1. MSU showed its style can match up with any style and any pace

EAST LANSING — That was a really good win for Michigan State’s basketball team, believe it or not. That Iowa team is going to wind up being trouble a lot of nights in the Big Ten. And this could have been a thorny night for the Spartans, if they’d let it.

Things didn’t start easy. They were playing against a different style and more deliberate pace than anything they’d faced yet this season. They didn’t have their best freshman, Cam Ward, who missed the game with a sprained wrist. He would have been useful in this matchup. They had to figure out how to control the game without a fast break.

But they did, turning a prickly first 10 minutes into an emphatic home win, 71-52, imposing their will on team a that didn’t have th

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