BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Say what you will about the NCAA tournament or where the talent level might be for this iteration of Michigan State basketball. The Spartans continue to show they are not ready to call it quits.
Not even when all of the mistakes from the past two months crashed together again Saturday.
Turning the ball over nine times in the first 9:19, leading to 17 Indiana points. Missing open looks and falling behind by 13 points midway through the first half. Defensive lapses and foul after foul.
Then coach Tom Izzo stumbled into a lineup featuring Joshua Langford at point guard, Rocket Watts playing off-ball, Gabe Brown on the wing, Aaron Henry at forward and Thomas Kithier in the paint.