No. 1 IN will play Friday against the victor of game three while No. 4 Purdue meets the victor of game four, No. 2 Michigan State goes against the victor of game five and No. 3 Maryland takes on the victor of game 6. Happ, who earned three Big Ten Freshman of the Week nods, is the Badgers’ second Big Ten Freshman of the Year selection and first since Sam Okey in 1995-96.
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The Minnesota Golden Gophers will play a first round game as the 13th seeded team in the tournament. Needs a good showingMichigan: At 20-11 overall and 10-8 in conference play, the eighth-seeded Wolverines are the definition of a team on the bubble. Michigan State barely won 65-64 over Purdue in the last quarterfinal game Friday but showed no sign of fatigue, taking an 18-12 lead after one quarter….
Hammons is the best post-up player in the Big Ten and gets more work on the block than anyone in the league. The ball is scheduled to be tossed up for tip at 7 p.m. on Sunday. MI was swept by Ohio State.
The Northwestern Wildcats have never made an NCAA Tournament in the history of their program.
For all of the issues that Ohio State’s offense has had through the year, they came out strong in an electric environment. They’ll start that chance against No. 8 MI on Thursday, March 10 at noon (ET) on Big Ten Network.
The Buckeyes were spent, and the Spartans were not going to let up.
MI needs at least one win in the Big Ten Tournament to get back into the thick of at-large consideration for the NCAA Tournament. Heading into the NCAA tournament, McGuff said the Buckeyes do not plan on changing that mentality anytime soon. Michigan State deserves a lot of credit for putting together a great game plan, namely a defensive attack that frustrated the Buckeyes and shut down Kelsey Mitchell in a way nobody else has.
If for some weird reason they gave me a Big Ten Coach of the Year vote, it would go to Greg Gard and it wouldn’t be close. Have they been horrendous for the majority of his games there?
Michigan State is 25-5 on the season, 12-5 in the Big Ten, 13-2 at home and 20-9 against the spread.
The Maryland Terrapins have landed the No. 3 seed in this year’s tournament.
The Wildcats (27-4, 16-2 Big East) put the game out of reach early, hitting 10 of their first 14 shots from the field and opening a 27-6 lead nine minutes into the game. He averaged a modest 8.5 points past year before his breakout performance this season, averaging 15-plus a game to trail only Valentine on the team in scoring.
The Buckeyes (19-12, 11-7) have lost just two of their last seven games with both setbacks coming against Michigan State.
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After a Big Ten conference season that saw the Indiana Hoosiers take home the regular season title along a bevy of other high quality teams just below them, the Associated Press announced the end of season awards.
