Morning Sports Podcast: Monday, March 13th

Zach Edey helped the Purdue Boilermakers nail down the Big Ten Tournament title Sunday afternoon, as the Boilers held on to edge Penn State 67-65, winning both the regular season and tournament titles. Purdue was rewarded a few minutes later as the NCAA selection committee seeded them first in the East Region, with first and second round games in Columbus, Ohio starting Friday evening.

After losing to Penn State in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday, the Indiana Hoosiers were seeded 4th in the Midwest Region, with their opener set for late Friday night against Kent State.

The Michigan State Spartans are a seven seed, with a noon game Friday against future Big Ten opponent USC. The Michigan Wolverines were left out of the NCAA bracket.

Illinois and Northwestern also made the field of 68. The Illini face Arkansas Thursday afternoon, and Northwestern takes on Boise State Thursday evening.

The Notre Dame women are a three seed in their region, with first and second round games at Purcell Pavilion later this week, and the Indiana Hoosiers are the top seed in their region, hosting first and second round games in Bloomington.

The Chicago Bears are working through their draft board, after landing a slew of picks last week when they traded the top overall pick to the Carolina Panthers. The Bears could well be targeting a top defensive lineman with what is now their first pick at number 9 overall, or perhaps a difference making receiver. The NFL draft will be held in late April.

Hockey: the Detroit Redwings got a home win Sunday over the Boston Bruins, 5-to-3. The Bruins will be in Chicago tomorrow night to play the Blackhawks.

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