Michigan State Spartans basketball coach Tom Izzo speaks to the media on Monday, March 2, 2020, in East Lansing. Detroit Free Press
Michigan State basketball boosted its NCAA tournament resume last week by beating Iowa and handing Maryland its first home loss.
The 17th-ranked Spartans climbed six spots since last week to No. 7 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings — a comprehensive evaluation metric used by the NCAA tournament selection committee — entering Tuesday’s road game at No. 20 Penn State.
It's another opportunity to bolster their profile before the regular-season finale Sunday.