With the conclusion of Big Ten play on Sunday, the matchups are set for the Big Ten tournament, which begins Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. All times are CT.
Photo: Last season, it was Purdue and Robbie Hummel celebrating the Big Ten title in Indianapolis. (Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images)
No. 8 Michigan will face No. 9 Iowa at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, with the winner facing No. 1 Ohio State at 11 a.m. on Friday.
No. 7 Northwestern will face No. 10 Indiana 25 minutes after that game, with the winner slated to play No. 2 Purdue at 5:30 on Friday.
Northwestern defeated Indiana 78-61 on Feb. 7, but lost 88-80, in overtime, on Saturday. The Wildcats defeated Purdue 72-64 in the two teams' only meeting on Jan. 16.
The last game on Thursday will feature No. 6 Minnesota and No. 11 Penn State at 6:30, the winner to face No. 3 Michigan State on Friday, 25 minutes after Purdue's game.
It's No. 5 Illinois vs. No. 4 Wisconsin 25 minutes after Ohio State's game on Friday. Wisconsin defeated Illinois 72-57 earlier today.
The semifinals will air on CBS beginning at 12:40 p.m. on Saturday and the finals will be played Sunday at 2:30 on CBS.
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Anthony,
I hope you're not a Wisconsin fan... otherwise we just sleptwalked right past your team.
Love how the headline says Illini almost "blew" late lead. Can you really call it almost blowing when Wisconsin players hit 5 well defended threes from well behind the ark? One of those an accidental bank shot! If 2 of those 5 hadn't gone in it would have been a 10 point win... would the headline then read "Dominant Win by Illini" because we led wire to wire and Wisconsin was never really close?
I know they're trying to sell there stories but cmon.
Illini don't even deserve NIT. Let's see if they sleepwalk again and get wiped off the floor. What a waste of decent talent. Notice I said "Decent" not great talent.
Illinois must bet Wisconsin to make it to the NCAA tournament. If not NIT here we come!