“It is simply such a disgrace for me,” Izzo told reporters after the sport. “The gang was unbelievable. It is virtually like these gamers, typically, they anticipate everyone to present to them, they gotta give one thing again to the gang, and we did not do this.”
“I did not, they did not, and that was disappointing.”
For Michigan State, the loss definitely is a disgrace. The Spartans (17-11, 9-8 within the Massive Ten) fell to sixth place within the conference standings, 1.5 video games out of fourth place — the brink wanted to make sure a double-bye within the Massive Ten Match.
Win out, and Michigan State nonetheless has an opportunity to earn a top-four seed in Indianapolis. However with a highway date with No. 3 Purdue looming on Saturday, together with matchups in opposition to Northwestern and at Indiana, the Spartans’ margin for error is slimmer than it was had they closed the deal in opposition to the Buckeyes.
Not solely is it slimmer as regards to seeding for the convention event, it is also slimmer as regards to Michigan State’s NCAA Match hopes. As of Monday morning, CBS Sports has the Spartans as a No. 9 seed, an affordable place given their metrics (twentieth at KenPom, 18th at Bart Torvik, twenty fourth within the NET Rankings and forty second in KPI) and up to date struggles — Michigan State has misplaced three of six, with all three losses coming to unranked opponents (Ohio State on Sunday, Iowa at house final Tuesday and Minnesota on the highway on Feb. 6).
The Spartans haven’t any legitimately terrible blemishes on their schedule. Even their opening-night house defeat to James Madison (26-3, 13-3 within the Solar Belt) qualifies as a Quadrant 2 loss.
However Michigan State, with beneath two weeks to go within the common season, merely does not boast sufficient stable wins to be a event lock. Throughout the primary two quadrants, the Spartans are 8-11, and their lone Massive Ten highway wins have come in opposition to Maryland, Michigan and Penn State — all three of that are under .500 in convention play.
Michigan State clearly has some work to do. There could be no disgrace in dropping at Purdue, however the Spartans could be greatest served in the event that they completed the common season 2-1, then made a mini-run within the Massive Ten Match.
Izzo will attempt his greatest to assist them do this. Given his observe report, it is value giving his staff a shot.
“I am simply gonna have to take a look at the movie and see,” he stated. “A few of the issues we did I simply thought have been mind-boggling to me. It is beneath my tutelage, so I gotta determine it out.”