Wednesday marks the first games of the 2016 Big Ten Tournament as the yearly event gets underway at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Round one of the tournament opens Wednesday with the four lowest seeds in the tournament competing for a shot to make it to day 2 in the single elimination event.
Wednesday will see the 12-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini take on the 13-seeded Minnesota Golden Gophers and the 11-seeded Nebraska Cornhuskers face the 14-seeded Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
Here’s how those four teams finished this season:
- Nebraska (6-12 B1G, 14-17)
- Illinois (5-13 B1G, 13-18)
- Minnesota (2-16 B1G, 8-22)
- Rutgers (1-17 B1G, 7-24)
The winner of Illinois and Minnesota will win the right to take on No.