Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo on Feb. 12, 2016, on what his team must accomplish against the Hoosiers. By Joe Rexrode, DFP.
EAST LANSING – Acceptance is the final stage of mourning, and the Spartans would be advised to get there before tipping off Sunday against Indiana.
Flawed as regular-season title chases have become in the era of football-driven mega-leagues, winning the Big Ten “was one of our goals,” senior center Matt Costello said.
And it’s dead in all but mathematical terms. Had the No.