Indiana has likely punched its ticket to the Big Dance following its stunning 65–63 upset of top seed Illinois in the Big Ten tournament on Friday.
The ninth-seeded Hoosiers have not appeared in the NCAA Tournament since 2016.
The back-and-forth quarterfinal matchup came down to a free throw contest in the final 2:45 of regulation with the Hoosiers up 62–59.
Illinois forward and National Player of the Year candidate Kofi Cockburn hit four free throws in a two-minute span to give his team a 63–62 lead. That advantage would be short-lived after Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis made a pair of FTs after drawing a foul on Cockburn with 26 seconds left.