Before Michigan State took the court on Monday night at Williams Arena, coach Tom Izzo felt confident his team had figured some things out.
He said so on his pregame radio show as the Spartans were looking to bounce back from an 0-2 start to Big Ten play following losses to Northwestern and Wisconsin, and he felt sure No. 17 Michigan State would have a solid effort against No. 21 Minnesota.
It didn’t take long to realize that nothing had been figured out as the Spartans spent the night clanging the ball off the iron on the offensive end while continuing to get lost on the defensive end as Minnesota jumped out quickly and never looked back, rolling over the Spartans, 81-56, for its largest margin of victory ever over Michigan State.