No. 24 Illinois (20-11, 12-8 Big Ten) was able to sit back and watch Wednesday as Iowa and Ohio State battled it out in their first-round matchup in the Big Ten Tournament, with the Hawkeyes (17-15, 7-13 Big Ten) prevailing 77-70 and setting up Thursday's second-round matchup against the Illini (5:30 p.

Was this the end for Payton Sandfort and Fran McCaffery? The biggest takeaways from Iowa's loss vs. No. 25 Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament.

It wasn't the ending Michigan men's basketball had hoped for. The Wolverines lost their final three games of the regular season and lost the last four of six to

Indiana (19-12, 10-10 Big Ten) will look to punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament in a rematch with No. 23 Oregon (23-8, 12-8 Big Ten) on Thursday during the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Ducks closed out their regular season with seven-straight wins.

It’s going to take a new approach for Iowa to bring men’s basketball fans back after faltering under McCaffery, who was fired Friday.

One of the longest tenured active coaches in major men’s college basketball is now out of a job. Iowa has fired coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons at the school, the university announced Friday afternoon.