STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — At some point, the identity of a team simply is what it is.
It might not be exactly what anyone was hoping for, and that's probably why early this week, when he was asked what his team's identity was, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo chuckled as he said free-throw shooting was the Spartans' calling card.
That was, at the time, the best Izzo had. Michigan State has been shooting well from the line and coming off the win over Indiana on Saturday, when it went 25-for-28. It's been one of the few consistent things the Spartans have done this season, even noting that two games — Northwestern and at Illinois — slipped away with missed free throws in the final seconds.
