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The No. 24 Badgers (23-8, 12-6) are the two seed behind the Boilermakers entering the Big Ten Tournament in Washington, D.C., this weekend.

Lindsey scored with 3:21 left to up the margin to 62-53 and senior Sanjay Lumpkin made two free throws with 2:16 to make it 66-57 as the Wildcats pulled away. During that stretch, the Terps self-destructed with a series of turnovers, including successive shot clock violations.

The No. 3-seed Maryland Terrapins fell to the No. 6-seed Northwestern Wildcats 72-64 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals due to a blistering offensive performance from the Wildcats in the second-half. I noticed in the fall that this was a group that believed they could be good.

“I think it was a mentality we came into the season with”, he said.

“For me to watch these guys grow the way they have, be a leader for them, it’s been an incredible year to coach these guys so far this season”. They got to wear their actual jerseys for this game as opposed to the practice jerseys they rocked in Thursday’s game. McIntosh, Law and Lindsey each have the talent to carry their team to victories; with all three rolling, the Cats had more than enough to earn a win over the Terrapins. Maryland briefly closed its deficit to three, but junior Vic Law answered with a long jumper and a dunk.

Jae’Sean Tate scored 18 points for 11th-seed Ohio State (17-15), which will miss the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season. Hopefully, Illinois comes away with one more win and we get to see them play on Friday.

The most likely semifinal opponents include No. 3 Maryland, which will be playing basically home games all tournament, or No. 6 Northwestern, a team that beat UW at home on February 12. Trimble also paced the Terps on the glass with six boards and notched his 500 career made free throw in the second half. They played at an elite level today. They were clearly exhausted, but Rutgers kept the deficit reasonable for a lot of the second half.

The Wildcats were able to silence the Maryland crowd and now head to the semifinals.

Ethan Happ had nine points, seven rebounds, and five assists the first time out against Northwestern.

“It hurts”, Trimble said. “We want to show that Northwestern is now a basketball school and we’re a good team”. The Terps had beaten those Wildcats in the title game of the Barclays Center Classic back in November.

Maryland’s run continued into the second half, as NU went without a field goal for about eight and a half minutes of gametime across the two halves.

“They just took us out of our offense”, Trimble said.

Well, here we are, amidst a potentially miraculous IN run. I feel like I have improved a lot.

“I just thought tonight was a high level game”, Wildcats coach Chris Collins said. They were just physical. But we allowed them to do it. Just kind of going through the motions a little bit. “Unfortunately, we lost. But we have another week to prepare for a bigger tournament”.

Just like a simmering volcano, the crowd let out minor earthquakes before finally erupting. If the Hoosiers can’t keep their hot scoring going against Wisconsin, we’ll quickly turn to the 4-5 matchup for what should be a very evenly matched contest.

“We’ve got to handle the stage better”, Turgeon said after the game.

Whether it’s Minnesota or Purdue, both are locks for the NCAA Tournament.

Maryland: A disappointing defeat leaves the Terrapins hoping the selection committee won’t treat them too rudely when drawing up the brackets Sunday night.

“I think we were expecting to be here all weekend”.

“Our back was against the wall a couple times”, McIntosh said.