INDIANAPOLIS They tied for the Big Ten regular season championship, split a pair of hard fought games and they battled today like the Big Ten Tournament championship game meant everything.
In arguably the best title game in 15 years of the event and the best Michigan State game in recent memory the Spartans beat the Buckeyes 68 64 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
It’s the first Big Ten tourney title for No. 1 seed MSU (27 7), denying No. 3 seed OSU (27 7) its third straight. And it helped the Spartans claim a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament as well.
A huge roar erupted from MSU players, coaches, support staff and family members in a lounge at the arena when the NCAA Tournament selection show revealed that the Spartans got the fourth No. 1 seed in the jordan 12 tournament.
MSU will play No. on Friday in Columbus, Ohio. The game will be televised on TBS.
If the Spartans win, they’ll play Sunday in Columbus against No. 8 seed Memphis or No. 9 seed St. Louis.
The No. 2 seed in the West Region is Missouri, No. 3 is Marquette and No. 4 is Louisville.
This is MSU’s first No. 1 seed since the Spartans got three straight from 1999 2001 going to the Final Four each year and winning the 2000 national title. It’s the fifth in program history, including one in 1990 for a team that made the Sweet Sixteen.
It was awarded after an incredible 40 minutes of basketball between MSU and Ohio State.
Unlike a week ago in OSU’s 72 70 comeback win at Breslin Center, the Spartans made more plays down the stretch than did the Buckeyes.
After that game, MSU jordan 10 coach Tom Izzo said his team would be going to the Big Ten Tournament “to get our championship back,” and the Spartans backed up his words.
Up 64 62 with 1:34 left, MSU got a 3 point bomb from Draymond Green who was struggling through one of his worst offensive days of the season before burying the shot.
Jared Sullinger missed the front end of a one and one with 25.2 seconds left and OSU down 67 62. But Keith Appling did the same on the other end, and Aaron Craft scored with 15 seconds left the Buckeyes’ first points in more than three minutes.
Austin Thornton hit a free throw with 12.7 ticks left to make it a four point game, and OSU couldn’t score again. The Spartans danced and hugged in celebration as about half of the crowd of 17,125 roared in approval.
Brandon Wood came up huge with a season high 21 points, Green scored 12 and Derrick Nix had 10 for the Spartans, who then cut down the nets at Bankers jordan 9 Life Fieldhouse.
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