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Michigan State basketball: Nick Ward, Xavier Tillman will be twin towers

After Michigan State’s loss to Arizona State, the sentiment surrounding Spartan fanhood is reminiscent of yesteryear. Before the Dantonio era, it was an annual East Lansing tradition to build hype for the football season calling it “the year,” then quickly recognize the hype as overblown, and finally, jump off the football bandwagon and onto that of the more reliable basketball program.

Must Read: MSU football: 5 takeaways from heartbreaking loss to Arizona State

The loss exposed glaring concerns for the Spartans, and there was plenty of blame to go around – as much as any on whoever scheduled the early-September, middle-of-the-night game to play in blistering heat with three-hour jet lag.