Joey Hauser blunt about Michigan State's frustrations with Ohio State loss

Although Michigan State is preparing for the NCAA Tournament, it’s safe to say the Spartans expected their conference tournament experience to be different. They lost their quarterfinal matchup to Ohio State, meaning they’ll be an at-large team in the big dance.

But that doesn’t mean they’re satisfied, based on Joey Hauser’s postgame comments.

“We’re not happy with it,” Hauser said. “We came here to win a championship, and it felt like a letdown today. Give them credit, they played really well. But we’ve got to turn around and focus our efforts on the NCAA Tournament because it’s one-and-done for real, then, that time. We’ve got to get it figured out and just change a little bit of what we need to change here and get it locked in.”

Michigan State went just 3-for-16 from the three-point line as Ohio State won the game 68-58 to make the conference tournament semifinals. The Buckeyes found plenty of success from three-point distance, making 10 of their 19 attempts from downtown despite losing leading scorer Brice Sensabaugh, who has now been ruled out for the year.

Michigan State will now await its fate on Selection Sunday.

2023 Big Ten Tournament schedule, results

All times eastern

Wednesday, March 8
First Round

No. 13 Ohio State 65, No. 12 Wisconsin 57
No. 14 Minnesota 78, No. 11 Nebraska 75

Thursday, March 9
Second Round

No. 9 Rutgers 62, No. 8 Michigan 50
No. 13 Ohio State 73, No. 5 Iowa 69
No. 10 Penn State 79, No. 7 Illinois 76
No. 6 Maryland 70, No. 14 Minnesota 54

Friday, March 10
Quarterfinals

No. 1 Purdue 70, No. 9 Rutgers 65
No. 13 Ohio State 68, No. 4 Michigan State 58
No. 10 Penn State 67, No. 2 Northwestern 65 (OT)
No. 3 Indiana 70, No. 6 Maryland 60

Saturday, March 11
Semifinals

1:00 p.m. – No. 1 Purdue (80), No. 13 Ohio State (66)
25 minutes after Game 11 – No. 10 Penn State vs. No. 3 Indiana

Sunday, March 12
Big Ten Championship

3:30 p.m – No. 1 Purdue vs. Game 12 winner