The Big Ten's bottom feeders have a chance to head into the conference tournament with some momentum when Nebraska visits Northwestern on Sunday afternoon in Evanston, Ill.

Northwestern (8-14 overall, 5-13 Big Ten) is playing its best basketball since December, having won its last two games after a 13-game skid. The team cooled off red-hot Maryland at home on Wednesday, with the Wildcats holding the Terrapins without a basket for the final four minutes in a 60-55 victory.

"The last four minutes, I couldn't have been prouder," Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. "We just had such a great positive, strong winning talking at huddle, that we're going to get stops we're going to win."