With simply days left till Selection Sunday and March Madness, it’s crunch time in convention tournaments across the nation.
In the Big Ten, Michigan has run roughshod over the convention and appears like among the best groups within the nation this season. The Wolverines went 29-2 this season and solely really slipped up briefly in a loss to Wisconsin again in January.
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The winner of this convention tournament is probably going going to return from one of many high 4 groups with the double bye (Michigan, Nebraska, MSU, Illinois).
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Who will likely be reducing down the nets in Chicago? Follow alongside beneath for scores, highlights, bracketology and extra (scroll for live updates).
Big Ten males’s basketball tournament
When: March 10-15
Where: United Center | Chicago
TV: CBS, BTN, Peacock
Big Ten tournament bracket, scores
Big Ten Friday schedule, outcomes (all occasions ET)
Friday, March 13 — Quarterfinals
Game 11 | Michigan 71, Ohio State 67
Game 12 | Wisconsin 91, Illinois 88 OT
Game 13 | Purdue 74, Nebraska 58
Game 14 | No. 6 UCLA vs. No. 3 Michigan State | 25 min. after G13 | BTN
Saturday, March 14 — Semifinals
Game 15 | No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 5 Wisconsin | 1 p.m. | CBS
Game 16 | No. 7 Purdue vs. G14 winner | 25 min. after G15| CBS
Kari Anderson
The Boilermakers put up a dominant exhibiting towards the Cornhuskers to advance to the semifinals.
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Two missed free throws from Nebraska’s Berke Buyuktuncel, instantly adopted by a large dunk from Purdue’s Oscar Cluff. Things are trying just a little bleak for the Huskers.
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Every large Purdue three-pointer seems like one other nail within the coffin for Nebraska. First, C.J. Cox knocks in a magnificence after a extremely chaotic sequence within the paint to tug again into double digits.
Then, with simply over 4 minutes left, Fletcher Loyer knocks in a 3 — his fourth of the sport — to construct the Boilermakers’ result in 18. Loyer has a game-high 19 factors proper now, pitching in practically half of the crew’s 10 three-pointers.
Kari Anderson
Kari Anderson
Sam Hoiberg (the coach’s son) hits a large three for his first factors of the evening, getting the Cornhuskers inside 9 factors of Purdue’s seemingly insurmountable lead.
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Another possession problem, this time from Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg. The officers had been checking if the ball grazed Purdue’s Gicarri Harris, and later decided that Hoiberg’s problem was profitable.
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A pair of back-to-back three-pointers — from Pryce Sandfort and Rienk Mast — have put the Cornhusker again inside 10 factors. Nebraska is chipping into the lead largely with the assistance of Sandfort, who has a game-high 15 factors to this point.
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Purdue’s Jack Benter breaks a two-minute scoring drought (for each groups) with a layup, earlier than Braden Franger shortly hits his personal layup for Nebraska on the opposite finish. The Boilermakers’ lead continues to be robust, however each groups are exhibiting off the protection on this sport.
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Purdue opens the second half by choosing up the place they left off: A stunning three-pointer from Braden Smith offers the Boilermakers a 16-point lead, the biggest of the evening.
Kari Anderson
What an ideal half from Purdue, who holds a powerful 13-point lead over the No. 2-seeded Cornhuskers heading into the locker room. The Boilermakers have scored 17 factors off of Nebraska’s eight turnovers and are capturing 54% from the sector; Purdue has led all the sport to this point, whereas the Huskers appear like they haven’t had an opportunity to catch up.
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After a ball is named out on Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue coach Matt Painter challenges the decision, with video evaluation exhibiting that it went off of Nebraska’s Pryce Sandfort first.
The profitable problem offers the Boilermakers the ball, however Kaufman-Renn shortly will get an offensive foul and the ball is turned over anyway. Purdue solely will get another problem for the remainder of the sport.
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Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg is heated on the officers after that foul name on Cale Jacobsen, which supplies Purdue’s C.J. Cox three free throw pictures. Cox hits all three to present the Boilermakers an 11-point lead.
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That’s three turnovers now for Purdue’s Braden Smith, who steps out of bounds to waste a quick break alternative. Smith already had an over-and-back violation, and misplaced the ball to a Sam Hoiberg steal.
Luckily for Smith, Nebraska is popping the ball over at a good greater charge. The Cornhuskers have six turnovers, with the Boilermakers scoring 11 of their 28 factors off Nebraska’s errors.
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Kari Anderson
The Boilermakers have pulled to a 13-3 lead within the first 4 minutes of this sport after forcing a number of early turnovers. Nebraska is pressured to name a timeout after Purdue goes on a 8-0 run in simply over a minute of play.
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This was a gritty win for the Badgers, who overcame a number of double-digit deficits to finally take the lead and pressure time beyond regulation. The Illini practically took it again too, scraping again within the ultimate seconds to carry it inside one possession, however Keaton Wagler’s three-point try falls simply quick and Wisconsin stays alive.
Nick Boyd and John Blackwell’s twin dominant performances, with 38 and 31 factors, respectively, leads Wisconsin to the tournament semifinals, the place they’ll face Michigan.
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Suddenly, Illinois went from being down seven to being down by one possession, after an enormous three-pointer from David Mirkovic, and a nasty Badgers cross resulting in Mirkovic knocking in a layup.
Braeden Carrington’s free throw pulls Wisconsin again up by three factors, however Illinois can preserve this alive with an enormous play right here, with solely 5 seconds left. Can the Illini pull it off?
