INDIANAPOLIS — Tre Donaldson seems to have this postseason basketball thing down pat.
The Michigan guard delivered his second clutch play in two days, this time making the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:54 left to send 22nd-ranked, third-seeded Michigan past 18th-ranked, fifth-seeded Wisconsin, 59-53, for the Big Ten tournament title Sunday.
Donaldson scored 11 points and had eight assists one day after catching an inbound pass on the run with 5.3 seconds left and driving the length of the floor for the winning layup in a semifinal victory over Maryland, rekindling images from past NCAA tournaments.
Now, though, Donaldson and his teammates want to stay focused on the future and keep this momentum for three more weeks as March Madness truly tips off.
“I know who I am, I knew who my team is,” Donaldson said after also recording eight assists in the win over Wisconsin. “It was just the desire to win. I want to win. It’s just me bringing that energy; I feel that was a big thing. I brought the energy.”