When: Thursday through Saturday
Where: State College, Pa.
Format: 12 teams, single elimination
At stake: Automatic NCAA tournament bid
TV: All games on Big Ten Network
Thursday
Game 1: #6 Ohio State vs. #11 Rutgers, 11 a.m.
Game 2: #7 Illinois vs. #10 Michigan State, 1:30 p.m.
Game 3: #5 Nebraska vs. #12 Purdue, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: #8 Wisconsin vs. #9 Indiana, 7 p.m.
Friday
Game 5: #3 Northwestern vs. G1 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 6: #2 Gophers vs. G2 winner, 1:30 p.m.
Game 7: #4 Penn State vs. G3 winner, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: #1 Michigan vs. G4 winner, 7 p.m.
Saturday
Game 9 (semifinal): G5 winner vs. G6 winner, noon
Game 10 (semifinal): G7 winner vs. G8 winner, 2:30 p.m.
Game 11 (final): G9 winner vs. G10 winner, 5:30 p.m.
The Gophers played with more urgency, but it wasn’t enough to keep them from another conference sweep, and they lost LJ Mooney to injury in the process.
