March Madness officially began for Michigan State on Thursday in Minnesota. After a very disappointing regular season, Tom Izzo and company were on to the Big Ten Tournament, where they were playing the hometown school, the Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Early on, we saw a Spartan team that we saw regularly this season as MSU found themselves down 0-7 in the opening minutes. Most notable from that segment was Carson Cooper missing three free throws before sinking his fourth attempt to get MSU on the board.
MSU kicked it into gear then when Xavier Booker came on the floor and had back-to-back dunks of the thunderous variety.