College basketball picks: Can anyone slow down Michigan?
ESPN.com's college basketball experts make predictions for Michigan-Minnesota, Baylor-Texas Tech and other top games of the weekend.
ESPN.com's college basketball experts make predictions for Michigan-Minnesota, Baylor-Texas Tech and other top games of the weekend.
— Trevion Williams scored 22 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, Eric Hunter Jr. knocked down timely 3-pointers and Purdue defeated Indiana 81-69 Thursday night.
Four Gonzaga starters make the updated rankings, but Iowa's Luka Garza still leads the way.
Texas' Shaka Smart has a potential Final Four team after facing questions about his job status in the spring. Here are other coaches also on the brink of turning it around -- if their schools have patience.
Former Indiana star Wayne Radford, a prominent backup on the Hoosiers' 1976 unbeaten national championship team, has died at 64.
— Rob Phinisee scored 18 points and Aljami Durham scored 17 and Indiana beat Nebraska 84-76 on Sunday.
— D’Mitrik Trice scored 21 points and Tyler Wahl made consecutive 3-pointers in the second overtime to spark No. 8 Wisconsin to an 80-73 victory over Indiana on Thursday night.
— Trayce Jackson-Davis took over the game midway through the second half, finishing with 22 points and 15 rebounds, leading Indiana to a 63-55 win over Maryland on Monday night.
The Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium, the Hoosiers' Assembly Hall and Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse are some of the venues that will host games as part of an NCAA tournament that will take place exclusively in Indiana.
Texas handed Kansas a historic loss at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday. What kind of leap does the Longhorns' blowout merit?
— Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 21 points and Rob Phinisee hit a stepback jumper for the win as Indiana held off Penn State 87-85 in overtime Wednesday night.
Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich tip off the podcast discussing why they have no problem with the NCAA’s “Mask Madness,” the strength of the Big Ten, Iowa losing big games, their worry for Michigan State, Baylor and Gonzaga versus the field, and blue blood not flowing through the sport this year.
Iowa and Michigan State are struggling. Northwestern and Minnesota are ascending. Will the new Big Ten balance of power hold?
— Ayo Dosunmu scored 30 points, Kofi Cockburn added 15 points and 15 rebounds, and No. 18 Illinois beat Indiana 69-60 on Saturday.
— Chase Audige scored all of his 17 points in the second half to lead four Northwestern players in double figures and the Wildcats beat Indiana 74-67 on Wednesday night.
— Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 21 points and Armaan Franklin scored 20 and Indiana beat depleted Butler 68-60 on Saturday in a Crossroads Classic Challenge game.
ESPN.com's college basketball experts make predictions for Gonzaga-Iowa, North Carolina-Kentucky and other top games of the weekend.
Parker Stewart -- the son of former Tennessee-Martin coach Anthony Stewart, who died suddenly just before the season began -- has decided to transfer to Indiana.
The top-to-bottom strength of the Big 12 and B1G has remained formidable in the early stages of 2020-21.
— Armaan Franklin drilled five 3-pointers and scored 19 points, both career highs, to lead Indiana to an 87-52 win over Indiana on Sunday.
— Scottie Barnes banked in a runner with with two seconds left in overtime to give No. 20 Florida State a 69-67 victory over Indiana on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge for its 25th straight home victory.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Michigan | 7-1 | - | 12-1 |
Iowa | 6-1 | 0.5 | 12-2 |
Wisconsin | 6-2 | 1 | 12-3 |
Purdue | 6-3 | 1.5 | 11-5 |
Illinois | 6-3 | 1.5 | 10-5 |
Ohio State | 5-4 | 2.5 | 11-4 |
Minnesota | 4-4 | 3 | 11-4 |
Indiana | 3-4 | 3.5 | 8-6 |
Rutgers | 3-5 | 4 | 7-5 |
Northwestern | 3-6 | 4.5 | 6-7 |
Michigan State | 2-4 | 4 | 8-4 |
Maryland | 2-6 | 5 | 8-7 |
Nebraska | 0-5 | 5.5 | 4-8 |
Penn State | 0-5 | 5.5 | 3-6 |
NAME | POS | STATUS | GRADE |
---|---|---|---|
Logan Duncomb | C | Signed | 82 |
Final Fours | 8 |
Tournament Record | 66-34 |
Championship Seasons | 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987 |
Tournament Appearances | 39 |