EAST LANSING – Things looked different this afternoon than they did the last time Tom Izzo took the podium at the media room in Breslin Center – Sunday afternoon, upset after an 84-77 overtime escape of Northwestern, concerned that his team might be in for another dose of bad medicine.

Wisconsin lost at Rutgers that night. The Badgers are now 3-1 in the Big Ten, tied with MSU, Maryland, Indiana and Iowa, and they’ll be missing senior point guard Traevon Jackson (broken foot) for about six weeks. And the two MSU players Izzo said would be tested for serious illness – junior guard Denzel Valentine and junior center Matt Costello — are OK. - Read more at Freep.com