Big Ten

Conference title check-ins: Final days of regular season

By Emily Adler / March 2, 2025

Assessing the regular season conference winners and tournament brackets across high- and mid-majors

The Weekly Fast Break: Welcome to the parity party

By Missy Heidrick / February 19, 2025

Star-studded wins, record performances and questions answered

JuJu Watkins flexes after the USC trojans take the lead over the UCLA Bruins on February 13, 2025.

Sights and sounds from a crosstown, top-10 matchup in Los Angeles

By Cameron Ruby / February 14, 2025

Heroes, both expected and unexpected, propelled USC over UCLA

USC guard JuJu watkins contests a shot by UCLA center Lauren Betts in last year's cross-town rivalry.

USC and UCLA both beat Ohio State. How do they enter the crosstown matchup?

By Cameron Ruby / February 12, 2025

Gottlieb: ‘We want everyone clicking, we want everyone in a rhythm’

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Life in the Big Ten for the Oregon Ducks

By Julie Schreiber / February 10, 2025

Tannen: ‘[Graves] took over a program that was on life support’

UCLA forward Angela Dugalic smiles and high fives teammates amid win over Ohio State.

UCLA’s mental toughness, then and now

By Cameron Ruby / February 7, 2025

Cori Close: ‘I don’t really think we try to focus on the pressure of being No. 1’

UCLA’s Elina Aarnisalo goes up for a left-handed layup. No defender is in position to contest her shot.

Meet Elina Aarnisalo, UCLA’s impact freshman

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / February 3, 2025

Cori Close: ‘When she gets the opportunity and the light, she will shine’

Sydney Affolter high-fives Hannah Stuelke on the court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa was bound to regress without Caitlin Clark, but this much?

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / January 31, 2025

The Hawkeyes sit at 4-6 and 15th in the Big Ten

Joe McKeown points while standing next to the referee who holds the ball

Northwestern’s Blizzard defense nears extinction

By Alissa Hirsh / January 31, 2025

The transfer portal era challenges the viability of the Blizzard defense

Illinois' Adalia McKenzie and Kendall Bostic run back up the floor after McKenzie's made basket. McKenzie points both index fingers toward the sky and Bostic smiles.

Under Shauna Green, Illinois thrives as the underdog — even as injuries mount

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / January 25, 2025

Kendall Bostic: ‘Don’t count us out for anything’