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Big Ten Basketball Notes

For officially the fourth time in Big Ten history, and third in the last five seasons, the Big Ten will send seven programs to the NCAA Tournament. It marks the sixth time in the last eight years that the Big Ten has had six or more teams in the bracket and fifth consecutive with at least five or more teams earning berths in the field. Ohio State clinched the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament after winning its fourth Big Ten Tournament title on Sunday. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin received at-large berths into the field, with the Hoosiers, Wolverines, Spartans, Buckeyes and Badgers each earning top-five seeds in the bracket.