Conference tournament play leading up to selection Sunday for the NCAA Big Dance continued last night including first round action in the MAC where Central Michigan’s season ended with a 74-72 overtime loss at Buffalo. Also, Eastern Michigan advanced with a 45-44 win over Northern Illinois. Third seed Western Michigan plays in the quarterfinals Thursday night in Cleveland. Michigan and Michigan State both moved up in this week’s Associated Press poll.

U-of-M improved from seventh to sixth place while M-S-U went from tenth to eighth place. Both are preparing for this week’s conference tournament. Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke is the Big Ten Player of the Year. The league also announced last night that Michigan State guard Gary Harris was freshman of the year, the first Spartan to ever towin the award

Conference tournament play leading up to selection Sunday for the NCAA Big Dance continued last night including first round action in the MAC where Central Michigan’s season ended with a 74-72 overtime loss at Buffalo. Also, Eastern Michigan advanced with a 45-44 win over Northern Illinois. Third seed Western Michigan plays in the quarterfinals Thursday night in Cleveland. Michigan and Michigan State both moved up in this week’s Associated Press poll. U-of-M improved from seventh to sixth place while M-S-U went from tenth to eighth place. Both are preparing for this week’s conference tournament. Michigan sophomore point guard Trey Burke is the Big Ten Player of the Year. The league also announced last night that Michigan State guard Gary Harris was freshman of the year, the first Spartan to ever to