Jimmer Fredette and Jared Sullinger headline the list of finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy, awarded to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association's National Player of the Year.

Other finalists include Jordan Hamilton (Texas), JaJuan Johnson (Purdue), Terrence Jones (Kentucky), Marcus Morris (Kansas), Kyle Singler (Duke), Nolan Smith (Duke), Kemba Walker (Connecticut) and Derrick Williams (Arizona).

JaJuan Johnson was named the Big Ten's Player of the Week and Michigan freshman Tim Hardaway Jr. was named the league’s Freshman of the Week for the third straight week and fourth time overall.

The Big Ten coaches had a teleconference on Monday to talk about tournament play.

Most of the coaches agreed with the sentiment that successful tournament teams have experienced quality play from their guards.

“You’ve got to have some good players across the board,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “But you’ve got to have some guards.”

In the Big Ten, all of the main contenders have good guards: Purdue (E’Twaun Moore), Ohio State (David Lighty, William Buford), Wisconsin (Jordan Taylor), Penn State (Talor Battle), Illinois (Demetri McCamey), Michigan State (Lucas) and Michigan (Darius Morris).

"When it’s one-and-done time, your margin for error is so small," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said. "That’s why they always say good guards are key, because they can control the ball and make better decisions."

After watching Spartans Draymond Green and Delvon Roe combine for 37 points and 15 rebounds in Purdue’s first regular season meeting with Michigan State, JaJuan Johnson responded with 20 points, a career-best 17 rebounds and a career-best-tying seven blocks to lead the Boilermakers to a 67-47 victory Sunday night.

"I would have to say this is one of my best games, just because of the numbers," said Johnson, whose previous career high for rebounds was 15. "The first time we played these guys, I gave a lot of buckets away.

"I took it personally. The guys on the team gave me a hard time."

On Sunday, Johnson gave Green and Roe a hard time.

Green and Roe were a combined 5 of 18 from the field Sunday, scoring only 11 points to go with 11 rebounds.

E'Twaun Moore scored a career-high 38 points to lead No. 11 Purdue past No. 3 Ohio State on Sunday.

It caps a week that saw the top four teams in the Top 25 lose a game.

Moore tied a career high with seven three-pointers. He surpassed 2,000 points during a flurry of 13 in the final 3:49 of the first half, becoming the fifth player in school history to reach the milestone.

No. 14 Purdue notched a comeback win over Illinois 81-70 on Sunday at Assembly Hall.

JaJuan Johnson scored 24 points and E'Twaun Moore added 20 to lead the Boilermakers to the win.

Purdue survived a first half of 28.6 percent shooting to trail only 32-27 at the break. Then the Boilermakers caught fire, scoring 54 second-half points and outrebounding the Illini 28-9 over the final 20 minutes.

Joe Leuer scored 24 points as No. 18 Wisconsin rallied to defeat No. 10 Purdue 66-59 on Monday night.

Sophomore reserve Ryan Evans made two big plays in the final minute.

Evans hit a jumper from the free throw line with 50 seconds left to put the Badgers ahead for good at 60-59.

With blizzard conditions outside, the attendance at the Kohl Center was announced as a sellout of 17,230, based on tickets sold. However, the crowd appeared to be approximately 13,000.