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• What: Michigan State at Washington
• When: 6 p.m. (ET) Saturday
• Where: American Airlines Arena, Seattle
• TV/Radio: Big Ten Network/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 196 (MSU broadcast), 387 (Washington broadcast)
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• Records/Rankings: MSU is 15-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten, and week ranked No. 12 in both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Coaches polls, No. 13 in the NET rankings used by the NCAA tournament selection committee and No. 13 per the college basketball analytics site Kenpom.com. Washington is 10-7 overall and 2-4 in the Big Ten, and unranked in both major polls. The Huskies are No. 55 in the NET rankings and No. 49 per Kenpom.
• Betting line: MSU -3.5
• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 752-304 in his 31st season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Washington — Danny Sprinkle is 132-75 in his seventh season as a head coach, and 23-25 in his second season with the Huskies. He previously coached one season at Utah State and four at Montana State.
• Series: MSU leads 5-2 all-time, winning last season’s only meeting, 88-54, at Breslin Center. Prior to Washington joining the Big Ten before last year, the two teams had met most recently in the 2010 Maui Invitational, a game won by MSU. The Spartans have faced the Huskies one other time in the Izzo era, with MSU beating Washington at Breslin Center in the first round of the 1996 NIT, at the end of Izzo’s first season.
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Projected lineups
MSU
C (15) Carson Cooper (6-11) 10..1
PF (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 14.4
SF (55) Coen Carr (6-5) 11.3
SG (99) Divine Ugochukwu (6-3) 5.0
PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 12.8
Washington
C (11) Franck Kepnang (6-11) 6.4
PF (8) Hannes Steinbach (6-11) 17.9
F (8) Bryson Tucker (6-7) 6.7
G (0) Quimari Peterson (6-1) 10.1
PG (5) Zoom Diallo (6-1) 14.9
• MSU update: The Spartans head west for a two-game swing at Washington and Oregon after three straight home wins — over USC, Northwestern and Indiana. At…
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