Champs again! MSU clinches its first B10 title since 2012

(Photo: Dale G. Young, Detroit News)East Lansing — Big Ten championship — check.

Michigan State took care of the first item on its to-do list Tuesday night by beating Illinois, 81-61, on Senior Night at Breslin Center. The victory clinched at least a share of the conference regular-season title, the first for the Spartans since 2012 and the eighth for coach Tom Izzo.

A win over Wisconsin in the regular-season finale Sunday would give Michigan State its first outright Big Ten championship since 2009 and lock up the No. 1 seed in next week’s conference tournament.

There are two more big ones left on the Spartans’ list of goals — a Big Ten tournament championship and, of course, a national title…