Believe it or not, Michigan State is about to get back on the court.
After a layoff that will have lasted 20 days as the program battled a rash of COVID-19 cases, the Spartans are set to take on Rutgers at 7 p.m. Thursday, nearly three weeks since they last played in a one-point loss at home to Purdue on Jan. 8.
“It’s been hard,” junior Joey Hauser admitted. “We've been able to get some workouts in here and there, get some shots up, but I was mainly trying to stay healthy and be safe with this whole thing going on.