New York — Purdue got the best of Michigan twice in crushing fashion in the regular season.
The Wolverines made sure Round 3 in the postseason wasn’t going to follow the same script.
Fueled by another balanced scoring effort and huge spark by Jon Teske, fifth-seeded Michigan exacted its revenge and defended its Big Ten tournament title with a 75-66 victory over No. 3 Purdue in Sunday’s title game at Madison Square Garden.
Moritz Wagner scored 17 and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman added 15 for Michigan (28-7), which joined Michigan State (1999-2000) and Ohio State (2010-11) as the only teams to win back-to-back conference tournament titles.