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Michigan State hopes adjustments make a difference in rematch vs. Michigan Updated Mar 07, 2021; Posted Mar 07, 2021 Michigan State guard Rocket Watts (2) dribbles up the court in the first half of their Big Ten basketball game against Michigan at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, on Thursday, March 4, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)Mike Mulholland | MLive.com Facebook Share EAST LANSING – Before Michigan State gets into one-and-done March Madness mode, first it got into NBA Playoffs mode. The unique end of Michigan State’s regular season schedule, with games against Michigan on Thursday...

Henry had 14 points. No other Spartans' rotation player had more than six

THE OVERVIEW It's those guys again, just a little down the road and with a championship locked up this time. The stakes for the Spartans remain high. They're the last at-large in the Bracket Matrix field, which hasn't yet been updated for them getting whooped yesterday. Bart Torvik's updated projections also have them as the last team to make it, though that means only a 22.3% chance of securing an at-large bid. They need a win on Sunday or they'll need to make some noise in the Big Ten Tournament to not be sweating out every one-bid conference's tournament. Speaking of the BTT, Michigan is o...

Seth's graphic [click for big]: We've gone with Gabe Brown and Rocket Watts as starters, because who starts is always up in the air and they've played the most minutes recently. Also we've got two rows for the bench, because MSU. [Hit THE JUMP for the rest of the preview.] THE THEM One thing you can say for Michigan State is there sure is a lot of it. A whopping twelve players have played at least 10% of MSU's minutes; Kenpom's lineup guess shows six different bodies playing some minutes at center. Tom Izzo has been running a blender all year as he tries to find lineups that work and frequent...

FINAL: MSU 71, OSU 67, Spartans overthrow No. 4 Buckeyes Players wrestle for the ball during the MSU men's basketball game against OSU at the Breslin Center on Feb. 25, 2021. — Photo by Alyte Katilius | The State News Just like that, the streak of 22 straight NCAA Tournament appearances stays alive. After a game mostly in limbo — the Michigan State men’s basketball (13-9, 7-9 B...