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00:00For college basketball it is the month of March even in the final week of the regular season at the high
00:06Major level and there's a calendar in East Lansing that often reads
00:12January
00:13February is oh and then
00:16April Donnie an outright Big Ten title on the line tonight in Iowa City for those
00:23Spartans Michigan State seven and a half point road favorite in Iowa
00:27Against the Hawkeyes inside Carver Hawkeye that total on the rise ever so slightly
00:33152 and a half MSU just needs a win
00:37Outright to claim the outright Big Ten regular season crown. Will they do just that and by how many points?
00:45Yeah, it's pretty good matchup here in this night for Michigan State with a lot on the line
00:49But if I'm being focused on one side of this game, it's Michigan State's defense
00:52Which is the best in Big Ten play number one overall in efficiency and also effective field goal percentage
00:58The one thing Michigan State doesn't do well is turn you over and the one thing Iowa does really well in offense
01:02Don't turn the basketball over but that's where everything else stops. It's hard to score in Michigan State
01:06Why because if you're Iowa and you don't rebound the basketball well in offense going up against a Michigan State defense that rebounds it the best
01:13in conference play not a lot of second chance points you're also not going to steal those second chance points because typically a team like
01:19Michigan State 12 out of 18 will foul because they're aggressive
01:22But if you're not looking for those, let's get to the rim fouls
01:25Lasting conference plays Iowa getting to the free-throw line. Now, let's size it up from three-point range
01:29We know Iowa State went to launch a three-point range and they're good at doing it
01:33Just so happens Michigan is the best team in conference play at defending the three-point line
01:37So not a lot of plays at the free-throw line
01:39Not a lot of second chance opportunities and I'm gonna get defended at the three-point line
01:43Sounds like Michigan State wins and the team total which I believe this morning was 72 and a half for Iowa stays under that
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