Nimari Burnett made a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, lifting No. 15 Michigan to an 84-82 win over Rutgers on Thursday night and into a first-place tie in the Big Ten with

Michigan can thank Chicago-based guard Nimari Burnett for keeping its Big Ten regular-season title hopes afloat, knocking off Rutgers 84-82 in the lone conference game Thursday night in Ann Arbor. March has not yet become official, but there are already March Madness vibes with the conference's consecutive heroic endings.

The Purdue Boilermakers (20-9, 12-6) host the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers (14-15, 7-11) tonight in the Big Ten. Trey Kaufman-Renn scored 29 points missing just four of 15 shots from the field in leading Purdue to a 76-66 win this past Friday over UCLA.

Dylan Harper and Lathan Sommerville led Rutgers with 17 points. Tyson Acuff turned in one of his best games in a Rutgers' uniform, scoring 16 points on 5-for-11 shooting. Ace Bailey finished with 13 points to make it four Scarlet Knights in double-figures.

Rutgers guard Tyson Acuff was fouled on a 3-point attempt, however, making two free throws to put the Scarlet Knights back ahead. That set up the heroic shot by Burnett. When Lathan Sommerville ...