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DIPRIMIO: IU Skips Big Picture For This Focus: Beat Michigan State


IUHoosiers.com

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The question came, and Al Durham tried to quiet it in a classic speak-softly-and-carry-a-big-stick approach when facing a huge game.

And you'd better believe it will be huge when No. 9/11 Michigan State (14-4 overall, 6-1 in the Big Ten) faces Indiana (14-4, 4-3) in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Thursday night.

Yes, the Hoosiers swept the Spartans last season and have beaten four straight ranked opponents in Assembly Hall to reaffirm that the nearly 50-year-old arena provides one of the biggest home-court advantages in all of college sports.

But talk about it?