Oh, how sweet those three words sound.
Down. Goes. Sparty.
The No. 5 Michigan Wolverines (27-7, 13-5 B1G) handled No. 1 Michigan State Spartans (29-4, 16-2) to advance to the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game in back-to-back seasons.
The Spartans came into Saturday on a 13-game winning streak, eager for redemption after getting blown out at the Breslin Center on Jan. 13, 82-72.
But John Beilein’s bunch, a team that nobody in the nation would be comfortable playing right now, beat up on their in-state rivals again, 75-64.
All that’s in Michigan’s way of back-to-back B1G Tournament titles are the Purdue Boilermakers, who have beaten the Wolverines twice this season.