For a day, Nebraska did it all and showed what kind of team it can be when everything comes together. It came in Saturday’s decisive victory over struggling Illinois, and Caleb Walker’s ridiculous one-handed alley-oop highlighted it all. The thunderous second-half  jam — listen to the rim! — was a thing of beauty.

Former Iowa football players LeVar Woods and Brian Ferentz have been named full-time Iowa assistant coaches, head coach Kirk Ferentz announced Saturday. Woods will coach linebackers, while Ferentz, the coach’s son, will direct the offensive line.

The Minnesota women’s swimming and diving team won the Big Ten title Saturday night at the University of Iowa Recreation and Wellness Pool. Read the full women’s recap at GopherSports.com. Also, view the Championship Central page. BTN will re-air the championships at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25.

Thanks to great special teams effort, including two power play goals, the 5th-ranked Wolverines notched a big victory against 20th-ranked Northern Michigan, 4-1. Watch the highlights now and tune to BTN at 1:30 p.m. ET on Saturday for women’s ice hockey action as Ohio State faces off against Wisconsin.

Zack Novak is the face of Michigan, the embodiment of what John Beilein is trying to build the Wolverine program into in his fifth year in Ann Arbor. Just watch Novak on the court. The energy, the desire, the passion. And, the production. He’s the inspirational leader of a Michigan team that is 19-7 overall and 9-4 in the Big Ten, very much in the hunt for the Big Ten title.