Michigan State will make a second consecutive appearance in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.
After being the only team among the Big Ten and Big East to not participate in the first four iterations of the games, the Spartans made their Gavitt debut in 2019 when they beat Seton Hall on the road in mid-November. Now, they’ll be back in in 2020 according to national college basketball writer Adam Zagoria.
Big Ten in the Gavitt Games:
Iowa
Michigan State
Purdue
Rutgers
Indiana
Wisconsin
Maryland
1 other https://t.co/DSvLvRoFwe— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) May 18, 2020
It is likely that MSU will host their Gavitt game this season.
The Gavitt Games are an annual competition between eight Big Ten and eight Big East teams at the beginning of the college basketball season. They started in 2015 and are named after Dave Gavitt, the first commissioner of the Big East.
The Big Ten holds a 2-0 lead in the event, winning 5-3 in both 2018 and 2019. The two conferences tied 4-4 in the first three years. Michigan State, Maryland, and Ohio State are the only three teams yet to lose in the Gavitt Games.
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