Michigan State Basketball: 5 bold predictions vs. Ohio State in Week 9

Michigan State travels to Columbus to take on a rising Ohio State team on Sunday evening. It’s time to get bold with some predictions.

Is this the year a team runs the table in the Big Ten and comes away with an easy conference title? Michigan State looks like a team that could do so, but Ohio State is also aiming to keep its perfect record in conference play alive.

The Buckeyes are 3-0 in conference play and a rising team in the Big Ten. Chris Holtmann has seemingly turned this program around in his first year after coming over from Butler, but he will face his toughest test to date against the visiting Spartans.

Michigan State is facing just its second road game of the season and that could play a major role in the Spartans’ performance. Could they be on upset alert in Columbus on Sunday evening?

It’s time to get bold. What’s going to happen during Sunday’s Michigan State vs. Ohio State game?

5. Spartans will finish with less than 10 turnovers again

Michigan State hasn’t been a team that’s been known to protect the ball over the past couple of years. In fact, the Spartans are able to count on one hand the amount of times they finished with less than 10 turnovers in an entire game this season.

Tom Izzo has expressed his desire for this team to be less casual with the ball in its hands and work on spacing and finding open players. That looked like a strength on Thursday night as the Spartans assisted on 30 of 32 made field goals and finished with just seven turnovers.

They’re going to use that game as something to build on and finish with less than 10 turnovers for the second straight game — the first time they have done that this year. Ohio State isn’t a team that forces a ton of turnovers so Michigan State should be able to protect the ball and value each possession with ease.