Wow, what an amazingly fantastic game yesterday, Michigan State topping Ohio State on the hardwood, 59-56. And, with Iowa beating Wisconsin, now the Spartans stand atop the Big Ten. MSU's bigs are for real, and as a group, make up the best interior defense in the conference.  Save for Deshawn Thomas and his 28 points, MSU snuffed out the rest of the Buckeye squad all game long.  Here are the standings.... next up: at Wisconsin on Tuesday.  Go BIG GREEN!   MSU has zoomed up to #13 in the AP poll.....

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
Michigan State	5-1	16-3
Michigan	4-1	17-1
Wisconsin	4-1	13-5
Indiana	3-1	15-2
Minnesota	3-2	15-3
Ohio State	3-2	13-4
Purdue	3-2	10-8
Iowa	2-3	13-5
Northwestern	2-3	11-7
Illinois	1-4	14-5
Nebraska	1-5	10-9
Penn State	0-6	8-10

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Duke (39)	16-1	1,578
2	Michigan (11)	17-1	1,539
3	Kansas (7)	16-1	1,486
3	Syracuse (8)	17-1	1,486
5	Louisville	16-2	1,348
6	Arizona	16-1	1,270
7	Indiana	16-2	1,211
8	Florida	14-2	1,181
9	Butler	16-2	1,146
10	Gonzaga	17-2	994
11	Kansas State	15-2	927
12	Minnesota	15-3	905
13	Michigan State	16-3	831
14	Ohio State	13-4	701
15	New Mexico	16-2	659
16	Oregon	16-2	624
17	Creighton	17-2	611
18	North Carolina State	15-3	587
19	Virginia Commonwealth	16-3	433
20	Wichita State	17-2	363
21	Cincinnati	16-3	322
22	Missouri	13-4	234
23	Ole Miss	15-2	172
24	Notre Dame	15-3	123
25	Miami (FL)	13-3	93

• Others receiving votes: Marquette 92, Wisconsin 55, UCLA 41, UNLV 32, Wyoming 28, San Diego State 26, Colorado State 7, Memphis 6, Georgetown 4, Iowa State 3, North Carolina 3, Louisiana Tech 2, Pittsburgh 1, Bucknell 1

• Dropped from rankings: San Diego State 15, Illinois 23, UCLA 24, Marquette 25