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Ohio State takes on the No. 18 Maryland Terrapins after Devin Royal scored 29 points in Ohio State's 87-79 loss to the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Western Illinois visits the Tennessee State Tigers after Raegan McCowan scored 27 points in the Leathernecks' 94-82 win against the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars.

Illinois and Rutgers meet on Wednesday night! Our College Basketball odds series has our Illinois-Rutgers prediction, odds, and pick.

Though they dropped five spots in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, the No. 23 Illini are feeling optimistic as they kick off a two-game road trip Wednesday against Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J.

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The game of basketball flowed through Rob Judson's life at every step and still does in his 45th and final season of coaching ...

Iowa, Illinois and Indiana all made jumps, while Michigan and Minnesota took tumbles in the latest Big Ten women's basketball ...

Illinois' men's basketball team has lost three of its past five games. Four of its last seven. Three of those four losses ...

The Boilermakers do not lead the Big Ten like they did when February started the past two years. But their biggest goal ...

Maryland (17-5, 7-4) has been steady at both ends of the court. As of Monday, KenPom ranked the Terps as one of nine teams nationally to rank in the top 25 in both adjusted offensive and defensive ...