Michigan St. beats Illini to lock up Big Ten title

Michigan St. beats Illini to lock up Big Ten title

Published Mar. 2, 2009 1:24 a.m. ET

With a share of the Big Ten title on the line and Illinois closing fast on what had once looked like a comfortable lead, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo put his faith and the ninth-ranked Spartans' fate in the hands of a little used grad student from Nigeria.

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