After wins over Purdue, Maryland and Wisconsin to capture the Big Ten Tournament title, Michigan was rewarded by the selection committee with a No. 5 seed. ... In the South Region in the same pod as No. 1 overall seed Auburn. ...

Michigan is a 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament, announced on Sunday evening within an hour of Michigan’s championship win over Wisconsin. Michigan will face 12 seed UC San Diego on Thursday in Denver. As for other top Big Ten teams, Michigan State is a 2 seed, Wisconsin is a 3, Maryland and Purdue are 4s, and Oregon is a 5.

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Michigan Wolverines guard Tre Donaldson (3) reacts with Vladislav Goldin (50) after his game winning basket against Maryland during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the Big Ten Conference tournament in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) AP

The Wolverines beat Maryland 81-80 in the semifinal on Saturday, taking the lead with less than a second to go on a coast-to-coast lay-up by the junior guard. They will face Wisconsin, which beat Michigan State in the first semifinal with some drama of its own, in the final on Sunday.

Tre Donaldson drove the length of the court and scored on a layup with 0.4 seconds left to give No. 22 Michigan an 81-80 victory over No. 11 Maryland in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Saturday. Donaldson finished with 12 points and nine assists,