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. ...

The Michigan State women’s basketball team punched their ticket to the tournament. After a week removed from game action, the Spartans are off to Raleigh, North Carolina, where they’ll face Harvard in the first round of March Madness.