On the same day Michigan celebrated its 1989 team and handed out ‘Shock the World’ t-shirts to all fans in attendance, undermanned Michigan State marched into the Crisler Center and beat the Wolverines, 77-70.
It was a ‘shock the world’ type of moment for Michigan State as the Spartans were without Josh Langford and Nick Ward, but that didn’t mean much for Cassius Winston, Kenny Goins, Matt McQuaid and Xavier Tillman. This team stepped up and picked up its most impressive win of the season and arguably the best Michigan win of Tom Izzo’s career — outside of the 114-63 thumping back in 2000.