If there is one thing that this year has taught all of us, it’s that you can’t count your chickens before they hatch. On Sunday afternoon, MSU hoops fans had high hopes. Big Ten foes Iowa and Illinois had both lost over the weekend, and the Spartans were poised to possibly move up to the No. 3 ranked team in the country. The only thing standing in their way was a little road trip to Evanston, Illinois to face the Northwestern Wildcats. What could go wrong?
As it turns out, almost everything could go wrong.
The Spartan’s played poorly on both sides of the ball, shooting only 39 percent from the floor (including 8-of-31 from three).