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Big Ten Tournament 2012 Bracket Update: Scores From The Semifinals
The 2012 Big Ten tournament is almost complete. Only the championship game remains following the two semifinals that took place on Saturday afternoon in Indianapolis.
The first semifinal of the day was between Michigan State and Wisconsin. For the first eight or so minutes of the game, Wisconsin was rolling. The Badgers started the game on a 9-0 run and were clearly outplaying Michigan State.
The problem for Wisconsin is that once that run came to an end, Michigan State took over the game and never looked back. The Spartans closed out the first half on a 26-5 run, and although Wisconsin got within six in the second half, Michigan State's Draymond Green closed the door on a possible comeback by jumpstarting another run for his team. In the end, the Spartans won by a score of 65-52 to advance to their first Big Ten tournament title game since 2000.
The second semifinal of the day matched up Michigan and Ohio State. The Wolverines did beat the Buckeyes back in February at Crisler Center, but Michigan didn't stand a chance on Saturday. Jared Sullinger couldn't be stopped, and Michigan couldn't shoot the ball to save its life. Slowly but surely, the Buckeyes pulled away, and they eventually turned the game into a blowout. The final score was 77-55 in Ohio State's favor.
Here's a look at the updated 2012 Big Ten tournament bracket:
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Big Ten Tournament 2012: Bracket And Schedule Preview For Semifinals
With the quarterfinals in the books, the focus is now on the semifinals at the 2012 Big Ten tournament. Two games are set to take place on Saturday and will determine which two teams will play in the championship game on Sunday.
The first matchup of the day features Michigan State and Wisconsin. The Spartans advanced to the semifinals by blowing out Iowa on Friday by a score of 92-75. The Badgers advanced thanks to a 79-71 win over Indiana and will hope to get some revenge on Michigan State after being swept by the Spartans in the regular season.
The second semifinal is Michigan vs. Ohio State, just like one of the semifinals last year. This year, Ohio State enters the game as the No. 3 seed in the conference and fresh off of an 88-71 win over Purdue. Michigan is the No. 2 seed and survived an upset scare by beating Minnesota 73-69 in overtime.
Click the link for a look at the 2012 Big Ten tournament bracket, and see below for Saturday's schedule, which amazingly features the top four seeds in the semifinals for the first time in this event's history.
Saturday, March 10
Game 9: No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Wisconsin (1:40 p.m., CBS)
Game 10: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 3 Ohio State (4:05 p.m., CBS)
(All times Eastern | Start time for Michigan/Ohio State game is approximate)
The winners of the ninth and 10th games of this event will square off in the Big Ten tournament championship game on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.
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Big Ten Tournament 2012 Bracket Update: Scores From Day 2
The quarterfinals of the 2012 Big Ten tournament took place on Friday and surprisingly produced no upsets. There was only one upset in the four games that took place on Thursday (No. 10 Minnesota over No. 7 Northwestern), so in that sense things have been relatively uneventful so far. There have been some exciting games, though.
The way Friday got started was not exciting at all. I say that because the first game of the day was completely one-sided. Michigan State blew out Iowa by a score of 92-75 in a game that was never really close. Just like the first meeting of the season between the Spartans and Hawkeyes, Iowa tried to turn the game into a track meet and saw its plan backfire pretty quickly.
The second game provided some fireworks as Wisconsin took down Indiana 79-71. The Badgers shockingly got 30 points from Rob Wilson off the bench to help them win the game. Before Friday, he had a career high of only 13 points and was averaging only three points a game. He stepped up on the big stage and was a big part of Wisconsin advancing to the semifinals.
In the second session of the day, Minnesota went to another overtime game. Their upset of Northwestern came in overtime, and it looked like the Golden Gophers were going to pull off an upset against Michigan. They led by six points with only a minute and a half left, but Michigan came back with a pair of threes to tie things up. In overtime, the Wolverines continued to shoot the ball well and went on to win 73-69.
The final game of the day was close for one half. Ohio State led by only four points at halftime, but in the second half the Buckeyes turned the game into a blowout. They went on to beat Purdue by a score of 88-71 to advance to the semifinals to play Michigan. This is the third straight year that Michigan and Ohio State have matched up against each other in Indianapolis.
Here's a look at the updated 2012 Big Ten tournament bracket:
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Big Ten Tournament 2012: Bracket And Schedule Preview For Day 2
The Big Ten tournament's opening day is over and day two begins on Friday. The games begin at noon and extend through 9 p.m. ET, and two of them will be played on national television on ESPN (the other two are on Big Ten Network).
There are teams still alive in the Big Ten tournament that have their sights set on a spot in the NCAA tournament, but before they get excited for the Big Dance, they have to make it through two more rounds of tough competition with their conference rivals.
All games take place at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN.
Here is the 2012 Big Ten tournament bracket, and below is the schedule for day two of the action.
