After defeating Northwood (78-52), Lake Superior State (72-43) and Northern Michigan (73-69) for the GLIAC Championship, the Michigan Tech Huskies have earned the right to host the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional tournament this weekend. Read below for full coverage throughout the tournament, including a tournament overview, updated tournament brackets, links to all game recaps and a Michigan Tech tournament profile (and links to other team profiles).

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With a 25-2 regular season behind them, the Huskies’ women’s basketball team began what many are hoping will be a long postseason run. Even though Michigan Tech earned the top seed in the GLIAC Tournament, Tuesday’s quarterfinal opponent, the Northwood Timberwolves, had challenged Michigan Tech to four- and eight-point margins earlier this year. This time was different. The Huskies stormed out of the gates and never looked back, earning a strong 78-52 victory over the injury-depleted T’Wolves.

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The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team’s goal of making the GLIAC tournament was shattered in two tough losses last week, but to the Huskies’ credit, they fought hard in front of the home crowd on Thursday night, downing the visiting Lake Superior State Lakers by a 61-58 score, the Huskies’ fifth straight home win.

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After suffering just their second loss of the season on Saturday, the Huskies’ women’s basketball team looked to rebound against a Lake Superior State squad that had won four straight games heading into Thursday. Michigan Tech certainly did bounce back, winning 84-68 to improve to 24-2 overall and 19-2 in the GLIAC.

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For just the second time this year, both Husky teams lost on the same day. The Hillsdale Chargers handed the women’s team a 68-65 loss, while the Charger men all be eliminated the Husky men from GLIAC tournament contention with a 79-55 win.

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After a deflating loss against Findlay, the Michigan Tech men’s basketball team still had a small chance at the GLIAC Tournament, but they had to basically win out and get a little help from a few teams ahead of them. Today’s match-up against tournament-bound Hillsdale would tell a lot about the Huskies’ resiliency, but unfortunately, the Chargers made quick work of the Huskies, scoring 19 seconds in and never trailing on their way to a 79-55 win.

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With the GLIAC Championship and the No. 1 spot in the regional rankings, the Michigan Tech women’s basketball team completely controlled their own destiny over the final three regular season games. Nobody necessarily overlooked the Hillsdale Chargers, but with the pressure off for the Huskies, perhaps there was an assumption that the Huskies would win out.  That turned out to be a misplaced assumption, as Hillsdale overcome a 17-point second half deficit to shock the No. 3 Huskies, ending Michigan Tech’s 13-game winning streak and handing the Huskies just their second loss of the season, 68-65.

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The odds were clearly against the Huskies’ men’s basketball team heading into Findlay to face an Oiler team that had won 87 straight regular season home games. Michigan Tech has been fighting and beating the odds for weeks now, proving they can take down top-level competition like Grand Valley State. Michigan Tech nearly did it again, but they faltered late, losing 69-61 to Findlay, all but eliminating the Huskies from their chance at a berth in the GLIAC tournament.

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Slow starts have been a problem at times this year for the 22-1 Michigan Tech women’s basketball team, but it was not the start that was the problem in Thursday’s game against the Findlay Oilers. The Huskies built up a double-digit lead not even ten minutes into the game, and held it through most of the second half, until Findlay went on a 16-2 run, forcing the game into overtime. Katie Zimmerman did not shoot well most of the night, but she hit two monster 25+ foot long three-point shots at the end of regulation and at the first overtime buzzer, paving the way for a remarkable 73-69 double overtime victory.

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22-1 Huskies now No. 1 in region

The Michigan Tech women’s basketball team is really starting to peak at the right time of year, winning 12 straight games, including a convincing 21-point victory over Grand Valley State, the second-place team in the GLIAC behind the Huskies.

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