Rutgers visits the Northwestern Wildcats after Jordan Derkack scored 26 points in the Scarlet Knights' 81-74 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.

Rutgers visits the Northwestern Wildcats after Jordan Derkack scored 26 points in the Scarlet Knights' 81-74 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.

As Michigan State men's basketball approaches a critical stretch in its schedule, the upcoming games are set to test the team ...

The Michigan State Spartans (14-3) battle a fellow Big Ten opponent, the Illinois Fighting Illini (13-4), on Sunday, January ...

The No. 8 Michigan State Spartans (16-2, 7-0) are preparing for a trying four-game set, traveling cross-country to opposite sides of the country on two separate ...

When No. 17 Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood considered how “bullish” he is on his team Sunday at State Farm ...

Northwestern and Rutgers both occupy the bottom third of the Big Ten as the Wildcats prepare to host the Scarlet Knights on ...

Rutgers basketball needed a signature victory to boost its fading March Madness chances, but the Scarlet Knights couldn't ...

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Center Tomislav Ivisic will be sidelined for a second-straight game on Sunday against the Wildcats. Head Coach Brad Underwood ...

The first bit of evidence: When Illinois and Northwestern met Dec. 6 in Evanston, Ill., the Wildcats erased a 10-point second-half deficit and earned a 70-66 overtime victory. Nick Martinelli scored ...

NEW YORK — To hear Tom Izzo, it was as if Michigan State basketball hadn’t just ... And not one that has anything to do with the eighth-ranked Spartans wearing down Rutgers with their deep ...