NEW: The Iowa Hawkeyes portion of the Big Ten Tournament bracket is set. They will play at 5:30pm CT on Friday night in the quarterfinals.

Man, that was a really rough way for things to end for Lau, Sullivan and McKeown

FINAL SCORE Iowa 81 Wisconsin 52 Ava Heiden - 16 pts, 14 reb Chit-Chat Wright - 14 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast Taylor Stremlow - 12 pts, 5 reb, 9 ast Layla Hays - 10 pts, 8 reb Teagan Mallegni - 10 pts, 4 ast

Caroline Lau is showing out on senior day

Oh, Iowa really pulled away in that second half…

MINNESOTA HANGS ON AGAINST ILLINOIS The Gophers get the double bye, USC locks in a single bye and the Oregon-Washington winner will now confirmed get a bye for the Big Ten tourney

My interests are aligning: Northwestern winning their last game 🤝 Getting to see Kiyomi McMiller in Indianapolis

Jaloni Cambridge’s Big Ten regular season as a sophomore: 26.4 points per game 5.6 rebounds per game 4.9 assists per game 1.7 steals per game 52.1% from the field 45.6% from three 82.1% fron the line She is phenomenal.

It's all over for the Spartans. Ohio State wins in an 87-68 rout. Program record with 18 three-point shots made for the team and a new single season steals mark for Kennedy Cambridge who has 120 after today's win. www.landgrantholyland.com/ohio-state-w...

Okay, so Ohio State did not like being the #16 team, huh?

BREAKING: Hannah Stuelke (upper body) is OUT for today’s game against Wisconsin. She is considered day-to-day and is hopeful to be back for the Big Ten Tournament.

Seven Big Teams in the top 16. Beautiful, Beautiful Job, committee

What’s on the line for the Big Ten Tournament today? Here’s a very simple and normal rundown

Season finale today!

Double Bye: Minnesota win and in. If they lose, OSU/MSU win and in Bye: a mess. Illinois is win and in. USC is in with a win OR an Illinois loss. If at least one of them lose the Oregon/Washington winner gets in Qualifying: Purdue is win and in. If they lose, Penn State is in It’s beautiful

Why were all of today's Big Ten games at the same time? What am I even supposed to do this evening? (Don't you dare say "write your next newsletter")

And here’s the Big Ten standings with one day left! Waiting for @hooplawyatt.bsky.social to masterfully break down the tournament scenarios

Final scores from today! Turns out Olivia Olson is pretty good…

Olivia Olson good

Hi 🥲

PENN STATE - INDIANA - An Indiana win would clinch the Hoosiers and Wisconsin's spots in the Big Ten Tournament - A Penn State win clinches the Nittany Lions' spot in the tournament and makes the Badgers the least safe team entering Sunday Torvik lists Indiana as 7-point favorites

Three games with absolutely enormous stakes today my friends, here’s a thread for what’s on the line

Here's how those ties would go: - Maryland would get the double bye - Oregon and USC would get byes - Wisconsin would be left out

Illinois' near loss to Iowa makes the single bye yet another absolute war to figure out for the Big Ten Tournament Folks, with two days left, the Double Bye, Single Bye and Top 15 all still have the potential to end with *four-way ties* (They can't all happen at once but all three can happen!!!!)

Recap from last night's game, and a focus on a pair of players doing some pretty cool things for Northwestern open.substack.com/pub/dreamb1g...

Final scores from yesterday!

The lone game Ohio State could afford to lose in the closing games, to maintain a chance at hosting March Madness games was against Michigan. Wolverines were 6th in the NET, 8th in AP and it was a battle of top 4 Big Ten contenders. If OSU loses Sunday, and doesn't win in Indy, hosting is over.

I missed most of the action live (thanks Survivor 50 premiere) but my word what a start to the week, Michigan-Ohio State was a true classic from what I've seen and Kiyomi McMiller is on a warpath to get Penn State into this tourney Iowa-Illinois tonight is significant to both, let's keep it rolling

The fallout from yesterday: - Michigan clinched the double bye - Minnesota is now win and in for the double bye - USC dropped from 92.3% to 55.2% to hold onto the single bye - Penn State jumped from 20.1% to 54.7% to get into the Big Ten Tournament (via @cbbanalytics.bsky.social)

i am CRYING

Anyways, what a game. Those are two really, really good teams, and I’m really excited to watch the rest of their seasons

The people are confused AND excited @dreamb1g.bsky.social @andytulin.net

Oh man that is absolutely brutal for Chance Gray, man

I… think?

OLIVIA OLSON WITH THE WINNER

Macy Brown, hello?!?!?

Wow, that last second foul is *really* going to loom large

Okay WHY is it that every time Syla Swords hits a massive 3, everything goes wrong

It finally happened!!!

MASSIVE defense by Jaloni there oh my word

Not actively watching the game, but when I’m seeing this from both the Michigan and the Ohio State writers…

Northwestern put up a valiant fight with its postseason hopes on the line, but No. 14 Maryland ultimately proved to be too much for the ‘Cats to handle, officially eliminating head coach Joe McKeown and Co. from the Big Ten Tournament.

FINAL SCORE: Maryland 79, Northwestern 57 Maryland officially clinches at least one bye in the Big Ten tournament, and Northwestern is mathematically eliminated. Joe McKeown's career will officially end at home on Sunday.

Kiyomi McMiller IS NOT READY FOR THE SEASON TO BE DONE YET

Why did USC foul there?

Someone please get me Oluchi Okananwa's high school track stats

Gotta keep up on our toes!

No changes for the Buckeye starting five: G- Jaloni Cambridge G- Kennedy Cambridge G- Ava Watson G- Chance Gray C- Elsa Lemmilä For UM: G- Brooke Quarles-Daniels G- Mila Holloway G- Syla Swords G- Olivia Olson F- Ashley Sofilkanich

END Q3 - Maryland 63, Northwestern 45 Grace Sullivan is up to 21 points through three quarters. She's been special to watch this year, and is determined to make her final 1.25 career games count.

Saylor Poffenbarger has passed 1,000 career rebounds just now. Great career for her, and she's looking for a special way to end it