Commentary from the Cheap Seats: Big Ten Semifinals

I spent last Friday and Saturday attending part of my first-ever Big Ten tournament.  For part 1 in this series (a complete rundown of my quarterfinals experience), click here . So back to my journal/first-hand analysis/whatever we’re calling it today: On Saturday, I saw what ended up by far being the best game of the weekend tournament.  Wisconsin, the 1 seed, edged Michigan State, 65-63 when the Spartans’ Drew Neitzel missed a potential game-winning triple at the buzzer.  But my day didn’t start there... My day began with a trip to the Circle Centre Mall.  The mall is connected to many of the downtown hotels by an enclosed skywalk, and I used this outing to stock up on Purdue merchandise (as you can imagine, Boilermaker gear is not readily available in southwestern Ohio!)  After a brief detour through GameWorks (have you ever played air hockey with three pucks at the same time?), we finally arrived in Conseco Fieldhouse about 15 minutes ... (link)