February 27, 2026: 18 days until Selection Sunday and things are just as murky as always around the bubble. But even at the tippy top we’ve had some movement and there is likely even more coming over the next two weeks. Miami (OH) continues to roll and is now only 2 games away from a perfect regular season. Can they go 31-0 before the conference tourney?

The last 4 in as of this recording are Auburn, Cal, TCU, and Virginia Tech. The first 4 out are Indiana, Santa Clara, Tech, Ohio State, and New Mexico.

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February 26, 2026: Michigan State with the huge upset win at Mackey - their first since 2014 - 76-74. It was a few missed shots - finally by Purdue, and some defensive rebounding which sealed the game despite a missed front end to a one and one by Ward gave Purdue some life with only 3.5 seconds left.

But Carson Cooper, Jeremy Fears, and the whole crew were just too much for Purdue despite the Boilers shooting 48% from 3 on relatively high volume. But it was sort of MSU’s offense that carried in this game and a few timely stops that was just enough. We will go thru the keys to the game in a little bit but let’s just start by saying that not only was this a huge win for the Green and white and the standings in the Big Ten and seeding for the NCAA tournament, but it had to be huge for their psyche going forward into the postseason and a revenge matchup with Michigan to end the regular season.

MSU now moves to 13-4 in the Big Ten and 23-5 overall and into the 3 seed for the BTT and a triple bye. Purdue drops back a game from there.

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February 24, 2026: MSU begins a tough road trip into the state of Indiana with its first stop on Thursday at Purdue. Mackey has been a house of horrors for the Spartans where they haven’t won for over 10 years. Admittedly, Purdue usually has had good teams when Michigan State has visited, however, the arena hasn’t been kind to MSU.

This year - specifically this month - neither team has played very well so it is sort of a matchup of struggling teams. Purdue has uncharacteristically dropped 3 games at home leading Spartan fans to have some hope. Unfortunately, the Spartans haven’t played well on the road either. It will certainly take their A game to pull off this upset and finding a way to contain Braden Smith if Michigan State wants to have a good night.

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February 22, 2026: Michigan State finished its home stand with a win over a depleted Buckeyes team on Sunday afternoon, 66-60. But it was not an easy win as they struggled shooting from the field and defending the penetration from Bruce Thornton who kept easily getting into the lane to score. In fact, MSU trailed 26-23 at the break and took until mid way through the second half to take back the lead from Ohio State.

OSU was without their second and third leading scorers (Mobley and Royal) yet managed to push the Spartans behind a herculean effort from Thornton of 32 points. Carson Cooper had a good offensive performance of 20 points and Jordan Scott added 12 more to propel Michigan State to the win. It moves the Spartans to 22-5 overall and 12-4 in the league before heading to Purdue and Indiana for their next two games.

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February 19, 2026: Michigan State is looking to keep the winning train rolling by beating Ohio State before a trip to the state of Indiana. With 5 games remaining, the Spartans are in a jumbled heap for second place in the Big Ten. Despite the conference championship being out of the running, there is still a lot for this Michigan State team to accomplish. They are within reach of anywhere from a 2-5 seed depending on how things go over the final stretch.

The Buckeyes are a weird team to figure out as they seem ok but just don’t seem to have any signature wins at home or on the road. But their last trip to the Breslin Center had them upsetting the Spartans so they are certainly capable. As usual, the question for MSU will be whether they can defend and rebound well enough against a team that is weak in both those areas.

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February 18, 2026: We’re past the halfway point of February which means that March is getting ever closer and the Selection Committee is going to be getting to work. Miami, OH remains unbeaten and the big boys continue to battle in conference play.

Dom has Michigan as the overall number one seed as they are relentless taking out teams at home and on the road en route to an easy conference title and historic season. The rest of the Big Ten remains strong with 5 of the top 16 seeds just like the Big 12. The SEC and ACC have two each and the WCC, and Big East have one inside the top 16 seeds.

The last 4 in as of this recording are Missouri, UCLA, TCU, and Virginia Tech. The first 4 out are Cal, SDSU, New Mexico, and Santa Clara.

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February 17, 2026: Michigan State was looking for a bounce back game after their disastrous matchup in Madison on Tuesday night. They got just what the doctor ordered, with a resounding 82-59 victory over UCLA in a game where they hit a season high 14 threes and shot 52.5% from behind the arc. Fears added a double double for good measure.

Of some concern was the injury to back up point guard, Denham Wojcik, forcing Jordan Scott into the game to play a few minutes of point guard. Let’s just say it wasn’t smooth and we hope that Jordan can continue to focus his time at the shooting guard spot and not have his plate filled with even more responsibilities. Next up for the Spartans are a Buckeye team that just rolled the Badgers who apparently used up all their three attempt makes against MSU.

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February 15, 2026: MSU returns home for a two game stand on Tuesday night starting with UCLA. The Bruins are a game back from Michigan State in the standings but have to be a little disappointed with how the season has gone so far. Highly vaunted prospect, Donovan Dent, who the Spartans faced in the second round of the tournament last year was supposed to be the missing point guard part the Bruins would need to be on the next level. That hasn’t been the case this year as the purportedly $4 million man is shooting under 20% from 3 - and is down in virtually every category of shooting this season.

But Michigan State has had some problems of their own of late. Namely getting off to slow starts and some problems in offensive stagnation. Those are, at least in part, dependent on Jeremy Fears, Jr. and his ability to get the team into its offense. One thing to watch this game is the boards where MSU should have a dominant edge on both ends and should get some extra points on offense and hold the Bruins to just one chance.

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