The Duke Blue Devils played just six players during Tuesday's showdown against the Michigan State Spartans at Cameron Indoor Stadium, but that was more than enough to earn their conference a 78-69 victory in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

The two blue-blood programs with legendary coaches in Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo have experienced very different starts to the season. The No. 5 Blue Devils improved to 7-1 overall and 5-0 at home, while the unranked Spartans dropped to 4-4.

ESPN Stats & Info noted how long it has been since Izzo's team got off to such a poor start:

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