The No. 7 Michigan State Spartans and No. 18 Wisconsin Badgers play in the Big Ten Tournament. Saturday's meeting will be the second of the season between the two teams.

Michigan took control early, never let up and snapped a three-year streak of early exits in the Big Ten tournament with an 86-68 quarterfinal win.

After losing three straight games to close out the regular season, Michigan basketball is finally into postseason play, playing as the 3-seed in the Big Ten Tournament. After a double bye, the Wolverines open up tournament play against a 6-seed Purdue team that blew them out in West Lafayette but succumbed to the maize and blue in Ann Arbor.