On a Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles, Michigan State put their perfect conference record on the line against the USC Trojans. In addition to the perfect record, the Spartans were attempting to earn Tom Izzo career Big Ten win #353, which would tie the record owned by Bob Knight from his years at Indiana.
Well, this game got off to about as bad of a start as possible for the Green & White. MSU had turnovers on their first two possessions, were scoreless in their first five offensive trips, and were trailing 11-4 at the first TV timeout.