Michigan State authored a thoroughly dominating and slightly surprising rout of Kentucky in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. The Spartans came out of the gates red-hot from beyond the arc and stifled a potent Wildcats offense for 40 minutes with suffocating defense. After the 83-66 victory, the outspoken Hall of Fame coach praised his team for its performance and also pointed to a way the program operates differently than most in the transfer portal era.
The first question he fielded from media addressed the idea that not enough attention is paid to continuity with all the player movement. Izzo clearly agreed with that assessment.
