Gabe Brown and Foster Loyer, Michigan State basketball (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Michigan State basketball kicks off Big Ten play with a road game against Northwestern. The defense will be tested on Sunday night.
Over the past couple of years, the Big Ten has started conference play with a couple of games in early-December but in this weird, COVID-19-affected season, Michigan State will play its first league game a little later than normal and there will be no more non-conference games to split up the schedule.
Michigan State is 6-0 heading into Sunday’s game against Northwestern in Evanston and with no fans this season, road games won’t be quite as daunting.