Penn State leads the way in Jon Wilner's early projections of the Big Ten football standings for the 2025 season. See where the Huskies land here.

Minnesota hosts the Washington Huskies after Dawson Garcia scored 21 points in Minnesota's 73-51 loss to the Michigan State Spartans.

BOTTOM LINE: Northern Illinois plays Western Michigan after Quaran McPherson scored 22 points in Northern Illinois’ 71-66 loss to the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Broncos have gone 2-6 at home. Western Michigan is the MAC leader with 11.3 offensive rebounds per game led by Owen Lobsinger averaging 2.2.

But for the Washington men's basketball team, an 81-77 loss to No. 19 Illinois on Jan. 5 showed a ton of promise. The Huskies (10-8, 1-6 Big Ten) stormed back from a 17-point deficit to tie the game at 75 — pushing the conference favorites to the brink in front of an electric home crowd.

BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan hosts Northern Illinois after Chansey Willis Jr. scored 21 points in Western Michigan’s 85-76 loss to the Buffalo Bulls.

The Spartans (18-2, 9-0 Big Ten) are riding a 13-game winning streak, their longest in six years, and just became Izzo’s first squad to go unbeaten in both December and January. Even Izzo, whose team entered the season unranked, didn’t see this coming but still wants more from a deep group.

Danny Sprinkle has his University of Washington basketball team playing hard, at a high-energy level for a couple of weeks now. The Husky coach just welcomed b

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taking down the Washington Huskies (10-10, 1-8) by a score of 65-60 on Friday night. A clutch 3-pointer in the final half-minute from junior Dylan Andrews would ice the game for a massive victory.

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Washington (10-10, 1-8) lost its sixth straight game to a Big 10 Conference opponent. The streak is the longest by a Huskies team since dropping eight straight in 2020-21. Washington led by as ...

Huskies once again frigid from outside as UCLA stays away in the second half for a hard-fought victory in Seattle. At this point through 20 games, the Washington Huskies are who they are.