Spartans Win Big Ten Tournament

After a tough battle against the Purdue Boilermakers earlier today, the Michigan State Spartans emerged victorious winning the championship match of the Big Ten Tournament. After finishing the Big Ten Regular season 10-1 after a rough stunt, the Michigan State Spartans were streaking, and were looking like the team everyone thought they were at the beginning of the season, a team that could make it all the way to the NCAA Championship game and win it all. They started their Big Ten Tournament run on Friday after a double bye gave them rest to prepare against the Ohio State Buckeyes, who had beaten Penn State the previous day. For the Buckeyes, it was a chance to upset the arguably best Big Ten Basketball team this year, and a chance at getting revenge against the Spartans who had defeated them in the last regular season Big Ten game. The Spartans, however, showed no trouble in displaying their dominance against the NIT-destined Buckeyes, handily beating them 81-54. Their next match up saw Tom Izzo's Spartans up against the Maryland Terrapins whom they had previously beaten at home in their only match this year. Michigan State had a much harder time in this one, but ultimately the Spartans pulled through to win 64-61 and send them to the Big Ten Championship game against the team that handed them their only loss in the final 11 games of their regular season. The Spartans really needed this win as it would give them confidence heading into the NCAA Tournament and a chance at a potential Number One seed. The Spartans knew they needed to send a message to the selection committee so they played hard and ended up winning 66-62 after a great performance by Denzel Valentine.