The regular season has just about come to an end in the Big Ten and that means the logjam in the standings is finally being sorted out heading into this week’s conference tournament in Chicago that tips off on Wednesday at the United Center.
Entering Sunday’s slate of six games there was plenty up in the air, but the path for Michigan State and Michigan is just about set after the Spartans closed the season with a win Saturday over Ohio State while Michigan fell in overtime Sunday at Indiana.
Things broke about as well as they could for the Spartans (19-11, 11-8 Big Ten), who clinched a double-bye and will not play until Friday thanks to Penn State rallying to beat Maryland, Purdue holding off Illinois and Nebraska pulling the upset.