace D.J. Durkin, who was fired in 2018 ultimately due to the events that led to the death of player Jordan McNair.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season
The first coaching change during the 2019 season came on September 29, 2019 when Rutgers dismissed Chris Ash. Tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile served as interim coach for the remainder of the 2019 season. Then on December 1, Rutgers announced that former coach Greg Schiano would return to coach the team in 2020.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season
On the field of play, Ohio State won the East Division title and made their fifth appearance in the Big Ten Football Championship Game and third consecutive appearance. In the West Division, Wisconsin and Minnesota tied for the division title, but the Badgers represented the division in the conference title game due to their head-to-head win over the Golden Gophers. Wisconsin made their sixth appearance in the conference title game overall. In that championship game, Ohio State defeated Wisconsin 34-21 to win their third consecutive Big Ten championship. With that win, the Buckeyes landed a spot in the 2019-20 College Football Playoff as the #2 seed.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Ohio State defeated Northwestern, 45–24, in the Big Ten Football Championship Game. The win gave the Buckeyes their second consecutive Big Ten championship.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Nine teams participated in bowl games in the 2018 season and the league 5–4 in those games, however the Big Ten failed to land a team in the College Football Playoff for the second straight year.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
Minnesota defeated Georgia Tech, 34–10 in the Quick Lane Bowl. Wisconsin defeated Miami (FL), 35–3, in the Pinstripe Bowl. Purdue lost to Auburn, 63–14, in the Music City Bowl. Michigan State lost to Oregon, 7–6, in the Redbox Bowl. Northwestern defeated No. 20 Utah, 31–20, in the Holiday Bowl. Iowa defeated No. 18 Mississippi State, 27–22, in the Outback Bowl. No . 13 Penn State lost to No. 16 Kentucky, 27–24, in the Citrus Bowl.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Previous season
In the New Year's Six Games, No. 8 Michigan lost to No. 10 Florida, 41–15, in the Peach Bowl. And No. 5 Ohio State defeated No. 9 Washington, 28–23, in the Rose Bowl.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason
2019 Big Ten Spring Football and number of signees on signing day:


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Big Ten Media Days
The Big Ten conducted its annual media days at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Chicago Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL on July 23–24. The event commenced with a speech by Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, and all 14 teams sent their head coaches and two selected players to speak with members of the media. The event along with all speakers and interviews were broadcast live on the Big Ten Network. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Preseason, Big Ten Media Days, Preseason media polls
The Big Ten Media Days concluded with its annual preseason media polls in early August. Since 1992, the credentialed media has gotten the preseason champion correct just five times. Only eight times has the preseason pick even made it to the Big Ten title game. Below are the results of the media poll with total points received next to each school and first-place votes in parentheses. For the 2019 poll, Michigan was voted as the favorite to win both the East Division and the Big Ten Championship Game.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Regular season
The Regular season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Postseason, Bowl games
Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. Big Ten teams shown in bold.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Coaches Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Kendrick Green, Jake Hansen, Doug Kramer; INDIANA: Peyton Hendershot, Caleb Jones, Micah McFadden, Tiawan Mullen, Simon Stepaniak, Haydon Whitehead; IOWA: Chauncey Golston, Cedric Lattimore, Tyler Linderbaum, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Nate Stanley, Kristian Welch; MARYLAND: Nick Cross, Dontay Demus, Ayinde Eley, Keandre Jones, Javon Leake; MICHIGAN: Zach Charbonnet, Nico Collins, Nick Eubanks, Hassan Haskins, Aidan Hutchinson, Giles Jackson, Jalen Mayfield, Cameron McGrone, Sean McKeon, Josh Metellus, Donovan Peoples-Jones; MICHIGAN STATE: Joe Bachie, Elijah Collins, Jake Hartbarger, Mike Panasiuk, Josiah Scott, Antjuan Simmons, Cody White; MINNESOTA:


