14-3, 5-1 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Illinois ILL	38	41	79
Northwestern NU	33	35	68

Northwestern WildcatsNorthwesternNU

8-9, 0-6 Big Ten

Illinois Fighting Illini @ Northwestern Wildcats

Game Information

Evanston, IL

Referee:Larry Scirotto

Referee:D.J. Carstensen

Referee:Kelly Pfeifer

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

Men's College Basketball News

Gerry McNamara vows to restore Syracuse back to 'national relevance'

New Syracuse men's basketball coach Gerry McNamara vows to restore the Orange back to "national relevance."

14h

Dana Altman retires as Oregon's winningest men's basketball coach

Dana Altman, the winningest coach in Oregon men's basketball history with 382 victories and nine NCAA tournament berths, has retired after 16 seasons.

13h

Men's college basketball 2026-27 preseason top 25 rankings

Florida remains No. 1 whether or not Denzel Aberdeen can play. Other teams with eligibility questions aren't as lucky.

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