There’s a critical game in this year’s Big Ten basketball standings taking place on Wednesday night between somewhat regional rivals. A guard-heavy team is heading into a hostile environment and trying to keep pace atop the standings. So, enjoy Northwestern traveling to Purdue at 6:30 p.m.
And then stick around for what should prove to be a basketball game at 8:30 p.m. on the same channel. That’s right. Your Nittany Lions take the flaming bus to Piscataway’s Jersey Mike’s Arena (don’t call it the RAC anymore!) to take on Rutgers.
Both teams have dropped two straight, are 4-6 in their last 10, and are just trying to climb out of the basement and build a buffer between themselves and last-place Michigan.