Commentary from the Cheap Seats: Big Ten Quarterfinals

What happens when a 24-year-old lifelong Purdue fan attends part of the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament for the first time? I’m glad you asked!  This is part analysis, part journal...from someone who attended Friday’s quarterfinals in Indianapolis.  And no, I wasn’t sitting in press row, I was in the corner of the upper deck.  No hospitality room for me...we waited in line for our M&M’s and Diet Pepsi like every other common fan.  So what did I see?   Quarterfinal #1  WISCONSIN 51, MICHIGAN 34 I saw a brilliant defensive performance from Michael Flowers individually and from Wisconsin as a whole.  Michigan’s total scoring output (34 points) would be decent for a football team, but not so much when playing hoops.  Flowers locked down stud freshman Manny Harris and held him to 1-12 shooting.  Of course, 1-12 from the floor doesn’t look quite as bad when your team struggles to a 20% ... [link]