The final college basketball game before the NCAA Tournament bracket unveiled up to the hype. No. 3 seed Michigan defeated No. 5 seed Wisconsin 59-53 to capture the Big Ten Tournament Championship on Sunday.

Michigan, the No. 3 seed who received a double-bye, reached the championship by handling Purdue by 18 and getting past Maryland with a Tre Donaldson buzzer-beater. Wisconsin, the No. 5 seed,

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.