Michigan State, despite the win on Saturday, have still taken a hit in the AP Poll as they fell from No. 17 to No. 23. They did lose to Minnesota on Monday by a score of 81-56. They finally got their first win of Big Ten Play on Saturday against Nebraska, 84-77. Aaron Henry led the way with a career-high 27 points. The Spartans will be needing performances like that if they want to stay in contention for a fourth straight Big Ten Conference regular season championship.
Other Big Ten schools to make the Top 25 are No. 5 Iowa, No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 10 Michigan, No. 12 Illinois, No. 15 Rutgers, and No. 16 Minnesota. Ohio State, Northwestern and Indiana received votes, but did not make the Top 25.
Michigan State has two games this week and both are at the Breslin Center. First the Spartans host No. 15 Rutgers on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. EST. Then Purdue comes to town on Friday to play at 7:00 p.m. EST.
Can the Spartans even their Big Ten record with a pair of wins this week? It’ll be tough, but if the Spartans can get good performances from guys like Henry or Joey Hauser or Rocket Watts they will.
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— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) January 4, 2021
