After going down nearly to the wire — with Northwestern grabbing the No. 2 seed in its 65-53 win over Rutgers on Sunday night in the final regular-season game on the calendar — the 2023 Big Ten tournament field is set for this week at United Center in Chicago.
Michigan State basketball, which played only 19 conference games due to the cancellation of its game with Minnesota after the shootings in East Lansing that killed three students and wounded five others, will be the No. 4 seed and open its tournament run at 2:30 p.