After wins over Purdue, Maryland and Wisconsin to capture the Big Ten Tournament title, Michigan was rewarded by the selection committee with a No. 5 seed. ... In the South Region in the same pod as No. 1 overall seed Auburn. ...

Michigan is a 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, announced on Sunday evening within an hour of Michigan’s championship win over Wisconsin. Michigan will face 12 seed UC San Diego on Thursday in Denver. As for other top Big Ten teams, Michigan State is a 2 seed, Wisconsin is a 3, Maryland and Purdue are 4s, and Oregon is a 5.

Wisconsin hit two more free throws to go up 11 but Will Tschetter finally stopped the bleeding with a three, and with 12:11 remaining in the game, it was 38-30, Badgers. Goldin got a layup just before the under-12 timeout and the deficit was six.