The Scarlet Knights suffered their third consecutive defeat on Thursday, falling 68-50 to No. 20 Purdue ... Ten play, putting them in position to not playing in the Big Ten Tournament come March ...

LINCOLN — After two years of controlling Big Ten ... Rutgers was 16-7 with six conference wins over teams that would eventually make the NCAA tournament, including on the road at then-No. 1 Purdue.

The Big Ten had a strong representation in the 2024 NCAA Tournament and appears on track to do so again this season. Six teams from the conference went dancing, ...

We are in the thick of conference play in Big Ten country ... on the tournament hopes of each of these teams. The Michigan Wolverines head to Mackey Arena on Friday night to face the Purdue ...

Purdue on Friday ... with home losses to Rutgers and USC that could hurt on Selection Sunday. Right now, just making the Big Ten tournament isn’t a guarantee. The Hawkeyes got blitzed by ...

In all likelihood, it will be the NIT or bust for Rutgers. The projections have eight Big Ten teams currently making the NCAA Tournament. No Big Ten team is a top seed. Purdue and Michigan State ...

The operative word as he looked ahead: "Chill." By quirk of the Big Ten schedule, Purdue played six games in a 16-day span, ranging from Rutgers in the east and Washington and Oregon in the west.

Purdue and Rutgers ... and earned a visit to the NCAA Tournament in 2016. When he arrived at Rutgers, the program was struggling to find its footing in the Big Ten. In his first eight seasons ...

The uphill climb Rutgers faces in making an improbable NCAA Tournament run just got even ... 1 games this season and 11-11 in its last 22 Big Ten home games, to build anything resembling a ...