The Spartans began the Big Ten season on fire , winning their first nine games , with wins over No. 25 Northwestern and No. 17 Wisconsin in the first two games . The winning streak ended with three straight losses to Wisconsin , Illinois , and No. 6 Purdue . The Spartans rebounded to finish 14 &ndash; 4 in Big Ten play and capture a share of the Big Ten regular season title . Michigan State completed the regular season at 24 – 7 and ranked 11th in the country . As the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten Tournament , they were defeated in overtime by No. 6 seed Minnesota in the quarterfinals
Big Ten Tournament
2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team