MSU Basketball vs Illinois & UCLA

Tomorrow night, the 11th-ranked Spartans return to the State Farm Center in Champaign - that sounds like a place made for the MSU Spartan-Aggies to win. At 19-5 overall and 10-3 in Big Ten play, Michigan State has put itself in strong position heading into the back half of an increasingly challenging February.

NCAA Basketball: Illinois at Michigan State Dale Young-Imagn Images Illinois enters the matchup at 17-8 overall and 9-6 in the conference, still in the thick of the Big Ten race (or at least think they aren’t fully out of it) 2 games back from the leaders, but with a few more losses. The Illini, as always, bring plenty of size and athleticism, but more than that, they bring a chip on…