Michigan State Spartans @ Northwestern Wildcats

12-2, 3-0 Big Ten

Final

	1	2	T
Michigan St MSU	26	47	73
Northwestern NU	33	34	67

Northwestern WildcatsNorthwesternNU

8-3, 1-1 Big Ten

MSU's Christie attacks the rim for powerful putback

0:21

Boo Buie's sweet dime sets up Simmons' circus shot

0:26

Bingham capitalizes on MSU's smooth ball movement with a slam

0:16

Game Information

Evanston, IL

Referee:Bill Ek

Referee:Chris Beaver

Referee:Eric Curry

NCAA Division I

Big Ten Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Michigan	19-1	-	37-3
Nebraska	15-5	4	28-7
Michigan State	15-5	4	27-8
Illinois	15-5	4	28-9
Wisconsin	14-6	5	24-11
Purdue	13-7	6	30-9
UCLA	13-7	6	24-12
Ohio State	12-8	7	21-13
Iowa	10-10	9	24-13
Indiana	9-11	10	18-14
Minnesota	8-12	11	15-18
USC	7-13	12	18-14
Washington	7-13	12	16-17
Rutgers	6-14	13	14-20
Northwestern	5-15	14	15-19
Oregon	5-15	14	12-20
Maryland	4-16	15	12-21
Penn State	3-17	16	12-20

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