Michigan State basketball is ranked for the first time this year.
The Spartans cracked the top 25 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll for the first time this season on Monday. Michigan State came in at No. 25 in the updated poll released this week.
Michigan State is coming off an impressive showing at the Maui Invitational, where they won two of three games to finish in third-place. That included a notable victory over North Carolina to wrap up the tournament and improve to 6-2 overall on the year.
The Spartans are one of six teams from the Big Ten ranked this week. The other ranked Big Ten teams are Purdue (No. 7), Oregon (No. 10), Wisconsin (No. 11), Illinois (No. 17) and Michigan (No. 23).
Click here to see the complete rankings from USA TODAY Sports.
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