MSU And The Title

The Michigan State basketball team started the year off very well. They were undefeated in the big 10 and it looked as if they were well on their way to winning it. They were 9-0 in the big 10 and it didn’t look as if anyone was going to come close to doing better. It appeared as though they had the big 10 wrapped up. They had beat one of their top rivals Michigan and also top ranked Wisconsin. They also had quality out of conference game experience against teams. Michigan State had everything going for them beating almost every team in the big 10 once before things started to go bad. Coming off a huge win against their interstate rival Michigan by one point they had to play North Western. They easily beat North Western but then right after that they had to play top ranked Wisconsin.

Things did not work very well against Wisconsin for Michigan State. Michigan State lost to Wisconsin and it started a stretch that had them losing three in a row. After their loss to Wisconsin they had to play Illinois and they were outmatched and out shot in this game. That made it two big 10 losses in a row after they had won their first 9 big 10 games. Things were starting to look bad for state because now they had to play top 5 ranked Purdue. Number 5 ranked Purdue was able to beat Michigan state and that game them 3 big 10 losses in a row. They then had to play Penn State and Indiana where they earned hard fought victories. This helped give them their chance to win the big 10 still even though they were tied with a few teams now. One of the teams they were tied with was Purdue and the other one was Ohio State. Michigan State had to play Ohio State today and the outcome was not good for Michigan State. They were unable to beat the Ohio State Buckeyes. This gave Ohio State the lead over Michigan State in the big 10. Also on top of that the other team they were tied with, Purdue got a win over Illinois. This means Michigan State dropped to 3rd place in the big 10. This is a huge fall for the Spartans after it appeared they would easily win the big 10 in the beginning of the year. They still have a chance of winning the big 10 and the winner will only be known at the end of the year.