Shortly after beating a top-five team in East Lansing in an overtime thriller, Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo had to shift his focus to Wisconsin.
Beating Illinois was huge and it required some celebration, but Tuesday night proved that the Spartans can’t be celebrating for too long because Wisconsin is going to be a battle. The Badgers just went into Champaign and upset the Illini, securing a second top-10 win on the road over the past month.
A big reason for Wisconsin’s recent success (8-2 over the past 10 games) has been star guard John Blackwell from Bloomfield Hills, Mich…