Happy Tuesday, 'Nova Nation. A bit of old news at this point, but I don't think we've openly discussed it here yet. Tom Izzo has been on the record saying he wants a game at the Palestra in Philly. Naturally, we hoped for a quasi-home-and-home with Villanova.
Last week, news broke that Michigan State will play their conference road game with Penn State at the Palestra. That's disappointing, to be honest, but not all that surprising. For whatever reason, schools with good conference schedules don't seem that eager to schedule home-and-homes with fellow elite programs. One-off events seem to be the preferred method.