Arizona, Michigan remain 1-2 in college basketball rankings
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Michigan State needs this one. Teams do not get many mulligans in their quest for a Big Ten title. MSU only dropped three of its 20 conference games last year,
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MSU-USC men's basketball betting line, over/under
Michigan State basketball is listed as a sizable favorite over USC for Monday night's Big Ten battle from the Breslin Center. The Spartans are listed as a 10.5-point favorite over USC, according to FanDuel. The over/under points total for this matchup between the Spartans and Trojans is set at 151.5 points.
Coen Carr and Jaxon Kohler combined for 34 points in the Spartans' rout of USC at Breslin Center on Monday, Jan. 5.
Michigan State basketball fans are optimistic about a second-straight Big Ten championship as the team resumes conference play.
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MSU basketball smothers USC, bounces back with blowout win
The Spartans dominated USC for a convincing rebound win after a tough showing at Nebraska last time out. The Spartans led for nearly the whole game, never letting the Trojans cut the Spartans lead within double-digits in the second half en route to a 80-51 win.
Michigan State big man Jaxon Kohler has been a man possessed on the boards, grabbing double-digit rebounds in five consecutive games while averaging 11.8 in that span. USC is a mediocre rebounding team (140th in rebounding percentage), so Kohler stands a good chance of continuing to gobble up boards.
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Michigan State basketball puts hot start to test vs. Nebraska team setting program history
Michigan State is coming off a 114-97 win against Cornell on Monday at the Breslin Center while posting the program’s highest point total since 2008. The Big Red presented a unique challenge with their prolific 3-point shooting, which Izzo mostly gave his team a pass for outside of a late surge by the visitors.
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MSU women's basketball shoots up AP poll after another big week
Michigan State women's basketball is on the move in the polls after another big week of conference play. MSU is up nine spots in the latest AP poll, coming in at No. 15 overall following wins over Illinois and Indiana.
Conference play officially began this past week, shaking up the Power 37 rankings as BYU enters the top 10 and Michigan State falls to No. 13.
Michigan State held Chad Baker-Mazara to four points after he entered the game averaging a team-high 20.4 for USC. The Spartans bounced back from a 58-56 loss to No. 10 Nebraska t