Here are five things to know about Mississippi State basketball forward RJ Melendez, who wears No. 22, a transfer from Illinois and Georgia.

Will Riley played two halves of dominant Big Ten basketball last month. First come a 16-point first half at Michigan State. The follow up was a 13-point second half Thursday at Nebraska where the ...

Coach Matt Painter's team has been paced by star point guard Braden Smith, who had a January run for the ages that no player in either men's or women's college basketball this century can claim.

Illinois' Ben Humrichous, second from left, shoots against Nebraska's Brice Williams, left, Juwan Gary (4) and Rollie Worster, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday ...

Braden Smith had a season high 24 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn made the go-ahead basket with 11 seconds left and No. 10 Purdue beat Indiana 81-76 ...

Trey Kaufman-Renn sank the go-ahead hook shot with 11.9 seconds as part of a 23-point effort to help No. 10 Purdue post an 81 ...

If the USC and Maryland games had previously been considered the low point of the season by Illinois fans, it's now time to reassess. After the No. 18 Illini (14-7, 6-5 Big Ten) shot blanks (26-for-73 ...

Nobody is wanting to face Maryland men's basketball as of late. The Terrapins have won four in a row and Maryland's quality of wins continues to rise. The Terps ...

The Big Ten is tightly-contested with the calendar set to flip to February. Here is an updated look at the conference standings ...