Wisconsin vs. Northwestern – 3/11/17 College Basketball Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Hayes has had his share of struggles this season, but he found none with the ball in his hand at the Verizon Center.

The eighth-seeded Wolverines have now upset the No. 1 seed in back-to-back years in the quarterfinals.

This was actually the teams’ second meeting since Morgan’s poorly aging remark about Michigan’s team toughness. Because their game jerseys were still on the team plane – now a part of the investigation of the accident – the Wolverines had to play against IL in their practice jerseys. Wilson laid one up to pull within one, but Carsen Edwards went coast-to-coast to retain a 3-point lead with 33.4 seconds left. Happ came in 2 of 15 from the free-throw line in UW’s previous four games and was shooting 47.8% this season. Wednesday provided a dose of perspective. MI finished the game 10-of-23 from long distance despite playing its fourth game in four days. I think our story is great.

Miles Bridges scored 20 points for Michigan State (19-14), which is in danger of not being in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years, back in 1997. That set the stage for the basket by Irvin and the overtime win. They play against the Michigan Wolverines – a team that beat the Boilers last month.

Said Irvin of the title: “It means so much to all of us. It’s hard when they go that small for those guys to be able to handle”. We knew it wasn’t going to be easy, especially the game going into overtime.

“When you get this late into the tournament, it’s about energy, it’s about effort, and we didn’t have enough of either today”, junior guard Bryant McIntosh said.

MI goes into the NCAA tournament as one of the hottest teams in the country.

They could be staring down a 5-seed now, however.

The team’s roster is balanced and well-constructed. Northwestern missed its first seven field goal attempts as third-seeded Wisconsin (25-8, 12-6) pushed out to an 15-3 lead, all scored by star guards Bronson Koenig and forward Nigel Hayes. He said he actually liked the way they played defensively against Wisconsin, it was just the offense that was a problem. “It just changed our whole season”.

“We don’t really feel like a secret”, Coffey said.