With Illinois' dominant win over Iowa on Thursday evening in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, Maryland men's basketball will have another showdown with the high-flying Illini on Friday. Illinois took down Iowa,

Illinois closed the game on a 16-3 run, helped by some late free throws to put an end to Purdue's mini two-game winning streak.

This afternoon’s Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal features the No.22 ranked Michigan Wolverines taking on the No. 20 Purdue Boilermakers.

This year’s Big Ten tournament carries higher stakes. The Boilermakers were picked as the preseason conference favorite. They held sole possession of first place with a month remaining in the regular season. Yet they stumbled back to Indianapolis as the 6 seed, well off the pace of that coveted third consecutive championship.