First off - ES is really fired up watching the MSU ladies in pink (Breast Cancer Awareness) beating the crap out of Michigan (by 14 points as of 10:00 remaining in the game); As for MSU men's cagers - both the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll demonstrate the lack of awareness of both the media and coaches with respect to the Spartans' competition this year.

In the AP Poll, MSU is ranked #12, behind a team they beat (Ohio State #10, and two teams to which they lost, #1 Indiana, #8 Miami). How MSU can be ranked behind Ohio State makes no sense. In the USA Today Poll, the coaches ranked MSU #8, ahead of a team they beat (Ohio State #10) and ahead of a team to which they lost (Miami #11), but behind #1 Indiana, to which they lost. How MSU is ranked ahead of Miami is beyond me.

Bottom line:  polls don't matter much, as Tom Izzo has proven over the years with respect to the Spartan hoops' performance in the national tournament.   But here is the USA Today poll below for grins.

USA Today Coaches Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Indiana (25)	20-2	766
2	Florida (6)	18-2	742
3	Michigan	20-2	690
4	Duke	19-2	683
5	Kansas	19-2	654
6	Gonzaga	21-2	614
7	Arizona	19-2	601
8	Michigan State	18-4	518
9	Syracuse	18-3	514
10	Ohio State	17-4	502
11	Miami (FL)	17-3	485
12	Louisville	18-4	470
13	Creighton	20-3	369
14	Butler	18-4	325
15	Kansas State	17-4	314
16	New Mexico	19-3	295
17	Cincinnati	18-4	265
18	Minnesota	17-5	194
19	Oregon	18-4	179
20	Missouri	16-5	143
21	Georgetown	16-4	138
22	Wichita State	19-4	83
23	Ole Miss	17-4	69
24	Oklahoma State	15-5	57
25	Pittsburgh	18-5	54
25	San Diego State	16-5	54

• Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 47, Colorado State 38, Marquette 38, Virginia Commonwealth 33, Wisconsin 25, North Carolina State 24, Memphis 19, Saint Mary's 18, Southern Miss 13, UNLV 12, Belmont 7, Louisiana Tech 6, Middle Tennessee 4, Kentucky 4, UCLA 4, Oklahoma 2, Akron 2, Saint Louis 1

• Dropped from rankings: North Carolina State 19, Marquette 25