East Lansing – Just five games into Big Ten play, it’s hard to ask for anything more than five victories and not a single blemish.
That’s the position No. 8 Michigan State is in following Thursday’s victory over Minnesota, and as the Spartans prepare to hit the road for a Sunday tip at Purdue, it’s exactly the sort of start they were looking for.
However, Tom Izzo knows what has happened to this point guarantees nothing over the next couple of months.