Northwestern Wildcats Basketball vs. Michigan State Spartans - 1/21/09

The Northwestern Wildcats stun the 7th ranked Michigan States Spartans at the Breslin Center in East Lansing with a 70-63 road victory behind 31 points from Kevin Coble and 20 points from Michael Thompson.

-Northwestern ended Michigan States' 28 game home winning streak
-Northwestern ended Michigan States' 80 game home winning streak against unranked opponents
-Northwestern beat a ranked team on the road for the first time since 1999
-Northwestern beat a top 10 team for the first time since 1994
-Northwestern beat Michigan State in East Lansing for the first time since 1984
-Northwestern beat a top 10 team on the road for the first time since 1953 and against its highest ranked opponent in program history
-Northwestern beat ranked teams in back-to-back games for the first time in program history

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• Northwestern
• University
• NU
• Basketball
• Michigan
• State
• Spartans
• Kevin
• Coble
• Michael
• Thompson
• Craig
• Moore
• Bill
• Carmody
• Breslin
• Center

[Closso]

Just noticed on that jump ball/timeout at the end Coble called for the timeout before Mirkovic was wrapped up. Man that guy plays smart.

[NUBears]

Yeah, Coble's timeout ensured the victory. It was huge.

[champs2510]

You have no idea how many time's I've watched this video.

Go Cats!

[gprice1613]

@nickstick56

michael thompson just buried another 30 footer in your eye

[BrenMcCloud]

@steph0098 Wow, what a bitchy sore loser. If all m-s-who fans are assholes like you, it makes me glad I'm not a sparty fan.

[nickstick56]

WHAT?????????????/

[nickstick56]

Go State!

[Jakkace]

Quit bitching. Craig Moore makes those long 3s ALL THE TIME. Thats why hes like 4th all time in Big Ten History with 3s. Sure we didn't go dancing. We didn't deserve to go to NCAA tourney. But every upset has it that the team did something VERY well. Just look at all the upsets in NCAA history. The team that won did something extraordinary, and that is what NU did. Great game for NU. Give them the props, instead of being a sore loser.

[victory4msu26]

Well they just did win the big ten so now what do you have to say?

[jbcanadian]

no they wont..they lost to NW and there getting destroyed by purdue right now

[keeper028]

hey steph ur just mad that we beat msu and watever the team u like cant

[tylerboschert2007]

Every team that makes the NCAA as a lower seed runs into some luck over the course of the year--otherwise, teams with similar talent but more luck would take their spot. Luck evens out, too--if the 'Cats had been shooting like that against Michigan and Iowa, they would have won those games. NU has proven they have the talent to compete in the Big Ten, as this game, the Minnesota game, the Wisconsin game, etc. show.