Both teams advanced to the championship game of the 2014 Big Ten Conference Tournament , marking the first time they have faced each other in any postseason tournament , and the first time they played three games against each other in one season . Michigan State won by a score of 69 &ndash; 55 securing the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament . For the first rivalry contest of the 2014 – 15 Big Ten season , Michigan alum Nik Stauskas and Michigan State alum Draymond Green , the 2014 and 2012 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Players of the Year , respectively , had a highly publicized Twitter war of words and bet on the game
2014 Big Ten Conference Tournament
2014 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Michigan–Michigan State men's basketball rivalry