freep.com —  Michigan State shooting guard Brandon Wood didn’t start Sunday, for the first time this season. Austin Thornton took his place in the starting lineup. Wood responded with nine points, four rebounds and four assists in 29 minutes in MSU’s 64-54 win over Michigan read more »
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michiganstate.rivals.com —  Brandon Wood played so well coming off the bench on Sunday that it might cost him a starting job. Tom Izzo said during Monday's weekly press conference that he might continue to use Wood as a sixth man for Wednesday's game against Penn State, and possibly the foreseeable future. read more »
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lansingstatejournal.com —  A day after beating Michigan to move into second place and five days from a huge game at first-place Ohio State, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had two words for everyone at his news conference: Penn State. read more »
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mlive.com —  Michigan State coach Tom Izzo conducted his weekly press conference Monday, coming off Sunday's 64-54 win over rival Michigan and looking ahead to Wednesday's home game against Penn State. read more »
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detroitnews.com —  The Spartans are coming off an emotional victory over Michigan on Sunday and are looking at a potential showdown between the top two teams in the Big Ten on Saturday. But don't expect Tom Izzo to buy into the fact that getting through this week will be easy. read more »
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spartansportsnetwork.com —  Will Tieman asks Izzo: favorite food, favorite movie, cat or dog, favorite time of the year, favorite song and where he would still like to play basketball. read more »
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spartanstate.com —  Michigan State (18-5) coming off a dominant win against Michigan at home, slid down to #12 in the Coaches Poll because of the loss last week at Illinois. The AP Poll has MSU at #11 down 2 spots from last week. read more »
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noise.typepad.com —  MSU was close to breaking it open Sunday, up 42-26, when Jordan Morgan got a continuation call that would make Patrick Ewing blush, Brandon Wood missed a layup, the MSU bench picked up a technical foul and Zack Novak stepped to the line to cut it to 12. read more »
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michiganstate.rivals.com —  Michigan State senior Draymond Green guaranteed a victory over Michigan shortly after he and his teammates came up short in a one-point loss on the road in Ann Arbor in January. read more »
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mlive.com —  Trey Burke, a revelation as a Michigan freshman, hit a wall on Sunday just as Tom Izzo had planned. The Michigan State coach had seen Burke surprise with 20 points in Ann Arbor, and this time had two large men pay special attention to the Wolverines point guard. They would not budge. read more »
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lansingstatejournal.com —  Draymond Green had one of those "remember when" kind of performances Sunday at Breslin Center. As in: "Remember when Draymond Green played on a sprained knee and was the best player on the floor anyway and had as many rebounds as Michigan's entire team got?" read more »
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freep.com —  Brandon Wood didn't sulk. He responded. Wood, a senior transfer from Valparaiso, had started the first 22 games of the season before he was replaced by Austin Thornton on Sunday. read more »
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freep.com —  Michigan State senior forward Draymond Green was a major pain for the Michigan Wolverines. Nobody really knew what Green would be able to do Sunday after he experienced a bizarre knee injury in a loss at Illinois on Tuesday. read more »
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lansingstatejournal.com —  Michigan, freshman guard Trey Burke scored a third of the Wolverines' points in their one-point win over Michigan State in Ann Arbor last month. The Spartans turned it up defensively Sunday to make sure the result was different this time around. read more »
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freep.com —  "There was no way I was ending my career with that hanging around my neck," Green said after the ninth-ranked Spartans beat No. 23 Michigan, 64-54. "This was personal. This was very personal." read more »
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