Box Score: (1) Michigan State 68, (3) Ohio State 64

The Buckeyes scratched, clawed, and fought the Michigan State Spartans all along the way until the game’s final moments, but in the end, they came up just short as the Spartans, co-champions of the league with the Buckeyes and Wolverines, made just a couple more plays down the stretch as they took the Big Ten tourney crown over Ohio State 68-64. Draymond Green, 3-for-14 at the time, hit a crucial three-point shot over Deshaun Thomas with 1:35 to play to give MSU an insurmountable 5-point lead that may have launched them into the fourth and final #1 seed. Jared Sullinger, who had just 4 points in the first half and played just 9 minutes due to foul trouble in the first, lead the Bucks in the second half with 18 points and 9 rebounds, but just 7-of-19 shooting from the floor. Brandon Wood raises his game for the Spartans with a 21 point explosion that made all the difference. With the selection show at 6:00, it appears that Ohio State is a #2 seed, heading to the South region, paired with #1 seed North Carolina, according to ESPN’s bracketologist Joe Lunardi. In my opinion, Michigan State certainly deserves that final one seed after today’s classic battle.