The Big Ten Conference has announced that, beginning on Thursday, attendance at the Big Ten men's basketball tournament at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN will be limited to student-athletes, coaches, event staff, essential team and staff, TV network partners, credentialed media, and immediate family members of the teams participating.
Also, all Big Ten Conference winter and spring sporting competitions will be limited to those same personnel.
The Michigan State men's basketball team will open up the tournament on Friday evening against the winner of Purdue and Ohio State. The University of Michigan men's basketball team will play Rutgers at noon tomorrow.