Michigan State has already been involved in two matchups of top five teams this season. The Spartans will go through the same experience Saturday afternoon in a crucial Big Ten showdown.
The fourth-ranked Spartans will host No. 3 Purdue at the Breslin Center. During their second game this season, the Spartans were ranked No. 2 and lost to then-No. 1 Duke. When they were ranked No. 3 in late November, they blew out then-No. 5 Notre Dame.
"That doesn't happen very often," coach Tom Izzo said. "This is our third top five game of the year, us versus Duke, us versus Notre Dame and now us versus Purdue.