At 13.8 points per game and 5.5 rebounds, the senior is one of the leaders for a Marquette team that came into the season with extremely high hopes and can still make noise in the tournament. He was named third-team All-Conference in the Big East.

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,

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