The scene was incongruent, and yet it fit the moment. Inside the home of Michigan basketball, a wash of green illuminated the lower bowl and the court at its base. Michigan State’s primary color blanketed Crisler Center, the Spartans’ solemn alma mater trilled, and a Maize-clad crowd stood in silence.
This was a rival’s somber tribute to a university stricken by tragedy last Monday, when a gunman opened fire on the sprawling East Lansing campus and upended an entire community.
Three MSU students — Arielle Anderson, Alexandria Verner and Brian Fraser — were killed.