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MSU basketball gets help from Penn State, Wisconsin on Thursday

You can slice up Thursday’s college basketball results a few ways.

One way — the way this blog is going to go — is chalking it up as a win.

First off, let me get a “WE ARE” from your couch, office or wherever you’re reading this. For the second time this season Penn State topped Ohio State, this time in a 79-56 beatdown on the Nittany Lions home floor.

Of course, that puts the Buckeyes at two conference losses — now tying them for first place with MSU. There are also no head-to-head tiebreakers to decide a conference champion, so the Spartans loss at Ohio State doesn’t mean anything if both finish with two losses.