Opening the season on Friday night, Michigan State basketball fell just short of an impressive victory against No. 10 Arizona at the Armed Forces Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tom Izzo has his best crop of freshmen ever and he is going to need to make sure they keep growing and getting better.
Youth was apparent on Friday for both sides as sloppy play reigned supreme. Still, there were some positives for the Spartans and Izzo admitted after the game that they can build on this game.
Surprisingly, the size issue didn’t play a key role even though Arizona had four guys on the roster that were taller than anyone healthy Michigan State had.