INDIANAPOLIS — Evan Turner drained a 37-footer at the buzzer to give No. 5 Ohio State a 69-68 win over Michigan today in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals.

If they play like this every game the rest of the way, the Wings will not only make the playoffs, but be a force when they get there. Of course, that's a big "if" these days.

The Detroit Pistons played at Cobo Arena from 1961 until the 1977-78 season ended, before moving to a temporary home at the Pontiac Silverdome and finally to the Palace of Auburn Hills. Is it time to come back home?

"For all the good things that happened to me in Detroit, I really thank the organization a lot."

LAKELAND, Fla. — Tigers manager Jim Leyland can control a lot of things but not the weather.

Follow along as Michigan looks for the upset in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals as the Wolverines take on Ohio State today.

Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey will miss his third straight game tonight after collapsing on the Pistons bench last Friday in a loss at Cleveland. He had to be taken from Quicken Loans Arena on a stretcher wearing an oxygen mask.

U-M has not won more than one game in a single Big Ten tournament since the first year, 1998, when the Wolverines won the tournament title.

In the two years the Spartans won the Big Ten tournament, they advanced to the Final Four (1999) and won the national title (2000).

Some highlights from today's news conference with Lions coach Jim Schwartz, who addressed various personnel issues ranging from free agency to next month's NFL draft.

Michigan will hold its annual pro day today in Glick Field House, a chance for 12 draft-eligible Wolverines to make an impression on NFL scouts.

Don't be surprised if you hear after this season, many national pundit say the Big Ten has made a comeback. If they do, all they will need to do is look at the number of Midwesterners leading the way.

Nearly every member of Michigan State's rotation has given coach Tom Izzo fits this season. But junior guard Durrell Summers might be near the top of the list.

Midway through the first quarter of Wednesday night's loss to the Jazz, Pistons fans were treated to a sight they hadn't seen in some time.

Move over Vernors and Better Made Potato Chips, a high-decibel, balding college basketball analyst needs room behind the glass. Dick Vitale might have coached for only seven years in Detroit, but the Detroit Historical Museum has decided his post-coaching contributions are so luminous that he will be part of the museum's upcoming exhibit: Detroit's Beloved Sports Coaches.

BATTLE CREEK -- Julie Youngquist was standing on the pool deck coaching her age-group swimmers one winter's day when in walked two police officers. Standing between the two of them was her son, Clay. "Is this your child?" one of the officers asked.

After the combine and in the midst of pro days, we've revised our list of potential Lions draftees.

EAST LANSING -- Draymond Green didn't seem too fazed Tuesday as he discussed the suspension of teammate Chris Allen from practice and today's Big Ten tournament opener for Michigan State.

If you're wondering how Leyland will decide who gets the two open spots in the rotation, keep an eye on the strike zone.

Henrik Zetterberg doesn't need anyone to challenge him to raise his level of play. He knows his coach switched his linemates in an effort to help him shake his scoring funk. He knows if his team is going to make the playoffs, he has to find the net and help others find it, too.

Melanie Pickert spent last week playing soccer, but thinking basketball. "I was so nervous when I got the text they only beat Novi by two," Pickert said. "But I had faith in them." Pickert was playing for the Olympic Development Program Region Two soccer team in Portugal, helping her team earn two wins and a tie.

CLASS A

For the third time in four games Thursday night, the Red Wings scored five goals. In each game, they skated with purpose, cycled the puck and covered vast stretches of open ice with speed and effort. For the Wings, good offense always has been their best defense.

Defending champion Trenton faced last year's runner-up, Muskegon Mona Shores, in a Division 2 hockey semifinal Thursday at Plymouth's Compuware Arena.

Everything was going according to plan for Allegan senior John Rizqallah as he closed in on his first wrestling state championship -- except for one teeny, tiny little detail. "I wasn't expecting the whole surgery thing before my match," he said. Surgery?

Leading by one at the end of the third quarter, New Boston Huron outscored Dearborn Divine Child, 16-9, in the fourth to win, 49-41, and the Class B, Region 11 title at Riverview Thursday.

Canton 54, Ann Arbor Huron 37

Michigan State women's coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll is Golf Association of Michigan women's player of the decade. She won eight championships in the past 10 years, including five consecutive GAM Mid-Amateur titles (2005-09) and the GAM Tournament of Club Champions in 2004, '07 and '09. Other GAM players of the decade were Russ Cunningham (men), Greg Reynolds (senior men) and Joan Garety (senior women).

Check out tonight's Pistons-Wizards game on Fox Sports Detroit, as Palace hostess Erin Nicole goes for the full arena experience: eavesdropping on the captain's pregame meeting with officials, interviewing P.A. announcer John Mason and an Automotion dancer, participating in the drum line and the Tim Hortons race (she'll be the cup of coffee) and shooting mini-basketballs into the crowd.

Five coaches who won't be featured in a Detroit museum anytime soon: Richie Adubato He won only 12 of 70 games (.171) with the Pistons in 1979-80. Alan Trammell Love him as a player, but his .383 winning percentage as a skipper in 2003-05 didn't cut it. Brad Park He went 9-34-2 with the Dead Wings in 1985-86.