Purdue won the Big Ten by three games last season, despite three road losses. Yet it also went to Champaign and beat its closest competitor — the Illini — in the penultimate game of the regular season.

An Oregon man has been banned from hunting in Ogle County or visiting any of its state parks and fined $16,000 as part of his sentence for threatening a conservation police officer, violation of the wildlife code,

The 17th-ranked Purdue Boilermakers hit the road for the Pacific Northwest and a Saturday afternoon Big Ten showdown with the No. 13 Oregon Ducks.

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

Jonathon Gounaris, the man who allegedly shot three deputies, will be appearing in court again for the first time in 2025, according to Ogle County Court Documents. Gounaris

Illinois faces Michigan State. Our college basketball odds series has our Illinois Michigan State prediction, odds and pick for Sunday.

Men's college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament. This week? A mix of Big Ten and SEC teams at the top. ➜ 1. Iowa State ➜ 2.

Madness is still a couple of months away, but this weekend's college basketball slate certainly has a March feel to it. Saturday in particular is a banner day in the SEC, featuring a trio of top-25 showdowns.

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Either Ohio State or Notre Dame will not just be a worthy champion, but one that deserves recognition for surviving a gauntlet of four playoff games.

The Big Ten has shown itself to be one of the best conferences in the country this season. There are currently six teams from the conference that are ranked in