A week passed since Michigan State basketball last played. Only once have the Spartans hit the road in the young, abbreviated season during nonconference play.
Onward to Chicago. Onward to Big Ten time.
No. 4 MSU takes on Northwestern on Sunday, a chance for the three-time defending regular-season conference champion Spartans to size up their 6-0 start.
“That's what we expect to do, that's what we work for each and every day and practices,” junior guard and captain Foster Loyer said Friday. “To go out there and hopefully hang another banner.