The team chants together before their game against Iowa. The Spartans fell to the Hawkeyes, 87-72, in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Mar. 12, 2021. — Photo by Lauren DeMay | The State News MSU came to Indianapolis as a team with lots of potentials, but a bumpy up-and-down regular-season resume left a lot of people wondering if they were a real threat to make a run at the Big Ten tournament and later this month at the NCAA tournament. Despite falling just short of reaching their first Big Ten championship game since 2016, they proved that they are a threat to any team that takes the court against them.