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.

A remarkable turnaround in Year 1 of Dusty May’s tenure led to Michigan putting an end to its two-year absence in March Madness with a Big Ten tournament title and making the 68-team field as the No. 5 seed in the South Region, where it will face No. 12 seed UC-San Diego on Thursday in Denver.