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Michigan State Basketball: Top 10 moments from 2019-20 season

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 25: Xavier Tillman #23 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates with Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans late in the second half of the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Breslin Center on February 25, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - FEBRUARY 25: Xavier Tillman #23 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates with Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans late in the second half of the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Breslin Center on February 25, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – MARCH 08: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans kisses the center court logo at the Breslin Center after leaving the floor in his final home game on March 08, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 80-69. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN – MARCH 08: Cassius Winston #5 of the Michigan State Spartans kisses the center court logo at the Breslin Center after leaving the floor in his final home game on March 08, 2020 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 80-69. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

1. Cassius Winston’s senior day showing

The career of Cassius Winston came to a close in almost perfect fashion. OK, it would have been even better if he was able to bring home another national title, but with the season cancelled, this is as close as it gets to perfection.

Needing a win to secure a share of the Big Ten title, a third straight, at home, Winston and Co. showed up against the No. 19 Buckeyes and put on a show. Things got tight in the second half, but Winston helped the Spartans pull away with arguably his second-best performance of the season, scoring 27 points with six assists on 10-of-14 shooting.

The moment of the game had to be the step-back 3-pointer which shut the door on his career and caused the biggest smile we’ve seen from him all season.

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And we finally got to see Cassius kiss the Spartan logo at midcourt. There weren’t many dry eyes in the arena after this, and that included Tom Izzo.

This brings back all the feels.

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We should be watching Michigan State playing for a national title after this weekend, but instead we’ll just watch all of these highlights from all the best moments of the season on repeat.

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