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Curtis Dunlap Jr., Coney Durr, Daniel Faalele, Kamal Martin, Conner Olson, Sam Renner, Sam Schlueter; NEBRASKA: Darrion Daniels, Brenden Jaimes, Dedrick Mills, JD Spielman; NORTHWESTERN: Blake Gallagher, Rashawn Slater, Travis Whillock; OHIO STATE: Tuf Borland, Baron Browning, Drue Chrisman, Jashon Cornell, K. J. Hill, Robert Landers, Pete Werner; PENN STATE: Tariq Castro-Fields, Sean Clifford, Will Fries, Blake Gillikin, KJ Hamler, Jan Johnson, Michal Menet, Jake Pinegar, John Reid, Garrett Taylor, Lamont Wade; PURDUE: Derrick Barnes, J.D. Dellinger, Ben Holt, George Karlaftis, Matt McCann; RUTGERS: Tyshon Fogg; WISCONSIN: Logan Bruss, Eric Burrell, Quintez Cephus, Jake Ferguson, Matt Hennigsen, Faion Hicks, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Cole Van Lanen.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Media Honorable Mention: ILLINOIS: Dre Brown, Sydney Brown, Kendrick Green, Stanley Green Jr., Jake Hansen, Nate Hobbs, Josh Imatorbhebhe, Doug Kramer, Jamal Milan, Alex Palczewski; INDIANA: Demarcus Elliott, Tiawan Mullen, Peyton Ramsey; IOWA: Chauncey Golston, Michael Sleep-Dalton, Tyler Linderbaum, Ihmir Smith-Marsette, Geno Stone, Kristian Welch; MARYLAND: Keandre Jones, Javon Leake, Ellis McKennie; MICHIGAN: Ronnie Bell, Nico Collins, Nick Eubanks, Jordan Glasgow, Hassan Haskins, Brad Hawkins, Giles Jackson, Cameron McGrone, Sean McKeon, Michael Onwenu, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Ambry Thomas; MICHIGAN STATE: Matt Coghlin, David Dowell, Jake Hartbarger, Mike Panasiuk, Antjuan Simmons, Cody White; MINNESOTA:


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Conference Teams
Thomas Barber, Curtis Dunlap Jr., Coney Durr, Daniel Faalele, Kamal Martin, Conner Olson, Sam Renner, Sam Schlueter, Benjamin St. Juste; NEBRASKA: Mohammed Barry, Dicaprio Bootle, Khalil Davis, Brenden Jaimes, Dedrick Mills, Wan'Dale Robinson, JD Spielman, Cam Taylor-Britt; NORTHWESTERN: Blake Gallagher, Rashawn Slater, Jared Thomas; OHIO STATE: Tuf Borland, Baron Browning, Drue Chrisman, Jashon Cornell, Luke Farrell, K.J. Hill, Robert Landers, Pete Werner; PENN STATE: Cam Brown, Journey Brown, Sean Clifford, Will Fries, Blake Gillikin, KJ Hamler, Jan Johnson, Michal Menet, Jake Pinegar, John Reid, Shaka Toney, Garrett Taylor, Lamont Wade, Robert Windsor; PURDUE: J.D. Dellinger, Ben Holt, Matt McCann, Cory Trice; RUTGERS: Tyshon Fogg, Willington Previlon; WISCONSIN: Logan Bruss, Eric Burrell, Quintez Cephus, Jack Coan, Jake Ferguson, Faion Hicks, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Rachad Wildgoose.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
The 2019 College Football All-America Team is composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF), The Athletic, and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo! ).


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, 2020 NFL Draft
The Big Ten had 48 players selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, which was second among all FBS conferences, trailing only the SEC who had 63 picks.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Tom Allen was hired to replace Kevin Wilson in December 2016 at Indiana and coached the Hoosiers in their 2016 bowl game, going 0–1.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Mike Locksley served as interim head coach at Maryland in 2015 and coached for six games, going 1–5.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Ryan Day served as interim head coach at Ohio State for the first three games of the 2018 season while Urban Meyer served a three-game suspension and went 3–0.


