Michigan State Basketball: 5 takeaways from Indiana blowout in Week 11

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EAST LANSING, MI – JANUARY 19: Nick Ward #44 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates his made basket late in the second half during a game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Breslin Center on January 19, 2018 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /

1. Slumps are made to be broken

Let’s face it, Michigan State hits a rough patch essentially every year. It happened in 1999-00 when the Spartans lost to Wright State, in 2008-09 when they were 2-2 in a four-game stretch, losing to a couple of unranked teams at home, in 2009-10 when they lost three straight and in 2013-14 when they had a 5-7 stretch during Big Ten play.

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What do all of those seasons have in common? The Spartans went to at least the Elite Eight in all of those years and the 1999-00 team won the national title.

There are reasons to panic every season, but college basketball campaigns are marathons and not sprints. There’s a reason Tom Izzo is a Hall of Fame coach and it’s because he knows how to adjust and learn about his team and what makes it tick on the fly.

The Indiana win had the feel of an “I told you we’d be fine” victory for the Spartans and Izzo. He remained calm even when everyone else was panicking and it’s nothing new for him.

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Slumps are made to be broken and it looks like the Spartans may have done just that against the Hoosiers.

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