Michigan
MSU women’s basketball earns No. 6 seed for Big Ten tournament
The Michigan State women’s basketball team will be the No. 6 seed for this week’s Big Ten tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
MSU (21=8, 11-7) ended the regular season tied for fifth in the Big Ten standings with rival Michigan and Illinois but earned the No. 6 seed based on tiebreakers.
The Spartans, who closed the regular season with a home win over Minnesota on Saturday, are slated to open the Big Ten tournament at approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening against either No. 11 seed Iowa or No. 14 seed Wisconsin. Iowa finished a game behind the Spartans in the Big Ten standings and in a four-way tie for eighth with Indiana, Nebraska and Oregon. Wisconsin was 14th in the standings.
With a win, MSU could face No. 3 seed Ohio State in a quarterfinal.
USC earned the top seed and wrapped up the Big Ten championship Saturday night with its win over UCLA in a top-5 ranked showdown.
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