Michigan State men’s basketball expert previews the Arizona game, makes a prediction

After a trio of blowout wins at home, Arizona will face much tougher competition when it spends Thanksgiving in Palm Springs, Calif. taking on Michigan State.

The Spartans (3-2) began the season No. 4 in the Associated Press Top 25 but have dropped both weeks, sitting at No. 21. They are picked to finish second in the Big Ten to Purdue, a team the UA will play next month in Indianapolis.

To better understand MSU, we reached out to Oren Basse of SB Nation sister site The Only Colors. Below are his determined answers to our uninspiring questions:

AZ Desert Swarm: Michigan State comes into this game with two losses already, and while losing to Duke—can’t imagine that—isn’t that shocking the home loss to James Madison to start the season was.