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Michigan State basketball: Here's who Spartans will face in Big Ten tournament

Michigan State basketball knows the date and time for its first game in the Big Ten tournament this week at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Now, the Spartans just need to find out who they’ll be playing after Sunday's upset of No. 2 Michigan. MSU, the No. 9 seed in the conference tournament will face the No. 8 seed at 11:30 a.m. (BTN) Thursday (BTN): Either Maryland or Rutgers, depending on the outcome of Sunday night’s final Big Ten regular season game — Penn State at Maryland.

If the Terrapins win, they would finish in a three-way tie with Wisconsin and Rutgers at 10-10 in conference play and claim the No.