Send it home, Chris

Player of the game, Durrell Summers. Dunk of the year, Chris Allen. Summers has time to catch him, but he might need another Stanley Robinson posterization to top Allen's baseline tomahawk.

    The locker room was full of raves for both -- Summers' play and Allen's slam -- with Allen saying this of Summers: "He looked like a pro tonight. He keeps playing like that, I don't want to say it, but he won't be here next year."
    That was totally unprompted, by the way. And no, I don't think you need to worry too much about it.
    It's hard to say what's going on with Summers' shooting this season. He was 50 percent from the 3-point line as a frosh, 38 percent last season, 28 percent this season. The form is fine, maybe the best on the team, but they aren't falling.
    The one thing he's doing better than ever, though, is rebounding. He's now had seven or more in six of the past nine games, with two straight double doubles.
    It seems to be feeding the rest of his game. If those shots start falling with more regularity, watch out.
    "When I'm hitting the glass like that, I feel like I can't be stopped," he said.
    Once again, MSU had some guys (Summers, Delvon Roe) up and some (Raymar Morgan) down. To be fair to Morgan, he basically didn't play in this game. Sixteen minutes, five fouls, see ya. Burn the tape.
    Overall, this was another coulda-been blowout that finished in a single-digit victory. MSU is 9-0 in the Big Ten, but seven of those victories have been by 10 points or less. The difference between this one and some of the others is that Tom Izzo called this "one of the more complete games we've played."
    On to Wisconsin, where MSU hasn't won since 2001. The rest of the Big Ten will once again pop some popcorn and root with all its collective might for this to become a race.

    NOTE: According to the Big Ten Network, Tom Izzo now has the best winning percentage in Big Ten games for coaches who coached 10 years or more, nudging past Bobby Knight with Saturday's victory.