For better or worse, the final weekend of the Big Ten regular season is upon us. It goes without saying this has been another tough week for the Michigan State Spartans. The men in Green and White followed up their thrilling upset win over No. 4 Purdue last weekend with two listless, double-digit road losses to Michigan and to Ohio State.
At one point this season, the Spartans were 17-4 overall, 8-2 in conference play, and ranked in the top 15 of the country. Since then, Michigan State has lost seven of the last nine games and has drifted to the middle of the conference standings.