CHICAGO — Any changes to the Big Ten’s basketball foundation will be subtle, not forceful, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Wednesday. “There’s no appetite for regional divisions in basketball,” Delany said. “I think 18 games is about right. I thought this year, as enjoyable as the season was, as competitive it was and as [...]

The Big Ten’s top four players will rank among the nation’s top 10 at the end of the season. Michigan guard Trey Burke, Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas, Indiana center Cody Zeller and Indiana guard/forward Victor Oladipo all are competitive for first-team All-American honors. All four are almost assured of landing on the top two [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Iowa’s tentative play on offense was universal Saturday night at No. 1 Indiana, but junior guard Devyn Marble took full responsibility for its failings in a 73-60 loss. Marble finished with 20 points after scoring just two in the first half. He said he needed to attack the Hoosiers’ defense earlier in the [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Iowa committed as many turnovers in the first half as the Hawkeyes scored points at the No. 1 team in the country. There’s little else that needs examination in Iowa’s 73-60 loss at top-ranked Indiana Saturday night. The Hawkeyes’ first-half offense was out of sync and inconsistent. Shots weren’t falling, and neither [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Top-ranked Indiana has followed a simple formula in each game after its three Big Ten losses, and it has worked every time. The Hoosiers (24-4, 12-3 Big Ten) get the ball to sophomore center Cody Zeller, who then produces victories. Zeller exploded for 21 points and 13 rebounds at Northwestern, five days [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When assessing Iowa’s NCAA tournament hopes, there’s urgency, and there’s desperation. The public’s eye is tilted toward desperation. Iowa junior Melsahn Basabe views it in a different light. “We don’t feel desperate because when you’re desperate that usually means you don’t have what it takes, you don’t have the answers,” Basabe said. [...]

IOWA CITY — Iowa point guard Mike Gesell will miss the rest of the regular season with a right foot injury but could return in time for the Big Ten Tournament, which starts March 14. “He will not play any time sooner than that (the Big Ten Tournament),” Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said in a [...]

IOWA CITY – Before the shot, Jaime Printy made 1 of 9 attempts beyond the arc. None of her nine attempts induced more pressure than her 10th. Iowa had battled back from 18 down to tie the game at 62. As the senior shooting guard rose up from the right wing, fellow senior Trisha Nesbitt [...]

IOWA CITY — Former Cedar Rapids Jefferson prep Jarrod Uthoff will have a major impact on the team next year, Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery said Monday morning on the Big Ten coaches teleconference. “The thing I like about (Uthoff) is,” McCaffery said, “you can play him as a long, shot-blocking post player or you can [...]

IOWA CITY — Indiana Coach Tom Crean spent the first two minutes of his post-game news conference praising the direction of Iowa’s men’s basketball program under Fran McCaffery. Crean earned his first win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Monday after four straight losses. But Crean’s No. 5 Hoosiers, who had led the nation in scoring at [...]