2019 Big Ten Conference football season, Head coaches
* Chris Ash was terminated as head coach at Rutgers on Sept. 29, 2019. Tight ends coach Nunzio Campanile was named interim coach for the remainder of the 2019 season.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
The 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season was the 29th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The regular season began on August 30, 2019, and concluded on November 3, 2019. The season culminated with the 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament began on November 10, 2019 and concluded on November 17, 2019.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Indiana enters the season as the defending regular season and tournament champions. Maryland enters the season as the defending NCAA Tournament champions. Indiana went on to win the Big Ten regular season and tournament.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
The previous season was the 28th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The 2018 Big Ten regular season began on August 24, 2018 concluded on October 28, 2018. The season culminated with the 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament to determine the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Indiana went on to win both the regular season and the tournament, winning all eight of their Big Ten Conference games. They defeated Michigan in the Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship Game.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
With the Big Ten title, Indiana earned the conference's automatic berth into the 2018 NCAA Tournament, where Maryland, Michigan, and Michigan State joined as at-large berths. The conference had the strongest showing in the NCAA Tournament, where three of their four berths reached the College Cup (Final Four) of the tournament. Big Ten side, Maryland, would defeat Akron in the National Championship Game to win their fourth NCAA title, and their first since 2008.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Background, Previous season
Concluding the tournament, Indiana senior and captain, Andrew Gutman, won the TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Year Award as well as the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy. Gutman would forgo an opportunity to sign a homegrown contract with the Chicago Fire and signed with Celtic in Scotland. Indiana sophomore forward, Griffin Dorsey was the highest Big Ten player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, being drafted by Toronto FC ninth overall. Eleven other Big Ten players were selected in the MLS SuperDraft, the most of any collegiate conference, and an additional four signed homegrown player contracts with their parent MLS clubs.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Background, Coaching changes
Dan Donigan, the former head coach of Rutgers was fired following the 2018 season and was replaced by Fordham head coach, Jim McElderry.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Preseason, Preseason national polls
The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Regular season, Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, Big Ten Tournament
The Big Ten Tournament was played from November 9–17. Indiana won the tournament, defeating Michigan in the final.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Postseason, NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Rankings, Regional rankings - USC North Region
The USC North Region compares teams across the Big Ten Conference, Horizon League, and Mid-American Conference.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
ForwardNebojsa Popovic, Michigan*Liam Butts, Penn StateMidfieldAidan Morris, IndianaEli Crognale, MarylandJack Hallahan, Michigan*Aaron Molloy, Penn State*DefenseJack Maher, Indiana*                    Johannes Bergmann, Maryland*                   Jackson Ragen, MichiganBrandon Hackenberg, Penn StateGoalkeeperAndrew Verdi, Michigan


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Forward Eric Matzelevich, Maryland Matt Moderwell, NorthwesternMidfield                                                           Joshua Penn, Indiana Marc Ybarra, Michigan Jack Holland, Ohio State Pablo Ávila, RutgersDefense                                                                                Spencer Glass, Indiana Simon Waever, Indiana Patrick Nielsen, Michigan State Garrett Opperman, NorthwesternGoalkeeper                                                     Niklas Neumann, Maryland


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Herbert Endeley, IndianaAidan Morris, Indiana*Joshua Penn, Indiana* Malcolm Johnston, Maryland Nick Richardson, Maryland Derick Broche, Michigan Liam Butts, Penn State* Kris Shakes, Penn State Jalen Watson, Penn State* Hugo Le Guennec, Rutgers Jackson Temple, Rutgers*


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, Postseason honors
Jack Maher, IndianaNick Richardson, MarylandKevin Buca, MichiganCody Sweatte, Michigan StateMac Mazolla, NorthwesternParker Siegfried, Ohio StateWill Campbell, Penn StateJake Longo, RutgersNoah Leibold, Wisconsin


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Awards and honors, All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, 2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. Nine Big Ten players were selected in the draft, all in the first three rounds.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.


