Green Day : Michigan State Spartans Destroy Michigan En Route to Sixth Big Ten Championship Under Tom Izzo

3.7.2010 SpartyOn.com : Michigan State Spartans Destroy Michigan En Route to Sixth Big Ten Basketball Championship Under Tom Izzo

In case you missed it, here are some of the facts and quotes from around the web on what was a great day in East Lansing :

• Michigan State continued its basketball dominance of Michigan with little resistance in the final regular-season game for both teams.
  
• The 11th-ranked Spartans have not only swept the two-game series with the Wolverines, but earned a share of the Big Ten title with a 64-48 victory before a raucous Breslin Center crowd Sunday afternoon.
  
• Michigan trailed by as many as 29.
  
• Michigan State was tough on both sides of the ball, at one point holding Michigan without a field goal for six minutes in the first half, and then opened the second half with a devastating 10-0 run to build a 42-14 lead with 16:31 left. In the first four minutes of the second half, Michigan had four quick turnovers.
  
• The Wolverines were 1-of-11 from the 3-point line (9.1 percent) and shot 21.7 percent in the first half. Sims and Harris combined to go 2-of-11. They had 11 turnovers.
  
• If Raymar Morgan can maintain his momentum, the Spartans will have a shot to give Izzo his second national title and the school its third.
  
• Michigan might not even earn a spot in the NIT and might be relegated to the College Basketball Invitational or CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Beilein looked as upset as he’s been in three seasons on Sunday, but he refused to sound defeated.
  
• Michigan’s Manny Harris and Sims made only one shot each in the first half as their team matched a Big Ten-low with 14 points, outscoring Morgan by only a point. Harris missed nine of 10 shots, finishing with four points, and Sims scored just nine.
  
• The Wolverines’ season has been full of setbacks since being ranked No. 15 in The Associated Press preseason poll, and the lowlight might’ve been getting routed at Michigan State after a 28-point win over Minnesota.
  
• Michigan might not even earn a spot in the NIT and might be relegated to the College Basketball Invitational or CollegeInsider.com Tournament. Beilein looked as upset as he's been in three seasons on Sunday, but he refused to sound defeated. ''We have a plan and we're working on it,'' Beilein said. ''I'm very confident in the plan.''
  
• Michigan State has won 18 of 21 against its rival overall and 11 straight at home.
  
• “This is definitely one of the best places to play,” DeShawn Sims said. “They definitely put on a show.”