Matt Charboneau and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News analyze the impact of Michigan State's 82-72 loss to Michigan. Detroit News
East Lansing — In one week’s time, Michigan State has gone from a dominant team to one full of questions.
Coach Tom Izzo called it the “ebbs and flows” of the college basketball season, and there’s plenty of truth to that. Rarely does a team play its best for an entire season.
But in the past seven days, Michigan State, which had won 14 straight games before it took the court last Sunday at Ohio State, has been trounced on the road by the Buckeyes, survived in overtime at home against Rutgers and lost at home to rival Michigan.