Michigan basketball team will open Big Ten tournament play Thursday against Iowa

The Michigan basketball team, the eighth seed in the Big Ten, will face ninth-seeded Iowa at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis. ESPN2 will show the game.

The game is the first of three that day, with seventh seed Northwestern facing 10th seed Indiana 25 minutes after the Michigan-Iowa game. Sixth seed Minnesota faces 11th seed Penn State at 7:30 p.m.

Download the Big Ten tournament bracket: 2010 Big Ten Men's Tournament Bracket-2.pdf