(AP) — – Michigan State coach Tom Izzo likes to say his team has seen it all by this point of the season. The eighth-ranked Spartans (24-7, 13-5 Big Ten) have played the fourth-strongest schedule in the country according to the latest RPI rankings, including wins over seventh-ranked Kansas, sixth-ranked Michigan and No. 10 Ohio State. The Spartans also played at ninth-ranked Miami in November and finished tied for second in the Big Ten, which currently boasts four teams ranked in the top 10. Izzo said Tuesday that although this team has been through a physical and mental ringer this season, past experience should bode well for the Spartans this week at the Big Ten tournament and beyond. ”I guess, like probably all coaches, you worry about how many times you can go to the well,” Izzo said. ”I think on the other side of it, it’s still going to benefit you that you can sit in a locker room before a game or talk in a huddle that, you’ve played teams like this, you’ve played…
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