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Indiana 81, Ohio State 68
After a stunning loss, the Indiana Hoosiers were on a mission to reaffirm just how good they were. There was no questioning their ability Sunday. Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 26 points, Cody Zeller added 24 and Christian Watford 20 to lead No. 1 Indiana back from a demoralizing loss to a huge road win in beating No. 10 Ohio State 81-68 on Sunday. ''It was putting teams away, playing to win and not just playing for the time to run out,'' Zeller said of the lessons learned from an upset loss at Illinois on Thursday. ''So, we made that adjustment pretty well.'' RECAP
Illinois 57, Minnesota 53
Tyler Griffey capped a terrific week for Illinois with 16 points, and the Fighting Illini went 11 for 23 from 3-point range in a 57-53 win over No. 18 Minnesota on Sunday night. Three days after Griffey's buzzer-beating layup gave Illinois (17-8, 4-7) a 74-72 victory over No. 1 Indiana, Tracy Abrams swished a step-back 3-pointer with 18 seconds left to stretch the lead over Minnesota to four. Abrams came off the bench for the first time this season after failing to score against the Hoosiers. D.J. Richardson had 13 points and Brandon Paul added 10 points for the Illini, who ended a 10-game losing streak on the road against ranked Big Ten teams. Their last such win was three years ago at Wisconsin. RECAP
Iowa 71, Northwestern 57 In Saturday's 71-57 victory over Northwestern, the University of Iowa men's basketball team got a win it needed, and junior Roy Devyn Marble had a performance he needed. After two excruciating road losses against Minnesota and Wisconsin, where Marble netted a combined two points, the junior guard broke out with a 21-point scoring output, making 8-of-13 shots from the floor and all four free throw attempts. He also finished the game with five assists and five rebounds in 30 minutes. "I've been feeling like I was going to play like this the last 3-4 games and that's just how it happens sometimes," said Marble. "I am doing little things now to make the game easier for me and to help my teammates." RECAP
Michigan State 78, Purdue 65
Michigan State ignored the injuries and the foul trouble Saturday. Branden Dawson, Keith Appling and Derrick Nix refused to let the surging Spartans get slowed down by a couple of big hurdles. Dawson scored 20 points in another trip back to his home State, while Appling and Nix each finished with 17 points to lead No. 12 Michigan State past Purdue 78-65. "Do I have it figured out? I sure didn't yesterday when (Gary) Harris didn't practice and (Travis) Trice didn't practice," coach Tom Izzo said. "But one thing we do have is some inside-outside ability. We're not one-dimensional, like some of my teams have been. I'll figure it out when I get everyone back." Until then, the Spartans (20-4, 9-2 Big Ten) will continue to live by the simple formula that has them back on top of the toughest conference in the nation. RECAP
Wisconsin 65, Michigan 62 (OT)
When Ben Brust tied the game at the end of regulation with a shot just from just inside midcourt, his teammate Mike Bruesewitz looked over at Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan and saw something unusual. His coach had both his arms in the air. "You know when he shows some emotion, you've done something pretty special," Bruesewitz said. Brust hit a tie-breaking 3-pointer with less than 40 seconds left in overtime as Wisconsin beat No. 3 Michigan 65-62 on Saturday. "It was awesome, something I'll remember forever, and I'm sure a lot of people will," Brust said of the game. RECAP
Nebraska 67, Penn State 53
Dylan Talley had 16 points and seven rebounds, as Nebraska put together one of its best defensive efforts of the season in a 67-53 win over Penn State Saturday evening. Talley led three Huskers in double figures, as the Huskers snapped a two-game losing streak and returned to the .500 mark (12-12, 3-8 Big Ten). Brandon Ubel joined Talley in double figures with 14 points and nine rebounds while Ray Gallegos added 11 points, including a trio of 3-pointers. The Huskers made a living at the foul line, setting season bests in free throws made (32) and attempted (41), while their 32 free throws was its highest total since 2005. RECAP