Friday, March 9
Game 5: No. 1 Michigan State vs. No. 8 Iowa (Noon, ESPN)
Game 6: No. 4 Wisconsin vs. No. 5 Indiana (2:30 p.m. ESPN)
Game 7: No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 10 Minnesota (6:30 p.m., BTN)
Game 8: No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 6 Purdue (9 p.m., BTN)
The winner of the Michigan State-Iowa game will face the winner of the Wisconsin-Indiana game for one semifinal matchup, while the winner of the Michigan-Minnesota game will play the winner of the Ohio State-Purdue game in the other. The winners of those two games will play in the Big Ten championship game on Sunday.
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Big Ten Tournament 2012 Bracket Update: Scores From Day 1
The first day of the 2012 Big Ten tournament is in the books. Four games were played, setting up the four games on Friday in the quarterfinal round.
Day one of the tournament began with the probable end of Bruce Weber's tenure at Illinois. The Fighting Illini nearly came back at the very end of their game against Iowa, but the Hawkeyes held on for a 64-61 victory. Iowa will now take on Michigan State in the quarterfinals.
The action continued with Indiana blowing out Penn State. The Hoosiers are a popular pick to win the Big Ten tournament, and their 75-58 win over the Nittany Lions only reinforced the idea that they can go the distance. Then again, they did lose Verdell Jones III to what looked to be a serious knee injury, so they will have to overcome that on Friday against Wisconsin.
In the first game of the night session, Northwestern saw its NCAA tournament hopes likely bite the dust yet again. The Wildcats really just needed to beat Minnesota and it seemed like they would be in position to make the Big Dance for the first time in their history. That did not happen, though. The Golden Gophers pulled off the upset with a 75-68 win in overtime, likely sending Northwestern back to the NIT. Minnesota, meanwhile, is in the quarterfinals and will play Michigan on Friday.
The final game of the first day was a snoozer. Purdue cruised to a 79-61 win over Nebraska thanks to 17 points from Anthony Johnson, 16 from Terone Johnson, 15 from Ryne Smith, 10 from D.J. Byrd and 10 from Robbie Hummel. The balanced attack led the Boilermakers to the win and to the next round, where they will face Ohio State.
Here's a look at the updated Big Ten tournament bracket (via UM Hoops):
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Big Ten Tournament 2012 Bracket: Michigan In Position To Clinch No. 2 Seed
The Big Ten tournament has been around since 1998, and Michigan has never once been seeded higher than third. In fact, only once have the Wolverines even had the No. 3 seed. For them, the top seeds in the Big Ten tournament have been unreachable.
This year is proving to be the exception. Michigan can't get the No. 1 seed in the conference since Michigan State has already clinched it, but the Wolverines have a very good chance to end up with the No. 2 seed. They can clinch the second seed with a win over Penn State on Sunday, and even if they lose, an Ohio State loss at Michigan State will give Michigan the No. 2 seed.
Regardless of what happens on Sunday, Michigan is already guaranteed to at least tie its highest ever seed in the Big Ten tournament. The worst Michigan can be seeded is No. 3 since Wisconsin is already locked into the No. 4 seed. Conversely, the highest seed Michigan can achieve is No. 2 with MSU already locked into the top seed.
In any case, we already know that the Wolverines will be on the bottom portion of the bracket and play their first game in Indianapolis in the Friday night session. Whether their game will be played at 6:30 p.m. (No. 2 seed's game) or around 9 p.m. (No. 3 seed's game) depends which seed they end up with.
For a full look at the Big Ten tournament bracket, go here.
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The Michigan State Spartans almost had sole possession of the Big Ten regular season title, but were faltered by Ohio State on the last day of the season as the Buckeyes won a last second thriller to force a three way title share. Michigan State got their revenge in the Big Ten Tournament final, winning 68-64 to take the conference's championship.
The first half featured bad rebounding by Michigan State, but good bench play and far better three point shooting than Ohio State had, which led to a 34-32 lead.
Brandon Wood, almost invisible in the first half, turned it on big time in the second frame as the game began to shift into a game of runs. Both teams picked up ten or more point streaks only to see the opposition put together a streak of their own, which kept the game close but with ever-shifting lead changes.
The Spartans defense had a great showing in the second half when they kept the Buckeyes from scoring for five straight minutes going into the final four minutes of the game, but the offense wasn't able to take advantage as Michigan State only were able to put a five point lead up at most.
WIth just under two minutes remaining, Draymond Green hit a huge three pointer that gave Michigan State a 67-62 and the Spartans never looked back from that point. Ohio State's late baskets wouldn't fall and the Spartans were able to time waste well enough to keep the game out of reach despite a late comeback attempt thanks to some missed free throws. The final score was 68-64 in favor of the Spartans.
Brandon Wood was the MVP for the Spartans, getting 21 poins and a rebound along with two assists. Wood was the only player to score over 20 from either team.
Neither team was expected to get a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA Tournament bracket, but after the loss by North Carolina in their tournament final the Spartans may just have a chance as selection Sunday goes along.
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