Michigan State held serve yesterday with a quarterfinal win over Oregon. Now they will face #18 AP/#14 Coaches Poll Wisconsin with a trip to Sunday’s final on the line. Wisconsin is coming off a blowout win over UCLA. The Badgers sunk 19 three-pointers (on 32 attempts) in that game, tying a Big Ten Tournament Record. While the final score was 86-70, that is just because UCLA scored 11 points to close out the game in the final three minutes; the score was 86-59 before that end-of-game run.
This was no aberration either by Wisconsin. The Badgers tied for the Big Ten lead this year making 9.