Here are the scenarios for Rutgers basketball's seeding and opponent in the Big Ten Tournament entering Sunday.

Steve Pikiell had some things to address before Rutgers' finale against Minnesota, a potential springboard heading into the Big Ten Tournament.

Alexis Markowski scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and 10th-seeded Nebraska coasted to an 84-60 win over Rutgers in the opening round of the Big Ten Conference Tournament on Wednesday night.

Markowski recorded her 52nd career double-double, leading Nebraska past Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.

Bailey kept Rutgers in it with a tough pull-up jumper and made free throw to tie the game again at 32-32. Harper returned with 4:59 remaining in the half after the Scarlet Knights fell behind, 40-36. But then Smith kept coming, punctuating his early output with an alley oop to senior Caleb Furst and then hitting another three to go up, 45-37.

Nebraska is moving on to the Big Ten Conference Tournament quarterfinals. Husker women's hoops (10) beat Rutgers (15) in the first round of the league tournamen

Purdue also outrebounded the Scarlet Knights 40-26, scoring 18 second-chance points off 15 offensive rebounds. Early on it looked like the Scarlet Knights were poised to give Purdue a game. Rutgers started off hot offensively, draining nine of its first 15 shots, with a three from Harper putting the Scarlet Knights up by eight points.

The Purdue Boilermakers are trying to earn a conference tournament double-bye as Rutgers visits. Here are the start time, TV, prediction and lineups.

No. 18 Purdue Boilermakers dominate Rutgers with a 100-71 victory, led by career-highs from Braden Smith and Fletcher Loyer.

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 (21-9, 13-6 Big Ten), which has won two in a row following a four-game skid.