WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith scored 23 points apiece to lead No. 18 Purdue to a 100-71 rout of Rutgers. Loyer and Smith each made seven 3-pointers as the Boilermakers went 18 of 36 from beyond the arc. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 16 points for Purdue, which has won two in a row following a four-game skid. Dylan Harper scored 13 points and Ace Bailey had 12 for the Scarlet Knights.
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jackson Shelstad scored eight of his 17 points in the final 90 seconds as Oregon closed on a 10-0 run and the Ducks beat Indiana 74-64 for their sixth win in a row. Nate Bittle finished with 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four blocks for Oregon (22-8, 11-8 Big Ten). Trey Galloway led Indiana (18-11, 9-10) with 16 points. Oumar Balla added 10 points and 12 rebounds, his 10th double-double this season and the 44th of his career. Galloway hit a 3-pointer with 1:58 left to give Indiana a 64-63 lead but, with the shot clock winding down, Shelstad answered with 3 from well beyond NBA range and the Ducks led the rest of the way.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Bruce Thornton scored 29 points and had nine assists to lead five in double figures and Ohio State beat Nebraska 116-114 in double overtime. Thornton and Micah Parrish each made a 3-pointer and scored five points in the second overtime to help give the Buckeyes a 116-111 lead with about three seconds left. Brice Williams hit from deep for the Cornhuskers to end it. Ohio State (17-13, 9-10 Big Ten) has won consecutive games since ending a three-game skid. Nebraska (17-13, 7-12) has lost four straight and five of its last six. Williams scored a career-high 43 points for Nebraska.
UNDATED (AP) — Attorneys seeking approval of the $2.8 billion legal settlement for college sports pointed to nearly 102,000 athletes who signed up to receive damages from the action, while batting down objections to what they described as the “intergalactic paradigm shift” the settlement will create across the NCAA. In a motion filed in federal court in California, plaintiff attorneys also noted that only 343 of nearly 390,000 people covered by the class-action lawsuit had opted out, while only 73 had submitted objections to the court. Judge Claudia Wilken is set to rule April 7 on whether to finalize terms of the settlement of the lawsuit filed against the NCAA and five conferences.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville will host a trio of women’s volleyball games in a new tournament Aug. 31 at the home of the NHL’s Predators featuring five-time national champs Nebraska with Purdue, Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The Nashville Sports Council and ESPN Events announced the Broadway Block Party on Tuesday. It’s the first women’s collegiate volleyball tournament at Bridgestone Arena. Fans will be able to watch all three games for one ticket. Nebraska and Kentucky will play the first game with Purdue and Tennessee the second match pitting teams that have made four straight NCAA Tournaments. Illinois wraps up the event against Vanderbilt in its inaugural season.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The final regular season weekend gave women’s basketball fans a potential preview of this week’s Big Ten Tournament. Southern California dominated its crosstown rival UCLA, completing a season sweep of the Bruins to win the league title. Maryland got a 3-pointer with 1 second left to beat Ohio State. Each team now comes to Indianapolis with a top four seed, a double bye into Friday’s quarterfinal round, and, yes, with something to prove this week.
UNDATED (AP) — With their first regular season conference championship in 31 years in hand, Southern California will turn its attention to the Big Ten tournament. The second-ranked Trojans know winning that championship will be difficult. The Big Ten, like the other three major conferences, have their tournaments this week. South Carolina won a coin flip with Texas to get the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament after the two teams finished tied atop the standings. N.C. State is the top team in the ACC with Notre Dame the second seed. TCU topped Baylor on Sunday to win the Big 12 crown and earn the No. 1 seed in that tournament.
UNDATED (AP) — The college basketball season has wound down toward the end, with some conference tournaments already starting. The major conferences still have a week left in the regular season and that means rivalry games — and some big ones. Atop the marquee is a Southeastern Conference rematch between top-ranked Auburn and No. 7 Alabama. The Tigers have been No. 1in the AP Top 25 for eight straight weeks and beat the Crimson Tide in the teams’ first meeting last month. No. 8 Michigan State also hosts rival No. 17 Michigan, North Carolina is at No. 2 Duke and Arizona State plays at No. 24 Arizona after the teams played a testy game in Tempe last month.
