Iowa men visit No. 7 Michigan State Tuesday night
December 1st, 2025 by Ric Hanson
Iowa basketball coach Ben McCollum will make hs Big Ten debut against the league’s longest tenured coach on Tuesday night when the Hawkeyes visit seventh ranked ranked Michigan State. Tom Izzo is in his 31st season as Spartan coach and has led the school to eight trips to the Final Four.
The Breslin Center has been one of the toughest place for road teams to win.
McCollum says there is no way to prepare for the atmosphere they will face.
McCollum on if Iowa will go small against the Spartan’s double post lineup.
Michigan State is a plus-12 in rebounding margin and McCollum says all of the top teams in the Big Ten are good on the glass.




