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With No. 1 ranking checked off list, Michigan State chasing more goals

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press / LSJ MSU beat writer Chris Solari discuss the Spartans' 108-52 win over Savannah State heading into Big Ten play this week. Graham Couch / Lansing State Journal

EAST LANSING — Miles Bridges knows he never would have experienced a No. 1 ranking if he had left Michigan State last offseason for the NBA.

And he realizes the ranking presents a bigger target on the Spartans as they enter the new year as the nation’s top team in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the Associated Press Top 25.