Michigan State Students Force Two Consecutive Shot-Clock Violations

In the final minutes of Friday night's win over Columbia, the Michigan State student section provided a new counter to the ball-controlling, time-eating Princeton offense: chant a phony countdown that forces a shot-clock violation.

The second-ranked Spartans, who at one point trailed Columbia by seven in the second half, were hanging on to a two-point lead late in the game when the Izzone forced two consecutive turnovers. Near the end of a possession, the students began a countdown chant,