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Minnesota-Illinois Preview

Seth Greenberg goes to the game film to preview the matchup between Minnesota and Illinois....

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said Friday his team was close to facing a must-win scenario when it hosts Minnesota on Saturday. The Wildcats are 15-10 overall and tied with Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa with a 5-8 record in the ...

Being a Big Ten football fan requires training and early indoctrination. Just check out the camaraderie and activities the kids go through at Big Ten summer camp.

Minnesota-Illinois Preview

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg If you can be ripped away from the wildly entertaining Oklahoma-Texas clash, check out what's going on in Champaign, Ill., right now. Minnesota is continuing its surprising rise by building a 14-6 third-quarter le...

Illinois 59, Minnesota 49

Minnesota (14-5) at No. 1 Illinois (20-0) 2:30 pm EST

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.

The Big Ten on Sunday approved new East and West divisions for the 2014 season as well as a nine-game conference schedule beginning in 2016.

Legends and Leaders are no more, as the Big Ten will use geography to determine its new divisions and division names beginning in the 2014 season.

The Big Ten has been regarded by many this season as the best conference in college basketball. Six Big Ten teams (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State) were ranked in the AP top 10 at one point this season. Entering ...

The Big Ten has a team alive in every regional, with Indiana in the East, Ohio State in the West, Michigan in the South and Michigan State in the Midwest. While Minnesota and Illinois fell by the wayside in the Round of 32, the conference improved it...

The Big Ten was the nation's best conference in the regular season. But that doesn't matter. Fair or not, the conference's legacy will be judged by how well -- or poorly -- its teams do in the NCAA tournament.

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

CHICAGO -- Illinois coach John Groce doesn't preach patience, so it makes sense Brandon Paul wanted his "one shining moment" a week early. In the first game of the Big Ten tournament at the United Center, Illinois and Minnesota were tied with over...