(Photo: Al Goldis, AP)
East Lansing — Michigan State won its second straight Big Ten championship over the weekend and on Monday the Spartans began collecting individual hardware.
It was highlighted by junior guard Cassius Winston being named the Big Ten Player of the Year, becoming the ninth Spartan to earn that honor. Since the Big Ten began handing out the award following the 1984-85 season, Michigan State has had more players of the year than any other school. Ohio State has seven, followed by Indiana with six and Michigan with five.
“The magic is in the headband,” Winston joked on the Big Ten Network.