Michigan State basketball gets March Madness lesson on closing games
MSU basketball video analysis of the Spartans’ 91-87 win over Rutgers Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari discuss MSU’s win and dicey finish against Rutgers. EAST LANSING – Five straight wins, albeit with the latest coming by a thin margin. A technical foul for pointing at the scoreboard, and a rule neither Tom Izzo nor Jeremy Fears Jr. knew previously. A triple-bye to the Big Ten Tournament assured, with a rivalry game coming this weekend to close out the regular season. To say March already is mad for No. 8 Michigan State would be an understatement. But the Spartans’ near-collapse in the final 79 seconds of their 91-87 win over...