Central Michigan Chippewas (8-11, 4-4 MAC) at Northern Illinois Huskies (8-11, 2-6 MAC) DeKalb, Illinois; Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo thinks Illinois is one of the best teams in the country, and the best in the Big Ten ...

Northern Illinois makes 43.0% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.5 percentage points higher than Central Michigan has allowed to its opponents (40.5%). Central Michigan's 37.4% ...

The Spartans' 7-0 start in Big Ten play is their best since the 2018-19 season when they last played in the Final Four.

Tre Holloman had 17 points, Coen Carr and Frankie Fidler scored 11 each and No. 12 Michigan State held on to beat No. 19 ...

After going down early, Michigan State basketball survived a nail-biter vs. Illinois to stay undefeated and alone at the top ...

The No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini (13-4, 5-2 Big Ten) meet the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans (15-2, 6-0) Sunday. Tip-off ...

To be fair to Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, there aren't as many Alan Andersons and Shannon Browns across college basketball ...

Illinois faces Michigan State. Our college basketball odds series has our Illinois Michigan State prediction, odds and pick ...

Even with all the whistles and without the win, there was plenty for the Illini to learn from the Spartans game ...

Stopping freshman phenom Kasparas Jakučionis is the biggest mission for No. 12 Michigan State basketball against No. 20 ...

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