EAST LANSING – Jonathan Smith began his Monday press conference the same way as every week.

The Michigan State coach went through a three-phase review of the previous game before talking about the upcoming opponent.

This week is different because there’s only one game left on the schedule and it might be the last in Smith’s two-season run leading the Spartans.

Michigan State (3-8, 0-8 Big Ten) has lost eight straight games and will face Maryland (4-7, 1-7) on Saturday (7 p.m., FS1) at Ford Field in Detroit. The program’s longest losing streak in more than four decades has led to nonstop speculation about Smith’s future amid silence from athletic director J Batt.

Smith is 8-15 overall and 3-14 in Big Ten play, not factoring in wins vacated last season due to NCAA sanctions. He meets wee

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