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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky is the Big Ten's Player of the Year.As Kaminsky led the Badgers to the outright Big Ten championship, the senior averaged 19.9 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in conference play.Kaminsky has scored at least 20 points on 13 occasions this season and hauled in double-digit rebounds in 10 games.Badger head coach Bo Ryan was named Coach of the Year by conference coaches, while Maryland head coach Mark Turgeon received the honor from the media.In Maryland's first Big Ten season, Turgeon led the Terrapins to the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.Ohio State's D'Angelo Russell was named Freshman of the Year by coaches and media.

MILWAUKEE-- Something had to give at the BMO-Harris Bradley Center Saturday afternoon.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- LaDontae Henton had 25 points and 15 rebounds and No. 25 Providence held off Marquette 77-66 on Sunday.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Dez Wells scored 26 points, and No. 14 Maryland held off fifth-ranked Wisconsin 59-53 Tuesday night, ending the Badgers' 10-game winning streak and ruining their bid to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular-season title.Melo Trimble added 16 points for the second-place Terrapins (23-5, 11-4 Big Ten), who blew an 11-point halftime lead but finished the game with a 12-6 run.

INDIANAPOLIS (WITI) -- He thrilled high school football fans in Kenosha and college football fans in Madison.

INDIANAPOLIS (WITI) -- This time of year, NFL football teams are trying to figure out which college players can become successful professional players, but those teams have come to believe that prospects have to talk the talk as well as walk the walk.More than 1,000 credentialed media members and more than 300 prospects, along with representatives from 32 teams converged on Indianapolis in their quest to achieve their NFL dreams.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Villanova coach Jay Wright loved the way his team opened the second half.Darrun Hilliard scored 17 points, Ryan Arcidiacono added 16, including three 3-pointers, and No. 6 Villanova beat Marquette 87-76 on Saturday."A key was Arch coming out the start of the second half and hitting those 3s," Wright said. "It just kind of creates some separation and not letting them getting this place going."After scoring five points in the first half, Arcidiacono got the Wildcats' offense going when the first nine points of the second came on his three 3-pointers.JayVaughn Pinkston, who had 14 points and four rebounds, made a fast-break layup during the opening surge that pushed Villanova's 43-34 halftime lead to 54-38 with just 2 minutes gone."A good start like that was important because it allowed us to pressure them a little bit and forced them to have to come after us," Wright said.Arcidiacono praised his teammates during that decisive stretch."A couple great screens by the guys and a couple good passes," he said. "And then, I felt good after one, so then I took a couple more."Villanova maintained a comfortable double-digit lead for most of the second half, withstanding every Marquette attempt at an upset.

MADISON (WITI) -- You've heard the saying - bald is beautiful.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Will Artino scored 12 points and grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds as Creighton held off Marquette in the final minutes for a 77-70 victory on Saturday.Devin Brooks made a layup and Creighton led 69-59 with 4:18 to play.

MADISON/WHITEWATER (WITI) – State Representative Andy Jorgensen (D-Milton) and State Senator Janis Ringhand (D-Evansville) on Thursday, February 12th welcomed University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student-athletes, coaches, and administrative staff, including Chancellor Richard Telfer, to the Capitol.

MADISON (WITI) -- Badgers Head Coach Bo Ryan has been around the game of basketball for a long time.