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Big Ten Report – Week #14 – Post-season Tournaments, Week #3 (04/08/2013)

Results
Here are the results from last week’s games, in the NCAA Tournament (bracket) and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) (bracket):

Tuesday (04/02/2013)
NIT Semifinals: (#3) Iowa beat (#2) Maryland, 71-60

Thursday (04/04/2013)
NIT Championship: (#3) Iowa lost to (#2) Baylor, 74-54

Saturday (04/06/2013)
NCAA: (South Region #4) Michigan beat (East Region #4) Syracuse. 61-56

Overall, it was a pretty good week for the Big Ten.  Sure, Iowa got blown away in the NIT Championship game, but at least they got that far.  And then there’s Michigan, in the NCAA Championship game on Monday night.

The Upcoming Week
Michigan is the last Big Ten team left standing.  They play tonight (Monday) in the National Championship game:

Monday (04/08/2013)
NCAA: (South Region #4) Michigan vs. (Midwest Region #1) Louisville