In the last 10 years, six Big Ten teams followed up regular-season championships with conference tournament crowns.
Only one of those teams, the 2001-’02 Ohio State Buckeyes, received a seeding in the NCAA tournament lower than what the University of Wisconsin received Sunday evening. The Badgers, fresh off a 61-48 victory over Illinois in the tournament championship game at Conseco Fieldhouse, were awarded a No. 3 seeding in the Midwest Regional and will play No. 14 Cal State Fullerton (24-8) Thursday at 8:40 p.m. in Omaha, Neb.