2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season, Homegrown players
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game
The 2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game presented by Discover was played on December 7, 2019 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The ninth annual Big Ten Football Championship Game, it determined the 2019 champion of the Big Ten Conference. The game was between the No. 1 Ohio State Buckeyes out of the East division, and the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers out of the West division. Ohio State won the game and the conference title by a score of 34–21.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, History
The 2020 Championship Game will be the tenth in the Big Ten's 125-year history and the seventh to feature the conference's East and West alignment. East division champion Ohio State won the 2018 game over West division champion Northwestern by a score of 45–24. It was Ohio State's third consecutive and fourth overall victory in the Championship Game.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams
Ohio State and Wisconsin faced each other in the Big Ten Championship Game for the third time. Ohio State won each of the last two championship games between the two schools, in 2014 and 2017. The Buckeyes and Badgers also met during the 2019 regular season, where Ohio State won by a score of 38–7 in Columbus, Ohio.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Ohio State
Ohio State secured their place in the Championship Game by winning the East Division with an undefeated 12–0 (9–0 Big Ten) regular season record. This was Ohio State's fifth appearance in the Championship Game, and third consecutive. They were the two-time reigning conference champions. The Buckeyes were ranked first in the College Football Playoff rankings heading into the game.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Teams, Wisconsin
Wisconsin finished the regular season at 10–2 (7–2 Big Ten), tied atop the West Division with Minnesota. The Badgers defeated their rivals, the Golden Gophers, in the final game of the regular season to earn their way to the Championship Game on the head-to-head tiebreaker. This is Wisconsin's sixth appearance in the Big Ten Championship Game.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Wisconsin received the opening kickoff and completed an 83-yard drive, ending with a 44-yard touchdown run by Jonathan Taylor to take the early lead. Ohio State's opening drive resulted in a turnover on downs at the Wisconsin 34 yard line. Early in the second quarter, Wisconsin scored again via a 14-yard run by quarterback Jack Coan. The Buckeyes got on the board with 42 seconds remaining in the half via a two-yard run by J. K. Dobbins. Wisconsin was able to rattle off another touchdown drive in the final seconds thanks to a 45-yard run by Jonathan Taylor and a 24-yard pass from Coan to Quintez Cephus, and scored with a one-yard run by Coan to take a 21–7 lead into half-time.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Ohio State received the ball first in the second half and scored via a 16-yard pass from Justin Fields to Jeremy Ruckert. After a muffed punt snap by Wisconsin on their own 16 yard line, Ohio State converted a 27-yard field goal to cut Wisconsin's lead to 21–17. Wisconsin kicker Zach Hintze missed a 48-yard field goal attempt on the following drive. Ohio State then took the lead late in the third quarter with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Fields to K. J. Hill.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
Ohio State scored once again early in the fourth quarter with another connection between Fields and Hill, this time from 13 yards out. The Buckeye defense continued to hold the Badger offense from moving the ball, and on the next possession Ohio State kicked a 24-yard field goal that made the score 34–21 with 4:39 remaining, which held until the end of the game.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Game summary, Statistics
With the win, Ohio State won their third consecutive Big Ten championship game, and 38th overall Big Ten title. The Buckeyes became the first team to ever win ten conference games in a single season, the Conference Championship Game being the tenth win. Quarterback Justin Fields passed for 299 yards and three touchdowns, and was named game MVP.


2019 Big Ten Football Championship Game, Aftermath
Ohio State, who had been ranked first in the College Football Playoff rankings heading into the game, dropped to number two behind LSU in the final rankings. LSU beat then-No. 4 Georgia 37–10 in the SEC Championship Game on the same day. As a result, Ohio State received a bid to the national semifinal against third-seeded Clemson to be played at the Fiesta Bowl. Wisconsin stayed at number eight in the CFP rankings and received a bid to the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes lost to Clemson, 29–23; and the Badgers lost to Oregon, 28–27.


2019 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big Ten Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament returned to its more traditional Midwest roots as it will be held at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The tournament was held from March 13 through March 17, 2019.


2019 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament
Michigan State defeated Michigan 65–60 in the championship game to win the tournament, marking the school's sixth tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2019 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye. Tiebreaking procedures remain unchanged from the 2018 tournament.


2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the sixth tournament in conference history. It was played between March 8 and March 23, 2019, on-campus locations. By Winning the tournament Notre Dame earned the Big Ten's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


2019 Big Ten Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The 2019 tournament features a format with all games taking place on the campus of the higher-seeded teams. The tournament opens March 8-10 with three best-of-three quarterfinal series, as the second, third and fourth-seeded teams each hosting a series. The top-seeded team has a bye to the single-elimination semifinals, which is played on March 16. The highest-seeded team remaining after the semifinals hosts the championship game on March 23.


2019 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 29th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big Ten Conference's automatic berth into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Maryland hosted the semifinal and final rounds of the tournament.


2019 Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
Defending champions, Indiana, successfully defended their title, giving the program their 13th Big Ten Tournament championship. They defeated Michigan in the final in a penalty shoot-out.


