Filed under: Sippin' on Purple Northwestern basketball vs. Michigan State Game Thread By Loretta8 Jan 3, 2011, 6:15pm CST Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Northwestern basketball vs. Michigan State Game Thread Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email It's the Big Ten home opener, and for the third straight year, it's against Michigan State. Here's to a better result than the last two. If you're not at Welsh-Ryan, the game's on Big Ten Network. Comment away. More From Inside NU Three Northwestern teams most likely to hoist a national trophy next To Northwestern softball’s super seniors: A tribute Northwestern 2023 sports were (generally) awesome Where does Izzy Scane’s 2023 season rank in Northwestern history? Northwestern softball post-mortem 2023: A special group as told by an anthology of stats BREAKING: Northwestern attacker Izzy Scane wins the Tewaaraton Award