A star was on the bench, an early lead erased and a home crowd getting rowdy did not deter the Boilermakers at Iowa.

With Purdue's win over Iowa and Michigan State's loss to UCLA, the Boilermakers are now sitting atop the Big Ten standings alone.

We have arrived at the point of the college basketball season where we can identify - for the most part - what we have from each team. That is especially true for the Big 12 Conference on the men’s side.