2019 Big Ten Softball Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Softball tournament was held at Andy Mohr Field on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from May 9 through May 11, 2019. The tournament winner earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN. The Michigan Wolverines earned the conferences automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament by winning the tournament.


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was a postseason tournament that was held from March 6–10, 2019 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Iowa won the tournament championship game over Maryland, 90–76.


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
All 14 Big Ten schools are participating in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by 2018–19 Big Ten Conference season record. The top 10 teams receive a first-round bye and the top 4 teams receive a double bye.


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Seeding for the tournament will be determined at the close of the regular conference season:


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
## – Received a double bye in the conference tournament.


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.


2019 Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.


2019 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big Ten Conference Women's Soccer Tournament is the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big Ten Conference for the 2019 season. It was held from November 3–10, 2019. The seven-match tournament began with first-round matches held at campus sites, before moving to Yurcak Field in Piscataway, New Jersey for the semifinals and final. The eight-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular-season conference play. The defending tournament champion, Minnesota, did not qualify for this year's tournament. Penn State beat Michigan in the tournament championship game in overtime 2-1. Penn State is the Big Ten Tournament Champion. It was just the sixth Big Ten final to go to overtime (first since 2018).


2019 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament, Seeds
Eight Big Ten schools participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Big West Conference of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 14 through March 16, 2019 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. UC Irvine defeated Cal State Fullerton 92–64 in the championship game to win the tournament, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The championship was the second for UC Irvine in the Big West, last winning it in 2015.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Seeds
The top eight conference teams were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Teams were reseeded after the quarterfinals.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, was the 12th edition of the tournament. It determined the Big West Conference's automatic berth to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
UC Davis won the Big West Tournament, giving the program their first ever Big West title, and their first berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2008. UC Davis defeated UCSB in the final, 2–0. UC Davis senior forward, Adam Mickelson, was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
In addition to UC Davis, UCSB earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. UC Davis earned their first ever national seeding and second round bye into the tournament, being seeded 14th overall. UC Davis were eliminated in the Second Round by Louisville, losing 1–0. UCSB won their first three NCAA Tournament games before losing to Wake Forest in the Quarterfinals.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament was a postseason men's volleyball tournament for the Big West Conference during the 2019 NCAA Division I & II men's volleyball season. It was held from April 18 through April 20, 2019 at University of Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Volleyball Tournament.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament, Seeds
All six teams were eligible for the postseason, with the top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.


2019 Big West Conference Men's Volleyball Tournament, Bracket
Hawai'i won the 2019 Big West Conference men's volleyball tournament. The title is their first Big West men's volleyball title.


2019 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament that took place March 12–16, 2019 at two venues in the Los Angeles area. The first two rounds were scheduled for the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California, while the semifinals and championship were held at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The winner of the Big West Tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. UC Davis won the conference tournament championship game over Hawai'i, 58–50.


2019 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament
The 2019 Big West Conference Women's Soccer Tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big West Conference held on November 7 and 10, 2019. The three-match tournament took place at Titan Stadium in Fullerton, California. The four-team single-elimination tournament consisted of two rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Long Beach State 49ers, but they failed to qualify for the 2019 tournament. The Cal State Fullerton Titans won the title by beating the Cal State Northridge Matadors 2–0 in the final. This was the eighth Big West tournament title for the Cal State Fullerton program and the sixth for head coach Demian Brown.


2019 Big3 season
The 2019 Big3 season was the third season of Big3. The regular season began on June 22, 2019 and ended on August 17, 2019. The playoffs began on August 25, 2019 and concluded with the championship game on September 1, 2019.


2019 Big3 season
On January 11, 2019, the Big3 announced that they would expand to 12 teams for the upcoming season, and move to two nights (consisting of three games each) per week. The league will also play in 18 cities, and allow players as young as 27 to compete in the league.


2019 Big3 season
On April 4, 2019, Big3 announced a new broadcast deal with CBS Sports, under which coverage moved to CBS and CBS Sports Network.


2019 Big3 season
On April 18, 2019, Big3 announced a new partnership deal with Toyota which introduces the RAV4 Point Shot. On April 29, 2019, Big3 announced another partnership deal with cannabidiol brand cbdMD as the official jersey partner of the Big3.


2019 Big3 season, Draft
The 2019 BIG3 draft was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 12, 2019. 31 players were selected across three rounds.


