A little more than two weeks ago, we took a first look at the Michigan State Spartans as Iowa was coming off a pair of wins against Maryland and Minnesota while the Spartans were struggling. Fast forward two weeks and Michigan State is now coming off a pause and struggling perhaps worse than before that pause.
For their part, the Iowa Hawkeyes are also now on the wrong end of a two-game losing streak after dropping a head scratcher at home to Indiana two weeks ago and a nail-biter at Illinois last week.