With the Big Ten Tournament now in the rear view mirror, having ending with what is obviously the worst case scenario for MSU, the Big Ten, the state of Michigan, the USA, planet Earth, and likely the multiverse, it is time to sit and wait (un)patiently for Selection Sunday on March 11th when the official NCAA tournament bracket is announced. In the mean time, how will this weekend's event impact MSU? Will they still be able to play their first round games in Detroit? Well, let's take a look at some hard numbers and see what we can learn. One of the best resources out there is the Bracket Matrix website which this morning was updated to reflect yesterday's action in the majority of the brackets that they track. MSU has slipped to the "best" 3-seed (#9 overall), while UofM is the weakest 3-seed (#12 overall). This seems in line with ESPN's bracket this morning. But I did some initial analysis on the data set. MSU is listed as a 2-seed in 37 of the brackets