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of the Northwest Minnesota’s 90-66 defeat Combined with Purdue’s 78-70 win over Wisconsin on Sunday on Saturday night, a double bye to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament was assured for the Wildcats.
Regular season champion Purdue, illinois, Nebraska and Northwestern will be the top four seeds this week at Target Center in Minneapolis and begin play on Friday. The Illini are locked in for the No. 2 seed regardless of Sunday night’s result in Iowa.
Four more games on Sunday will determine the rest of the standings, but Michigan will be ranked 14th.
If Purdue and Northwestern win their quarterfinals, the Wildcats will have a chance to defeat the Boilermakers once again. They upset Purdue at Welsh-Ryan Arena last season And in December before lose in overtime at Mackey Arena in January.