On Friday evening, the No. 2 seed Wisconsin Badgers bowed out of the Big Ten Tournament early, losing to the No. 7 seed Michigan State Spartans, 69-63. Brad Davison scored 23 points and Chucky Hepburn made a trio of late threes to try and drag the Badgers across the finish line, but a rough outing from Johnny Davis and a dominant performance from MSU’s Marcus Bingham down low were too much to overcome.
The game got off to a classic Big Ten start with neither team really able to score.