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Michigan State Basketball: 5 bold predictions vs. Indiana in Week 11

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 10: Michigan State Spartans Matt McQuaid #20, Lourawls Nairn Jr. #1, Jaren Jackson Jr. #2 and Cassius Winston #5 looks on during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Breslin Center on January 10, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - JANUARY 10: Michigan State Spartans Matt McQuaid #20, Lourawls Nairn Jr. #1, Jaren Jackson Jr. #2 and Cassius Winston #5 looks on during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Breslin Center on January 10, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – DECEMBER 18: Miles Bridges #22 of the Michigan State Spartans reacts on the bench in the second half while playing the Houston Baptist Huskies at the Jack T. Breslin Student Events Center on December 18, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 107-62. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – DECEMBER 18: Miles Bridges #22 of the Michigan State Spartans reacts on the bench in the second half while playing the Houston Baptist Huskies at the Jack T. Breslin Student Events Center on December 18, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 107-62. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

4. Miles Bridges gets back on track

When you’re the best player on the team, you’re going to get criticized heavily, maybe more than you should, after losses. Just ask Miles Bridges. After dropping 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting against Michigan, everyone outside the locker room was quick to point a finger at Bridges.

“He wasn’t aggressive enough” or “he’s too soft” were muttered the most across social media and you can bet he heard the echoes. Miles isn’t the kind of kid who brushes this stuff off and forgets about it, he’s the type of player who uses it as motivation. He wants to be better and the criticism he’s been getting will help him do that.

Bridges will have one of his best games of the season against Indiana, even making over 50 percent of his 3-point attempts. That’s something that’s plagued him all year long — that and driving to the hoop. He will be more aggressive, driving to the basket and finishing strong at the rim.

We will even see some highlight dunks from the star sophomore. He hasn’t been doing enough of that this season and all it takes is one game to get some players back on track. He’s going to bounce back in a big way with 20 points and 11 rebounds and some highlight-reel slams.

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