“It sucks to have to beat a team three times, but that’s what we’re going to have to do.”
Those words were spoken by Michigan State’s senior forward Joey Hauser following the Spartans’ senior day win over the Maryland on Sunday night. While a few details of the final Big Ten Tournament bracket were still in flux at that point in the evening, once the final horn sounded at the Breslin Center, Michigan State’s next opponent was fixed.
On Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, the No. 7-seeded Michigan State Spartans will once again face the No.