Despite Desmond Claude's terrific 30-point performance (12-of-21 shooting), USC dropped its third straight game and fifth of its last six overall. It is now tied with Iowa and Minnesota for 15th place in the league standings. The bottom three in the 18-team Big Ten will not be eligible for the annual conference tourney.

Gonzaga's future move to the Pac-12 conference seems shrewd considering recent struggles among teams that joined geographically distant leagues.

But there are times … Mick sort of stepped in it the other night, after Minnesota upset the Bruins (and denied Cronin his 500th career win, which seems neither here nor there given that Mick supposedly didn’t even realize he was on the verge of a milestone until his dad,

He added, “When they’re 28, what was Mick Cronin all about? Did he let me do things I shouldn’t have been doing just ’cause I was scoring points for him? Or, did he sit me down and try to ...

The Bruins are learning “life in a great league” as they head to Purdue and Northwestern looking to bolster their résumé for their postseason tournaments.

For the first time in Minnesota history, Minnesota men’s basketball defeated Nebraska at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska by two points. Guard Brennan Rigsby led the team in

Mick Cronin became the 77th men's college basketball coach to pick up 500 career wins, leading UCLA to its 20th win of the season on Sunday.