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I had some conversations with higher-ups in the NFL. They all usually start with conversations about our current players and turn into: Would you be interested in making a transition to the NFL? I'm glad I had those conversations. I learned a lot.

You'd have to catch me off the record to answer that question. The implication was clear: Now that every school can pay players -- either through direct revenue share or name, image and likeness dollars -- Big Ten schools are no longer disadvantaged in recruiting by everything from booster bag men to shoe company AAU connections.

The Eastern Conference features the top-seeded Branford Bulldogs, who will face the Barrie Colts, with games scheduled from April 22 to May 4.

"We try to put ourselves in situations every day in practice where we're facing adversity, where we're being pushed to our edge, and that's where you're forced to grow and feel forced to make decisions."

Arkansas State averages 76.8 points per game, ranking 23rd in college basketball, while allowing 66.4 points per game, ranking 231st.

Oscar Cluff scored 21 points, Trey Kaufman-Renn had 20 and No. 18 Purdue topped No. 3 Michigan 80-72 on Sunday for the Big Ten tournament championship. Braden Smith had 14 points, 11 assists and three steals as Purdue (27-8) added to an impressive turnaround after closing the regular season with four losses in six games.

As recently as midway through this past autumn, the Hoosiers were still college football's all-time losingest program in Division I. They had never enjoyed a double-digit win season in program history, and had gotten close to the benchmark only about a half-dozen occasions. Indiana football was, by just about any measure, one of the least successful teams in the sport for most of its existence ... until Curt Cignetti arrived.

Michigan and Wisconsin battled back and forth all game, and it was a 3-pointer by Lendeborg with 0.4 seconds left that helped Michigan advance to the title game. The Wolverines were just 8/25 (32%) from deep, but it was enough to get the win. Michigan got its revenge on Wisconsin as the Badgers handed the Wolverines their only conference loss of the season.

All five starters scored in double figures for the Bruins ( 16-7, 8-4 in the Big Ten), who had their second-highest scoring output this season. Xavier Booker made 10 of 11 shots, including all four of his three-point tries, to finish with 24 points, Tyler Bilodeau scored 19, Eric Dailey Jr. scored 17, Donovan Dent had 13 points and 11 assists and Trent Perry added 10 points.

With a victory at longtime rival USC on Sunday, the Bruins will be just the fourth program to finish with a perfect regular season in Big Ten women's college basketball. The last to do it was Maryland in 2015, the season the Terps joined the Big Ten and advanced to the Final Four for the second year in a row. The others were Purdue in 1999, when the Boilermakers won the national championship, and Ohio State in 1985.

Horizon action features the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons (13-8) at home against the Robert Morris Colonials (14-6) on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET. Purdue Fort Wayne was victorious in its previous game against Northern Kentucky, 97-91, on Saturday. Rylee Bess was its top scorer with 27 points. In its previous game, Robert Morris beat Wright State on Saturday, 74-53.

Valparaiso suffered defeat by a final score of 76-57 in their last game against UIC. Leading the way on offense for the Beacons was Allia von Schlegell, who ended the game with nine points. Kamryn Winch posted nine points and 12 rebounds. Led by BreAunna Ward with 22 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three blocks last time out, Evansville lost 78-75 versus Indiana State.