Our updated Big Ten basketball power rankings after the 2024-25 regular season. Now, it's time to project which teams will make a deep run in March ...

Thursday's game: 6 seed Purdue (21-10) vs. 11 seed Rutgers (15-16) or 14 seed USC (14-16), approx. 9 p.m., BTN; The ...

After the regular season concluded for Purdue on Friday night, coach Matt Painter made his argument for Braden Smith as Big ...

Braden Smith has a bright future at the next level, according to his coach Matt Painter after a near-triple-double outing ...

Davion Mitchell (6-feet tall), Rob Dillingham (6-foot-1), and Reed Sheppard (6-foot-2) have all been lottery picks in the ...

Trey Kaufman-Renn and Braden Smith were outstanding, but it wasn't enough to fuel Purdue past a feisty Illinois team, falling 88-80 in Champaign.

You already guessed the answer. On a bonkers Friday night at State Farm Center, Illinois came back to beat the No. 18 ...

Illinois staged a dramatic comeback to beat No. 18 Purdue, with Kasparas Jakucionis hitting a crucial 3-pointer.

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Purdue led by 10 in the second half, but the Boilermakers went ice cold down the stretch, just as Illinois was heating up.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Kasparas Jakucionis hit a 3-pointer with 40 seconds left to put Illinois ahead for good, and the ...

Kasparas Jakucionis drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to highlight a late nine-point run that lifted ...