Wisconsin wins Big Ten in OT

Mon., March 16, 2015

Associated Press

Nigel Hayes scored 25 points, Frank Kaminsky added 19 and No. 6 Wisconsin outscored Michigan State 11-0 in overtime Sunday for an 80-69 victory in the Big Ten tournament championship game in Chicago.

Bronson Koenig scored 18 points, and the Badgers (31-3) rallied from 11 points down in the second half. Branden Dawson and Denzel Valentine scored 16 points each for Michigan State (23-11).

(1) Kentucky 78, (21) Arkansas 63: Willie Cauley-Stein scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and the Wildcats never trailed in beating the Razorbacks in the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Wildcats (34-0) are only the fourth team to go into the NCAA tournament undefeated since Indiana finished off the last perfect season with a title in 1976.

Sunday’s other tournament champions:

VCU (Atlantic 10), Georgia State (Sun Belt) and SMU (American Athletic).

Women

The final six automatic bids went to conference tournament champions No. 20 Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun), St. Francis Brooklyn (Northeast), Green Bay (Horizon), Northwestern State (Southland), James Madison (Colonial) and Wichita State (Missouri Valley).

The women’s tournament selections will be announced today at 4 p.m. on ESPN.

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