Spartans take Big 10 tourney, miss out on top NCAA seed

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Published March 14, 2016 at 1:50 PM EDT

Spartans Big Ten Champs — Michigan State beat Purdue 66-62 in the Big Ten men's basketball championship game on Sunday.

Michigan State's men's basketball team won the Big Ten Conference tournament yesterday and earned a number two seed in the NCAA tournament. We talk with Current Sports host Al Martin about Spartan basketball.

Although the Spartans fell just short of a regular season Big Ten championship in 2016, they came up big in Indianapolis this weekend.

We talk with WKAR's Current Sports host Al Martin about the conference tournament championship game win over Purdue and MSU's hopes for a national title in the NCAA tournament.

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