What. A. Tournament.
Penn State came to Detroit the favorites but not by much; with a nine-man contingent and what some called a biased bracket, the Nittany Lions weren’t going to come to Detroit and expect things handed to them. And host Michigan, riding the momentum of their first Big Ten tournament title in quite a while, were determined to make a run and make it a race.
Ultimately, as some predicted, that really wasn’t meant to be.
Penn State had the day one most expected, going 15-3, but the early Friday session upended the run for top to bottom All-Americans, with Drew Hildebrandt, Beau Bartlett, and Brady Berge combining to go 4-3 and not making session four.