It wasn’t exactly scheduled this way and it isn’t quite the midway point just yet, but Thursday’s game at Rutgers may as well be the start of the second half of Michigan State basketball’s season.
The three-game stoppage during which five players tested positive for COVID-19 is expected to end — barring another late postponement — as Tom Izzo takes his team on the road.
“Right away, it sucked, because we're getting ready to go play a big game against Iowa. And then after that, we kind of got a couple of days off to rest, and it was maybe a little bit needed just to get some rest,” junior Joey Hauser said Tuesday.