Brackets and award time

The Big Ten basketball bracket was announced yesterday. The tournament is this weekend in Indianapolis.

The Big East’s bracket has also been set, and they play this weekend too.

In the meantime, the Big Ten has named its top players of the year: “Michigan State’s Kalisha Keane was selected as the Big Ten Player of the Year by the conference coaches, while Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender earned top billing from the media.”

Over in the Big 12, Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams and Baylor’s Odyssey Sims were named Players of the Week.

The Pac-10’s Player of the Week is Darxia Morris of UCLA.

The Illinois State women quietly racked up an undefeated record at home this season.

WNBA bonus: the Atlanta Dream will be the first WNBA team to play in Europe. They’ll play in England May 29.