Izzo orders day off to refresh ahead of Purdue showdown
The Big Ten wanted its conference tournament at Madison Square Garden this season.Really, commissioner Jim Delany wanted it there in an effort to expand the footprint of the conference. Following the admission of Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, that was one of the goals. To that end, the conference tournament headed east for Washington D.C. last year and moves to New York this season.
Source: Detroit News