It was the last game for the two teams as conference rivals.

This might be the last game ever against the Cougars' former conference rival.

The two Big 12 Conference rivals have played every year since 1917.

But after 10 games this season, Connecticut's 6-4 freshman guard has become known to his conference rivals.

Favorite spots on the floor that had been contested by conference rivals suddenly became available.

It was the ninth straight time Rutgers had lost to this conference rival.

The rivalry had continued uninterrupted since 1957 when the two schools became conference rivals.

So a Tuesday night game in early February, even one against a conference rival, may not mean much by this spring.

Kansas State and Nebraska were conference rivals for almost a century, from 1913 to 2010.

An eighth grade homecoming game is also celebrated against a conference rival.