2019 Big3 season, Draft, Player selections
NOTES* Last team does not only refer to NBA teams, it also refers to overseas play such as Euroleague, NBL or any other major international league* Last played refers to last year of being active in any basketball league


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 1 (June 22 — Detroit, MI)
The first week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Little Caesars Arena, in Detroit, Michigan.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 1 (June 23 — Indianapolis, IN)
The first week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse, in Indianapolis, Indiana.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 2 (June 29 — Charlotte, NC)
The second week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Spectrum Center (arena), in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 2 (June 30 — Philadelphia, PA)
The second week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Liacouras Center, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 3 (July 6 — Birmingham, AL)
The third week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Legacy Arena, in Birmingham, Alabama.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 3 (July 7 — Atlanta, GA)
The third week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the State Farm Arena, in Atlanta, Georgia.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 4 (July 13 — Providence, RI)
The fourth week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Dunkin Donuts Center, in Providence, Rhode Island.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 4 (July 14 — Brooklyn, NY)
The fourth week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 5 (July 20 — Kansas City, MO)
The fifth week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Sprint Center, in Kansas City, Missouri.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 5 (July 21 — Oklahoma City, OK)
The fifth week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 6 (July 27 — Salt Lake City, UT)
The sixth week of three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Vivint Smart Home Arena, in Salt Lake City, Utah.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 7 (August 3 — Rosemont, IL)
The seventh week of the first three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Allstate Arena, in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 7 (August 4 — Milwaukee, WI)
The seventh week of the second three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Fiserv Forum, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 8 (August 10 — Miami, FL)
The eighth week of three games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida.


2019 Big3 season, Regular season, Week 9 (August 17 — Dallas, TX)
The ninth week of all six games in the Big3 Basketball League took place at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.


2019 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 10 (New Orleans, LA)
The semifinals and the fifth place game in the Big3 Basketball League took place at the Smoothie King Center, in New Orleans, Louisiana.


2019 Big3 season, Playoffs, Week 11 (Los Angeles, CA)
The third place game and the third Big3 Championship game will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.


2019 Big3 season, Awards
The awards for the 2019 season will be announce prior to the championship game.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak
In June 2019, an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) occurred in Muzaffarpur and the adjoining districts in Bihar state of India resulting in deaths of more than 150 children, mainly due to hypoglycemia. In subsequent months more cases and deaths were reported. The cause of outbreak is unclear. Malnutrition, climate, hygiene, inadequate health facilities, and lack of awareness are considered as contributing factors. The lychee fruit toxins are also cited as plausible cause of AES.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak, History
Outbreaks of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have occurred previously in the northern regions of Bihar state and eastern regions of Uttar Pradesh state of India. The first case of AES in Muzaffarpur district was recorded in 1995. There were 143 deaths in 2013, 355 in 2014, 11 in 2015, four in 2016, 11 in 2017 and 7 in 2018. In most recent years, the death toll had remained under 20.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak, Outbreak
In June 2019, an outbreak of AES occurred in 222 blocks of Muzaffarpur and the adjoining districts in Bihar.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak, Outbreak
As a result of the outbreak, total 154 children died in first three weeks of June 2019. A total of 440 cases of AES were admitted to hospitals in these three weeks. At least 85 children of them died at the Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital (SKMCH), the largest state-operated hospital in Bihar, while at least 18 children died at the Kejriwal Matrisadan, a trust-run hospital, in these weeks. Most of them were aged between 1 and 10 years.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak, Outbreak
In subsequent months of July, August and September; at SKMCH; 30, 18 and at least 12 cases were reported. Total 647 cases of AES including 161 deaths were reported between 1 June and 20 September 2019.


2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak, Syndrome
The term acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) was coined by the World Health Organisation in 2008. The symptoms of AES include an acute onset of fever and associated clinical neurological manifestations such as mental confusion, disorientation, delirium, convulsions, or coma. Early symptoms include headaches and vomiting, along with sudden hypoglycemia (drops in blood sugar levels), but may lead to coma, brain dysfunctions, and inflammation of the heart and lungs. Those that survive AES may have long-term neurological weaknesses. The severe hypoglycemia can cause death. The syndrome is locally known as Chamki Bukhar in Bihar.