Minneapolis — Michigan State was on a run, and everyone — from the 72,711 fans in the stadium to the last player on the Spartans bench — could feel it.
Xavier Tillman got the block, Kenny Goins scooped up the rebound and Cassius Winston took a handoff and pushed the pace. He found Aaron Henry up ahead on the wing, and then the freshman did what few players do against Texas Tech’s suffocating defense. In fact, he did something he wasn’t supposed to do.
“Our whole thing tonight was take no more than two dribbles in there,” head coach Tom Izzo was saying afterward, explaining the scouting report against the Red Raiders.