Nolan Winter, John Tonje lead No. 18 Wisconsin over Northwestern
The Badgers (24-8), seeded fifth, will face No. 4 seed UCLA in Friday's quarterfinals.
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The Badgers (24-8), seeded fifth, will face No. 4 seed UCLA in Friday's quarterfinals.
DePaul (14-18) will play No. 2 seed Creighton in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Northwestern (17-15) earned its first conference tournament win since 2022 for a chance to play No. 5 Wisconsin in Thursday's second round.
Somehow, Wildcats workhorse Nick Martinelli was not selected First Team All-League in postseason awards Tuesday.
Somehow, Wildcats workhorse Nick Martinelli was not selected First Team All-League in postseason awards Tuesday.
Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) trailed 63-53 with 11:34 to go, but outscored the Boilermakers 13-1 in the final two minutes to win its third in a row after losing three straight.
Online abuse of college athletes received attention last weekend when Kansas men's basketball player Zeke Mayo shared screen shots of hateful social media posts directed at him after he struggled in a loss at Texas Tech.
The Cornhuskers outscored the Illini 25-14 in the fourth to pick up their fifth win after trailing by 10-plus points.
Edwards had 10 rebounds for the Ramblers (20-10, 11-6 Atlantic 10 Conference).
CJ Gunn scored 23 points and added seven rebounds and three blocks for the Blue Demons (12-18, 3-16 Big East Conference).
The Wildcats had chipped away at their deficit and got within 68-65 on Ty Berry's 3-pointer with 33 seconds left.
The Fighting Irish shared the title with N.C. State, a 69-45 winner over SMU on Sunday.
Henderson went 6 of 10 from the field (3 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Flames (18-13, 10-10 Missouri Valley Conference).
Illinois' Tre White had 19 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Illini to a 93-73 rout of No. 15 Michigan 93-73 on Sunday.
Isaiah Rivera led the Blue Demons (11-18, 2-16) in scoring, finishing with 18 points and eight rebounds.
Jayden Dawson scored 16 points for the Ramblers.
Ahmad Henderson II finished with 13 points and three steals for the Flames (17-13, 9-10).
Kylan Boswell and Will Riley each scored 15 points and Tre White had 14 for Illinois (18-11, 10-8 Big Ten), which shot 50.8% (32 for 63).
Nick Martinelli scored 19 of his 29 points in the second half to help Northwestern pull away and beat Minnesota 75-63.
Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a 110-67 blowout of Illinois.
Ty Berry and K.J. Windham added 15 points each and Matthew Nicholson had 10 for Northwestern (14-13, 5-11 Big Ten).
Isaiah Rivera led DePaul with 16 points, but the last-place Blue Demons (11-16, 2-14) lost for the seventh time in eight games.
The Flames (16-12, 8-9) were led in scoring by Tyem Freeman, who finished with 15 points and six rebounds.
Former Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has found a way to make the best of the mishap that took place Saturday during a jersey retirement ceremony at his alma mater.
The Illini didn't have second-leading rebounder Morez Johnson Jr. due to a broken wrist.
