The final lineup for the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament this week in Indianapolis went right down to the buzzer, at least in schedule terms — Illinois' win over Iowa to finish the regular-season slate determined the top five slots, and, on the bottom of the seed list, Northwestern’s win over Minnesota set the bottom four. In the end, the Illini grabbed a share of the regular-season title (their first since 2005), along with Wisconsin, and the No. 1 seed in Indianapolis.
Seeds 6-10, however, locked into place with Michigan State basketball’s 77-67 victory over Maryland in East Lansing.