Aubrey Dawkins scored 18 points and Michigan beat Illinois 73-55 Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten tournament.
Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman added 15 points and eight rebounds. Zak Irvin scored 14, and the ninth-seeded Wolverines (16-15) advanced in the tournament after dropping eight of 11 games. They will meet No. 6 Wisconsin, the top seed, in the quarterfinals on Friday.
Illinois (19-13) simply came out flat on a day when it needed to impress the NCAA selection committee. Instead, the eighth-seeded Illini trailed by 17 at halftime and lost for the fifth time in seven games.
They watched as Michigan nailed 7 of 15 3-pointers, with Dawkins and Irvin hitting two apiece. Illinois shot just 1 of 13 from long range in a game where none of its starters played well.
Malcolm Hill had 13 points but shot just 3 of 12. Rayvonte Rice, who came in averaging 17 points, scored 10 and missed all four 3-pointers while going 4 of 13 from the field.
Big Ten Tournament Scoreboard
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Penn State 67. Iowa 58
Indiana 71, Northwestern 56
Ohio State 79, Minnesota 73
Big East Tournament Scoreboard
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(4) Villanova 84, Marquette 49
Providence 74, St. John's 57
(23) Georgetown 60, Creighton 55
Xavier 67, (22) Butler 61 (OT)
PAC-12 Tournament Scoreboard
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(5) Arizona 73, California 51
UCLA 96, Southern California 70
Oregon 93, Colorado 85
(17) Utah 80, Stanford 56
Mountain West Tournament Scorebaord
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(25) Boise State 80, Air Force 68
Wyoming 67, Utah State 65
San Diego State 67, UNLV 64
Colorado State 71, Fresno State 59
ACC Tournament Scoreboard
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(3) Virginia 58, Florida State 44
(19) North Carolina 70, (14) Louisville 60
(2) Duke 77, North Carolina State 53
(11) Notre Dame 70, Miami-Florida 63
SEC Tournament Scoreboard
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Florida 69, Alabama 61
Tennessee 67, Vanderbilt 61
Auburn 66, Texas A&M 59
South Carolina 60, Ole Miss 58
Big 12 Conference Tournament Scoreboard
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(9) Kansas 64, TCU 59
(16) Baylor 80, (18) West Virginia 70
(13) Iowa State 69, Texas 67
(15) Oklahoma 64, Oklahoma State 49