After MSU's much welcomed win in Ann Arbor this past Tuesday, every Spartan can take a deep breath, relax and prepare for the final six games of the Conference play, the Big Ten Tourney and hopefully a deep run into March. Here are some notes to consider about our boys in Green :• 57 points = the combined amount that MSU beat Minnesota and Indiana by, their last two opponents. The Gophers shot just 28.8 percent. The Hoosiers were slightly better at 31 percent. Minnesota and IU combined for 16 assists and 37 turnovers.
• The two game results before the UM game = MSU 76, Minnesota 47 and MSU 75, Indiana 47. At game time, Minnesota was the #2 team in the Big Ten. State lead that game 57-19 with 12 minutes left in the entire contest.
• MSU leads the nation in rebounding margin this year.
• After the Michigan game, The Spartans have an entire week off to study, heal and prep themselves for the stretch run into The Big Ten Tourney and March Madness.
• A Big Ten Championship is in their grasps right now at 10-2 alone atop The Big Ten with Illinois two games back at 8-4. MSU beat Illinois on January 17th to cap off an eleven game win streak.
• State's toughest games left on the schedule are looking to be at Purdue on Tuesday Feb 17 (who has tanked as of late thanks to a Robbie Hummel back injury) and at Illinois on Sunday March 1st. The key to those games will be getting and keeping a lead to quell any home team fan melee.
• MSU's currents rankings are AP 9th, ESPN 9th, RPI 6th. The RPI ranking defines the seeds for the NCAA Tourney.
• Since the loss to Penn State, MSU has been without their second leading scorer Raymar Morgan who was considered to be a pre-season first team Big Ten All American. He should finally be well and rested for the February 17th Purdue game.
• In the past few days, the teams ranked numbers 5, 6 & 7 in the AP poll have lost, this should work wonders for out chances of getting a #1 seed in the Tournament :
#5 Louisville lost to Notre Dame by 33 points
#6 Duke lost to #3 UNC
#7 Wake lost to unranked NC State
#10 Marquette lost to #13 Villanova
#11 UCLA lost to #18 ASU
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