Coach Kevin Willard said that didn’t worry him — the Terps proved their coach right on Friday. No. 2 seed Maryland men’s basketball clobbered No. 7 seed Illinois, 88-65, in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

The Illini entered a Big Ten tournament quarterfinal matchup against No. 2 seed Maryland on a four-game winning streak that included total domination at Michigan, a gutsy comeback against Purdue and a 106-point binge against Iowa here Thursday. They’re also healthy and whole again — finally — and had started to seem mighty dangerous.

Getting the second seed for the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis might be the classic good-news, bad-news situation for Maryland, which will play its first tournament game Friday evening,

After leading for a good portion of the game, USC men's basketball can't hold on in the final minute, losing 76-71 to Purdue in the Big Ten tournament. Team president Hight leaving John Force Racing and the sport to pursue "other things I want to do.

No. 2-seed Maryland men’s basketball head coach Kevin Willard answered cautiously when asked about the Terps’ break between their regular season finale to their first Big Ten Tournament game. “We have not been good coming off byes,

These are two of the hottest teams in the Big Ten, and both could use a win to increase their momentum and improve their seeding before the NCAA Tournament. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with an Illinois-Maryland prediction and pick.