Free Press sports writers give their predictions for Saturday's in-state rivalry game between Michigan State basketball and Michigan basketball at Breslin Center in East Lansing (12:30 p.m., CBS):
Jeff Seidel
The Breslin Center is going to be electric and the improved Wolverines will put up a fantastic fight. But MSU will force Hunter Dickinson to get into foul trouble. And the Spartans will make enough shots — and finally cut down on their turnovers — to win a close one. The pick: MSU 75, U-M 73
Shawn Windsor
Tom Izzo recently described his Spartans as consistently inconsistent.