East Lansing — It wasn’t when Cassius Winston turned the ball over on the first possession or when Xavier Tillman inexplicably fouled an erratic shooter on a 3-pointer seconds later.
Soon, however, Tillman started to understand what teams feel like when they enter the Breslin Center and Michigan State gets on a roll, shots falling, the crowd at a fever pitch. Just minutes into Sunday’s 29-point loss at Mackey Arena, the Spartans found themselves drowning under a similar wave.