Or as William Shakespeare once said, "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows." Whatever quote or cliche saying you want to use; Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo nailed them all at the end of his presser on January 3rd.

Xavier Booker delivered two critical 2nd-half scores, combining with Szymon Zapala and Jaxon Kohler for 32 points to lift Michigan State basketball.

It was a win that included a lot of drama, as the Spartans coughed up a double-digit lead as the game reached its conclusion and gave Ohio State a window to steal the win away (the word choice here is by design), but the Spartans strong defense helped snuff out the Buckeyes comeback attempt.

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"An ugly win is better than a pretty loss." That's what Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo had to say about his Spartans' in a big-time road win over Ohio State. The Spartans blew a double-digit lead

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Michigan State men's basketball won a key Big Ten battle with Ohio State in a 69-62 decision. Hall-of-Fame coach Tom Izzo gave a brutally honest postgame assessment of what his Spartans did well and didn't do well.