If you are looking for a good team that is thriving heading into the tournament look no further than Michigan State. The Spartans have been struggling with injuries for months but now fully healthy they look as good as any team in the East bracket.
The Big Ten Championship is upon us, and two in-state rivals are all that remain. The No. 8 Michigan Wolverines outlasted the Ohio State Buckeyes 72-69 in the semis to face the No. 22 Michigan State Spartans.
The 22nd-ranked Michigan State Spartans and 12th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers will face off in a heavyweight showdown in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis on Saturday.
The 24th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes will make the trip over to East Lansing for a Big Ten showdown against the 22nd-ranked Michigan State Spartans on Thursday.
Illinois looked like a potential sleeper early in the season but they have struggled in conference play. They are coming into East Lansing on a two game winning streak but that if the first time they have won back to back B10 games since the first two.
San Jose State hadn’t won a game since 2013, but snapped a 13-game losing skid with a win at Nevada on Tuesday.
Michigan is 9-6-1 ATS with an O/U record of 8-7-1 and Michigan State is 10-6-2 ATS with an O/U record of 9-9.
Tom Izzo will lead the fifth-ranked Michigan State Spartans into Bloomington to take on Tom Crean’s Indiana Hoosiers. The Spartans will be looking to win their sixth consecutive game, while Indiana will look to win their first Big Ten game after a devastating overtime loss in their conference opener.
The 100th edition of the annual Rose Bowl game gets underway on Wednesday night with No. 5 Stanford taking on No. 4 Michigan who appears in the game for the first time in nearly three decades.
The number 5 Spartans are in tough as they travel to Austin to play the Texas Longhorns who are coming off a huge upset win on the road versus the North Carolina Tar Heels.
The explosive offense of Ohio State will face off against the tenacious defense of the Michigan State Spartans. Somethings got to give in this match up where both teams have their eyes set on Pasadena, California.
The No. 16 North Carolina Tar Heels arrive in East Lansing looking to derail the Spartans who remained undefeated despite being without their leading scorer their last time out.
The 11th-ranked Michigan State State Spartans have some work to do before making it through to the Big Ten title game with a date against the 8-3 Minnesota Golden Gophers still in front of them.
The Fresno State Bulldogs have clinched a spot in the Mountain West Conference title game, but their BCS eligibility is in question ever because they were recently leapfrogged in the polls by Northern Illinois.
The San Jose State Spartans will host the Navy Midshipmen after dropping back-to-back contests inside the Mountain West Conference. Meanwhile, Navy has won two games in a row to improve their record to 6-4 on the year and ensure bowl eligibility.
Michigan State is on track to meet Ohio State in the B10 Championship game with two games to go in the season. This should seemingly be the greatest obstacle as Northwestern has the ability to put points on the board, something that has been exceedingly difficult for most MSU opponents.
