After a 12-day road trip, the Wisconsin men's basketball team returns to Madison to open Big Ten play against Northwestern. The Badgers remain unbeaten at home

Niko Medved stood in a crowd of Minnesota fans on the court as he conducted a postgame television interview after an upset of Indiana in his Big Ten debut and tried to process the enormity of the milestone on his new job.

Purdue basketball was the preseason Big Ten favorite. The Boilermakers, aiming for their third league title in the past four seasons, have lived up to the expectation as Big Ten play begins Tuesday, going 7-0 and carrying a No. 1 ranking to Rutgers.

The Big Ten has averaged exactly eight NCAA tournament bids in each of the past five seasons. That's 40 teams altogether -- and all 40 have gone home with a loss. The record of this 18-team conference in the Big Dance is just six games over .500 (46-40), which should be impossible with a team seed average under six (5.97 to be exact).

Skyy Clark hit six 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Tyler Bilodeau scored 20 of his 21 points in the second half and UCLA held on to win the Big Ten Conference opener with an 82-80 win over Washington after leading by 16 with less than five minutes to play on Wednesday night.

Thanksgiving week has concluded, and the stage is set for the 2025-26 Big Ten basketball conference season to begin.

The Boilermakers have struggled in recent first road games in the Big Ten. Not Tuesday night at a difficult place to play. Here's what we learned.

Maryland had its ideal starting lineup in place for Tuesday’s 89-63 win over Wagner. A trip to Iowa is next.