Illinois 74, #1/1 Indiana 72 Tyler Griffey made an uncontested layup at the buzzer off a baseline inbounds pass and Illinois beat No. 1 Indiana 74-72 on Thursday night, the fifth straight week the nation's top-ranked team has lost. The Illini (16-8, 3-7 Big Ten) trailed 41-29 at halftime and by double digits for most of the second half before closing the game on a 13-2 run over the final 3:36. With the score tied, Indiana's Victor Oladipo turned the ball over and recovered to block a breakaway layup by D.J. Richardson out of bounds with less than a second to play. Griffey, who was open after setting a screen, took the inbounds pass from Brandon Paul with .9 seconds left and gently laid the ball into the basket. RECAP
#1/1 Indiana at Illinois, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN
Three Big Ten players were selected as finalists for the 2013 Bob Cousy Award, more than any other conference. The honor is awarded annually to the nation's top point guard, and will be presented at the Hall of Fame Class Announcement on April 8. Michigan's Trey Burke, Michigan State's Keith Appling and Ohio State's Aaron Craft were all named to the list, which will be narrowed to five on March 11. Illinois' Dee Brown was the first Big Ten standout to win the award in 2006.
Michigan State 61, Minnesota 50 Gary Harris scored 15 points and Keith Appling added 14 points before leaving the game with an injury to help No. 12 Michigan State bounce back from a poor first half to beat No. 18 Minnesota 61-50 Wednesday night. Appling left the court with 1:17 left, holding his right shoulder after getting tied up with Joe Coleman. He returned to the bench in the final minute. The Spartans (19-4 8-2 Big Ten) moved into a second-place tie with No. 3 Michigan, whom they host Tuesday night. They picked up their eighth win in nine games since losing the conference opener against the Golden Gophers (17-6, 5-5) on the road. RECAP
Wisconsin 74, Iowa 70 (2 OT)
Four Badgers scored in double-figures and Ryan Evans hit two free throws with less than five seconds to play in the second overtime to give Wisconsin a 74-70 victory over the visiting Iowa Hawkeyes on Wednesday night. Wisconsin's Ben Brust led all scorers with 18 points, one of four Badger starters to finish in double-figures, and Jared Berggren had a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds to move the Badgers' (16-7, 7-3 Big Ten) into a third-place tie in the Big Ten standings with Ohio State. RECAP
Purdue 58, Penn State 49 Ronnie Johnson scored 16 points and A.J. Hammons 15 as Purdue downed Penn State 58-49 Tuesday night to even its Big Ten Conference record at 5-5. The Boilermakers (12-11) struggled through shooting woes, going 0 for 10 on 3-pointers and shooting 40.8 percent (20 of 49) overall. Hammons' points came primarily from the free-throw line, hitting 11 of 12 to complement to two field goals for the Boilermakers. D.J. Newbill, who had seven previous 20-point games for Penn State, scored 17 to lead the Nittany Lions (8-14, 0-10). It was the 19th game this season Newbill scored in double figures. Purdue held Penn State's Jermaine Marshall to just seven points. Marshall, along with Newbill, averages 18 points per game. RECAP
#3/3 Michigan 76, #10/10 Ohio State
Buckeye guard Aaron Craft drove to the rim with three seconds left in overtime for one last attempt to tie the game, but junior guard Tim Hardaway Jr. stuffed his shot and secured the avenging victory, 76-74, for the University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 3 AP/No. 3 ESPN/USA Today) over Ohio State (No. 10 AP/No. 10 ESPN/USA Today) on Tuesday night inside Crisler Center. Hardaway scored a game-high 23 points, including a career-high six three-point field goals, while freshman forward Mitch McGary had a career-high 14 points, six rebounds and four steals. Sophomore guard Trey Burke added 16 points and eight assists in the win, while freshman guards Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson III also contributed double-digit scoring with 11 and 10 points, respectively. RECAP
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