Nimari Burnett was among the many who tuned into Thursday night’s game between Michigan State and Iowa and had rooting interest for obvious reasons.

The Spartans will visit a struggling Iowa team on its senior night, looking to clinch a share of the Big Ten championship.

Michigan State might have the Big Ten title in its grasp, but it's not getting ahead of itself with big goals in mind.

Michigan State redshirt freshman guard Jeremy Fears Jr. hadn't been putting much of a dent in the scoring column in the two games prior t

"If Iowa wins, then we're going to be right back where we were before this game," Michigan basketball forward Danny Wolf said Wednesday night.

Michigan State center Szymon Zapala will play his final game at the Breslin Center on Sunday when the Spartans host Michigan.

Michigan losing back-to-back games at home meant an anticlimactic crown for the Spartans and they want no part in sharing. Following Sunday’s victory against Wisconsin, Cooper served up motivation to his teammates about the matchup against the Hawkeyes (15-14, 6-12).

The Iowa Hawkeyes improbable dream of winning the Big Ten Tournament for a fourth consecutive season lives, at least for another day.Iowa beat Michigan State 74

Matchups between Michigan and Michigan State always will have meaning to their fan bases. In terms of the Big Ten race, the regular-season finale between the in-state rivals in East Lansing on Sunday afternoon is essentially a tuneup for the conference tournament.

The Michigan State basketball team will try to win its sixth straight game and can clinch an outright Big Ten championship when it plays its final league road game against Iowa on Thursday, March 6 at Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET.