After playing his first game at Madison Square Garden, an amped-up Cam Ward had a few things to say.

The Michigan State freshman forward, who had eight points and four rebounds in a Champions Classic win against Kentucky on Tuesday night , talked about how the team accomplished its goal of punking the Wildcats physically. Then he grabbed his gear along with a full pizza heading out of the locker room before getting a hug from athletic director J Batt.

It was a good night for the Spartans in New York and that spilled into the wee hours Wednesday with the team returning home about 1:30 a.m.

“It was an unbelievable event, unbelievable locker room after, unbelievable plane ride home,” Izzo said Thursday night on his weekly radio show. “I say there’s a lot of games but then there’s memory-

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