The 2020-21 season of college basketball is a season like no other. The impact of COVID-19 has already caused a shortened preseason, multiple postponed games, and multi-week team shutdowns. Another obvious impact is the lack of fans in Big Ten arenas and in arenas across the nation.
There has been a lot of discussion about how much impact this lack of fans is having on the results of games. So far, Michigan State has only played three home games in Big Ten play, and the Spartans have lost two of those three games (versus Purdue and Wisconsin).