As recently as last week, questions arose about Purdue's offense. Lately, people should be taking note of the Boilermakers' defense.

BOTTOM LINE: Minnesota hosts Ohio State after Dawson Garcia scored 20 points in Minnesota's 81-61 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers. The Golden Gophers have gone 8-3 at home. Minnesota has a 2-2 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE — CJ Cox, making his second consecutive start for Purdue basketball ... second straight start after helping slow down Dawson Garcia at Minnesota. This time Furst was advised ...

Entering Friday, 15 of the 18 Big Ten teams are ranked inside the top 70 on kenpom.com. There's also been a real pivot to playing with more pace. The Big Ten is now up to third amongst all the conferences in tempo after rating 24th last year out of 32 leagues.

Welcome back to the Big Ten Basketball Midweek Rundown. In this edition of the Midweek Rundown, we will be examining where each ranked Big Ten team sits in the

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

College basketball has a jam-packed slate ahead, but which games are truly must-see matchups? Here are the top five games to watch this weekend.

Michigan suffered an 84-81 overtime loss, falling to 13-4 and 5-1 in Big Ten play as Minnesota drilled a buzzer-beater to snap the five-game win streak. The Wolverines had several chances to pull away before falling short to the Big Ten’s last place team.

Minnesota basketball earns an upset victory vs. Michigan in dramatic fashion, as big man Dawson Garcia electrifies fans

Kylan Boswell and the rest of the No. 19 Illinois men’s basketball team showed their potential on Tuesday night with a 94-69 rout of host Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Freshman Derik Queen scored 18 of his season-high 27 points in the second half, Rodney Rice added 21 points and Maryland beat Minnesota 77-71 on Monday night. Ja’Kobi Gillespie sank a 3-pointer from the corner with 13 minutes left in the second half to give Maryland its first lead, 49-46, since it was 14-13.

Maryland continues to improve its play as the season continues, and look to be a sure-fire NCAA Tournament team in a crowded Big Ten, now can it contend for a r