No. 2 Michigan State wins 13th in row, beats Wisconsin 63-60

Whether it’s the Big Ten Tournament or the NCAA’s, you need great guard play and right now, MI is getting that from Rahkman.

Cassius Winston hit a go-ahead jumper with 7:17 to play and Michigan State beat ninth-seeded Wisconsin 63-60 at Madison Square Garden.

Bridges scored 20 points and pulled down nine rebounds to lead Michigan State.

Not only was the loss the third straight loss for IN but it also shattered an opportunity for the Hoosiers to face IN-state rival Purdue IN the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal. Sunday, Michigan will go for its third Big Ten Tournament championship when it faces Purdue or Penn State at 4:30 p.m.

The ride to NY was delayed Thursday because the plane had to be de-iced. “(Michigan State coach) Tom (Izzo) has a tremendous system of things countering off each other unless they’ve changed since the last time we played them. His free throw cut the deficit to two with 3:41 remaining, 58-56. But we’re better defensively than we were back then. “So who knows what’s going to happen?” What started out as simply attending his son’s baseball games turned into a passion for writing about all different games and players.

“It feels really good”, Baker said, on the confidence boost this gives him heading into the summer. “And it was a difference maker”.

“It’s a rivalry game, even though it’s postseason you want to come out and have a sense of urgency and be ready for a fight”, MI guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman said after the 15th-ranked Wolverines eliminated the fourth-seeded Cornhuskers 77-58 on Friday.

“It’s all fun, getting the energy in the building and the juices flowing”, Matthews said.”We had to show them that – they have fight in them – but we’ve got fight in us as well”. In a game that felt like Oberyn Martell vs. He’s being questioned about the conduct of three of his players from 2010, another one accused of sexual assault this season, and an FBI investigation showing the mother of star player Miles Bridges received $400 from a third party. “I just can’t do that”.

Before we get into the bracket, here are some quick reminders. “So I’m glad about that”. Each team’s largest lead was eight, and it was Purdue who prevailed despite an ugly rebounding effort and poor free throw shooting. Not much can be expected of a team facing one that makes 43 percent of its shots from 3 and 54 percent from the field as a whole.

Saturday, both were fouled down the stretch, and both came through.

MI coach John Beilein had a great motivational speech for Wagner, who was 0-for-7 from the field in first 20 minutes. “It was a sweet sight to see Zavier’s shots just go right through the middle”. “Brevin’s been big in the last couple of games, knocking down shots, and he had a big pull-up here”.

MI did all the things Tom Izzo teams made famous in March to a Tom Izzo team in March – snapping Sparty’s 13-game winning streak and reaching the Big Ten tourney championship game for a second straight season. But Thorpe’s 3 with 2:06 reduced the Huskies’ deficit to 61-59 before Persons made and layup and Teague made a pair of free throws with 1:33 left and Cardinals never scored again. The Spartans shot 38.1 percent. “I think there will be a lot of Michigan fans here, but I expect Michigan State fans to travel well”.

Michigan State (29-4) had a 12-game winning streak snapped. The Boilers grabbed a 70-69 win at MI on January 9, then two weeks later at Mackey Arena pulled out a four-point win.

On the season, Purdue basketball averages 81.7 points, 35.0 rebounds and 17.2 assists per game. Another lottery-pick-to-be, freshman forward Jaron Jackson Jr., was 5-of-13 from the floor, 1-of-6 from beyond the arc. The Shockers are now 15-4 against Quads 1 and 2, and they host Cincinnati this weekend. The Cornhuskers won 10 of their final 12 regular-season games. “There’s still another big goal that we’re capable of achieving. We just came up short”.