The Badgers struggled to finish in the conference championship game against one of the best close-game teams in the Big Ten this season.

Michigan goes on run, ties game. The Wolverines have gone on a 7-0 run to tie the game, 45-45, with 5:42 to play. Danny Wolf's back-to-back buckets in the lane tied the affair and

Michigan, the No. 3 seed who received a double-bye, reached the championship by handling Purdue by 18 and getting past Maryland with a Tre Donaldson buzzer-beater. Wisconsin, the No. 5 seed,