Michigan State basketball still in Top-10 after up-and-down week

That was about as up-and-down a week as you can have in the college basketball world for Michigan State. After losing on the road to one of the worst teams in the conference in Minnesota, the Spartans surged back to take down No. 5 Illinois at home in an overtime thriller.

Thanks to the win, the Spartans were able to hold serve in the polls and keep their No. 10 spot in both the AP and the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Polls. If the Spartans had lost that one to Illinois, that, combined with the loss to Minnesota would’ve had them tumbling down the polls, but fortunately, the Spartans were able to handle business at home and keep their spot.

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Elsewhere in the Big Ten’s Coaches Poll rankings, Michigan still sits at No. 2 overall, Illinois fell to No. 7 after the loss to MSU, and Nebraska is at No. 8. Purdue is behind MSU at No. 12, and Iowa is back in the mix at No. 25.

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