Wisconsin has ended Michigan State basketball's Big Ten Tournament run in the semifinal in a hard fought 77-74 game

Jon Tonje scored 32 points and grabbed seven rebounds to help No. 18 Wisconsin beat No. 7 Michigan State 77-74 on Saturday in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. John Blackwell added 14 points as the Badgers (26-8) won for the third time in four days.

The Spartans' record in Big Ten games is 18-3, and their record is 9-2 against non-conference opponents. Michigan State is 3-1 in games decided by less than 4 points. The Badgers'

Ohio State's NCAA Tournament chances just took it on the chin. The Buckeyes were already precariously on the bubble and it might have just popped in a 77-70 loss to Iowa in a Big Ten Tournament first-round game that continued a poor showing down the stretch of the season.

The Hoosiers stumbled their way to an early exit up the road from their campus, and took their NCAA Tournament hopes out of their own hands.

The wait until Sunday surely will feel like forever for the Texas Longhorns, who left their home court just last week to Oklahoma fans chanting “NIT! NIT!” Now here they sit, a legitimate NCAA Tournament hopeful because of what they did in the SEC Tournament.