Eleventh-ranked Michigan State's (11-4, 21-7) 74-67 loss to the 12th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes (11-4, 21-7) was more than a just a loss, it may have cost Tom Izzo's Spartans a league title.

Thad Matta's club killed two birds with one stone Sunday. The first "bird" was knocking Sparty from first place in the Big Ten for the first time since 2008. The other "bird" was delivering the Spartans a loss at the Breslin Center, something that just doesn't happen too often.

With the loss, the Spartans are in a two-way tie with the Buckeyes for the second spot in the league. Matt Painter's fourth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers now sit alone atop the Big Ten standings with a slim half-game advantage (11-3, 22-3).

Dropping the cruc...

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