The eighth ranked Michigan State University Spartans and University of Iowa Hawkeyes face off today in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. The winner will advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament on Saturday.
You can watch all the action between the Spartans and Hawkeyes live online here. Also, here is some video of a previous meeting between the two teams:
And here's more on this game:
It's winning time for the Spartans, who traditionally turn it on in March and have been tough to beat in spring in each of the past few years. For Iowa, which needs to win the Big Ten tournament in order to earn a berth in the NCAA tournament, there's a bit more on the line. Still, a couple big wins for Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament might help bump the Spartans up to a one seed in the Big Dance.
The NCAA tournament starts on Tuesday of next week with preliminary games in Dayton, Ohio. The real tournament starts on Thursday at lunch time. The top seeds in the NCAA tournament are likely to be Syracuse, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas.
The winner will advance to the semi-finals on Saturday.
Here's more on the Michigan State and Iowa game, from SBNation:
Michigan State starts their march toward the Big Ten title on Friday. The top-seeded Spartans will take on the No. 8 Iowa Hawkeyes, which beat Illinois on Thursday in their first Big Ten tournament win since 2006.
The game starts at noon ET on Friday, March 9, at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Currently, Joe Lunardi at ESPN has the Spartans as a second seed in the Midwest Regional of the 2012 NCAA tournament. In SB Nation's latest Bracketology update, Michigan State is projected as a second seed in the West Regional.
Iowa does not make an appearance in either bracket prediction. The Hawkeyes may be a tough sell as a bubble team without a win over Michigan State, which would surely be counted among the bigger upsets of March Madness so far. If Iowa did win that game, Michigan State's tournament bid would be secure, but a second seed would likely be out of reach.
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