Basketball Big Ten Men's Scores, Final Standings, & Tournament Schedule (3/9)

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March 9
#8 Michigan State 79, #17 Michigan 62
Cockeye 83, Nebraska 68
Rutgers 75, Minnesota 67 (OT)
Oregon 80, Washington 73 (OT)

Standings
1. Michigan State (26-5, 17-3)
2. Maryland (24-7, 14-6)
2. Michigan (22-9, 14-6)
4. Purdue (21-10, 13-7)
4. UCLA (22-9, 13-7)
4. Wisconsin (23-8, 13-7)
7. Illinois (20-11, 12-8)
7. Oregon (23-8, 12-8)
9. Indiana (19-12, 10-10)
10. Ohio State (17-14, 9-11)
11. Rutgers (15-16, 8-12)
12. Nebraska (17-14, 7-13)
12. Cockeye (16-15, 7-13)
12. Minnesota (15-16, 7-13)
12. Northwestern (16-15, 7-13)
12. USC (15-16, 7-13)
17. Penn State (16-15, 6-14)
18. Washington (13-18, 4-16)

Michigan State has won the 2024-25 Big Ten regular season championship

Big Ten Tournament - Indianapolis, Indiana

First Round - Wednesday, March 12
#12 Minnesota vs. #13 Northwestern (2:30 PM - Peacock)
#10 Ohio State vs. #15 Cockeye (5:00 PM - Peacock)
#11 Rutgers vs. #14 USC (7:30 PM - Peacock)

Second Round - Thursday, March 13
#8 Oregon vs. #9 Indiana (11:00 AM - BTN)
#5 Wisconsin vs. MIN/NW (1:30 PM - BTN)
#7 Illinois vs. IA/OSU (5:30 PM - BTN)
#6 Purdue vs. USC/RUT (8:00 PM - BTN)

Quarterfinals - Friday, March 14
#1 Michigan State vs. IU/ORE (11:00 AM - BTN)
#4 UCLA vs. WIS/NW/MIN (1:30 PM - BTN)
#2 Maryland vs. ILL/IA/OSU (5:30 PM - BTN)
#3 Michigan vs. PUR/USC/RUT (8:00 PM - BTN)

 

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Huskers Fall to Cockeyes on Senior Day
Huskers.com

Despite a game-high 24 points from Juwan Gary, Nebraska fell to Cockeye, 83-68, on Senior Day at Pinnacle Bank Arena Sunday afternoon.

Gary, one of seven Husker seniors playing their last home game on Sunday, hit 7-of-15 shots from the field and added seven rebounds, but Nebraska shot just 35 percent from the field in falling to 17-14 and 7-13 in the Big Ten.

Payton Sandfort had 22 points and eight boards to pace four Cockeyes in double figures, as Cockeye (16-15. 7-13 Big Ten) clinched the final spot in next week’s Big Ten Tournament. Pryce Sandford added 16 points and 11 rebounds off the bench as Cockeye got 34 points from its bench in the win.

Nebraska cut a six-point halftime deficit to 47-45 on a Gary basket with 16:05 left, but Josh Dix, who had 11 of his 15 points in the second half, keyed a 7-0 run with five straight points to put the visitors up 54-45 with 13:23 remaining.

Nebraska stayed within striking distance and used a 5-0 run to get to within 73-66 after a pair of free throws from Sam Hoiberg, who finished with a season-high 12 points, with just over five minutes remaining.

The Huskers would get no closer, making one field goal in the final five minutes as Cockeye put the game away down the stretch.

Nebraska got off to blistering start, as Gary hit his first two 3-pointers before Hoiberg’s 3-pointer gave the Huskers an early 9-2 lead just 2:30 into the contest.

The Huskers eventually built an 18-10 cushion after a Brice Williams steal and basket with just over 12 minutes left in the first half, but the Huskers would come back. Cockeye ran off 11 straight points over the next two minutes, taking a 21-18 lead on Brock Harding 3-pointer with 10:08 left in the half .

Cockeye held Williams, who entered Sunday’s game scoring 20+ points in nine of the last 10 games, to just seven points.

Nebraska trailed 28-25 before an Ahron Ulis jumper and a Gary basket gave the Huskers a one-point lead, but Pryce Sandfort keyed a 10-3un run that pushed the lead to 38-33. Williams made it a 3-point game with a layup with 26 seconds left, but Payton Sandfort’s basket beat the first half buzzer and sent the visitors with a six-point lead.

Nebraska will await to see if its season continues with a postseason appearance.

 

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	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Cockeye	40	43	83
Nebraska	35	33	68

Cockeye	STATS	Nebraska
31-63 (49.2%)	FG	22-63 (34.9%)
11-28 (39.3%)	3FG	6-27 (22.2%)
10-17 (58.8%)	FT	18-23 (78.3%)
39	Rebounds	38
15	Fouls	19
18	Assists	13
4	Turnovers	6
2	Blocks	2
5	Steals	3
34	Pts in Paint	30
7	Pts off Turnovers	7
12	2nd Chance Pts	11
5	Fast Break Pts	4
34	Bench Pts	14

SCORING

Cockeye
Payton Sandfort - 22
Pryce Sandfort - 16
Josh Dix - 15
Brock Harding - 12
Ladji Dembele - 6
Drew Thelwell - 6
Even Brauns - 6
TOTAL - 83

NEBRASKA
Juwan Gary - 24
Sam Hoiberg - 12
Berke Buyuktuncel - 8
Andrew Morgan - 8
Brice Williams - 7
Ahron Ulis - 4
Rollie Worster - 3
Connor Essegian - 2
TOTAL - 68

 

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So I take it we missed the B1G tourney ? How do they do the tiebreakers ?

Unbelievable if we missed the B1G tourney considering we were a NCAA bubble team a week ago. What a epic meltdown and embarassment to this program . Hoibergs teams need to get more athletic !

 

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So I take it we missed the B1G tourney ? How do they do the tiebreakers ?

Yep.

There was a five-way tie for the last four spots in the tournament.

The tiebreaker for three or more teams is based on round-robin record, Minnesota emerged on top of that with a 3-1 record, followed by Northwestern at 3-2. USC went 2-2 and Cockeye went 3-3.

Nebraska was 1-4 amongst that group.

 

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All we had to do was win ONE fucking game out of our last 5 which we pissed away .. This team can go fuck off