Michigan State Women’s Basketball Draws No. 5 Seed For Big Ten Tournament
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Spartans will play fourth-seeded Minnesota Friday night in quarterfinal action.
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan State women’s basketball team will be a No. 5 seed in this week’s upcoming Big Ten Tournament and will face fourth-seeded Minnesota in the quarterfinals Friday, March 7 at approximately 8:30 p.m. at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Spartans (18-12, 10-8 Big Ten) tied Indiana for fifth place in the final conference standings, but earned the first-round bye on a tiebreaker. Michigan State and Indiana split their series during the regular season, but the Spartans owned a better record against the top two conference teams, Iowa and Ohio State. This is the sixth consecutive first-round bye for the Spartans.
Minnesota (20-10, 11-7) earned the No. 4 seed after defeating Michigan in the regular-season finale. MSU lost to the Gophers in the opening game of the Big Ten season, 74-63, on Dec. 28 at the Breslin Center. Minnesota also beat the Spartans at Williams Arena on Jan. 27, 81-69.
All-session tickets for the 2008 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament presented by Xbox 360 Live are on sale for $65, while single-session tickets ($12-$16) are also available. Tickets are on sale at the Conseco Fieldhouse box office, Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling Ticketmaster at (317) 239-5151.
2008 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Schedule
(note: All games will be televised on the Big Ten Network except Sunday’s championship game, which will be televised on ESPN2)
Thursday, March 6:
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Penn State, Noon
No. 6 Indiana vs. No. 11 Northwestern, 2:30 p.m.
No. 8 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 Illinois, 5 p.m.
Friday, March 7:
Michigan/Penn State vs. No. 2 Iowa, 11:30 a.m.
Indiana/Northwestern vs. No. 3 Purdue, 2 p.m.
Wisconsin/Illinois vs. No. 1 Ohio State, 6 p.m.
No. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 4 Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
Semifinals, 6 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 9
Championship, 5:30 p.m.
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