GAME INFORMATION
Who: No. 9 Michigan State (5-2) vs. Rutgers (5-1)
When: 6 p.m.
Where: Louis Brown Athletic Center, Piscataway, N.J.
TV: BTN (Kevin Kugler, Jon Crispin)
Radio: Spartan Sports Network, WJIM-AM (1240)/WMMQ-FM (94.9) in Lansing, WJR-AM (760) in Detroit, Sirius Ch. 133, XM Ch. 196 (Internet 958)
Line: Michigan State -8 1/2
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GAME NOTES
* Michigan State is 7-0 in program history against Rutgers, with six of those wins coming since the Scarlet Knights joined the Big Ten. Michigan State is also 14-9 in Big Ten openers under Tom Izzo.