Michigan State men's basketball is considered a top-20 team despite having not played this past week.
Michigan State men's basketball has had a long nine-day break since its blowout victory over Nebraska on Dec. 7., which is updated every Monday, has Michigan State ranked No. 20 after being ranked 21 in last week's poll., which is also updated every Monday, the Spartans did not move, still sitting at No. 19, two spots ahead of their bitter rival, Michigan, which recently lost to Arkansas.The Spartans will be back in action on Tuesday when they take on Oakland at Little Caesars Arena.
Below is a transcript from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo's opening statement from his press conference on Friday: Izzo: "Well, interesting week. You're playing well and then you get 10 days off. And you got to play my good friend Kampe and a team that's been a little up and down. But they've kind of gone through what we went through -- they're missing some shots early, and guys that have shot 35 and 36%, so it's always scary. Plays that funky zone; I don't know where he got it from, but it's hard to scout.
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