Valuable outcome at stake for Oklahoma State, Northwestern

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When NCAA Tournament committee members are poring over bubble teams' resumes until their eyes strain in March, they'll be looking for relevant nonleague wins against Power 5 foes.

Thursday night's game between Northwestern (5-1) and Oklahoma State (6-0) -- the second half of the doubleheader in Chicago that begins with No. 4 Duke and No. 22 Arkansas -- could be one o