When you get to a platform like this, you have an obligation to tell the truth. I know it makes me a target,” Cronin said.

Wisconsin’s basketball’s most important player added another signature performance to his 2024-25 campaign on Friday.

UCLA men's basketball is gearing up for its first-ever Big Ten Tournament. Fortunately for the Bruins, they have set themselves up in a pretty comfortable spot, having clinched a double bye with their win over USC on Saturday.

The fourth-seeded Bruins fall behind early and never come close to catching the fifth-seeded Badgers – who shoot 19 for 32 from 3-point range – in an 86-70 quarterfinal blowout.

March’s mad grip fastened its knot on the Bruins on Friday afternoon.  It was a reminder that heartache can strike year after year, and destiny’s hand can drag one back to a familiar stop.  About a year removed from their heartbreaker against the Ducks – one that prematurely fractured the Bruins’ season – an eerily similar trajectory awaited.

The men’s Big Ten Tournament features the Wisconsin Badgers facing the Northwestern Wildcats in the second round.

The No. 8 Oregon Ducks will meet the No. 1 Michigan State Spartans in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.