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Lawrence Westbrook and Travis Busch each scored 10 points and Minnesota (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 22 AP) rallied from a 13-point deficit then hung on to beat host Iowa 52-49 on Thursday night.

The NCAA men's basketball rules committee couldn't get enough support to even vote on reducing the 35-second shot clock but introduced more replay at the end of regulation and overtime for out-of-bounds and shot-clock violation calls.

Northern Iowa's Ben Jacobson has signed a 10-year contract extension with the school, the coach told ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Friday.

Iowa State Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg turned down Minnesota and elected to stay with his alma mater Thursday night, agreeing to a new contract.

Peter Keating provides upset odds for Sunday's round of 32 games, looking at the likelihood that Miami, Kansas, Duke and the other favorites will lose.

Story | Conversation | March 23, 2013

Joe Lunardi breaks down all 68 teams in his 2013 NCAA tournament Video Previews.

The Big Ten has been home to some of the best basketball we've seen all season. With several Final Four contenders and teams still on the NCAA tournament bubble, the league tournament in Chicago should provide more of the same.

Paul Biancardi provides his list of teams that are well-suited to make a run in their conference tournaments.

Story | Conversation | March 11, 2013

John Gasaway explains why Indiana is clearly the best team in the Big Ten, ahead of both Michigan and Michigan State.

Story | Conversation | February 19, 2013

Iowa 72, Minnesota 51

Austin Hollins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 11.6 seconds left, lifting No. 23 Minnesota to a 62-59 victory over Iowa on Sunday afternoon.

Joe Lunardi takes a look at potential bubble teams that are currently floating around .500 in conference play and determines which ones figure to be safe and which ones could be sorry come Selection Sunday.

Blog | Conversation | January 29, 2013

A number of ranked teams were knocked off on Saturday, but these in-conference road losses aren't really upsets, they're the reality of college basketball.

In the latest edition of his ranking of the top 68 teams in the country, Jay Bilas has Rick Pitino's Louisville team at No. 1.

Story | Conversation | January 08, 2013

With the conference season set to get under way, Eamonn Brennan takes a look at what's in store for the Big Ten.