Michigan State basketball dropped its first game of the season on Saturday afternoon, and a trio of media members from the Detroit Free Press and Lansing State Journal were there to provide their thoughts.Michigan State came up short in a top 10 matchup against Duke from the Breslin Center on Saturday afternoon. The game was tied with two minutes to go, but the Blue Devils made the winning plays late to get the 66-60 victory over the Spartans.This was the first time this season that Michigan State came up on the wrong side of the scoreboard, dropping to 8-1 overall on the year. Following the game, Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal, and Chris Solari and Shawn Windsor of the Detroit Free Press put together a roughly 10-minute video analyzing the game.Click on the post below to see a complete breakdown video of this game from a trio of the best local media members that cover the Spartans:When @ChrisSolari and @ShawnWindsor are making this exact same face, you know you’re making a great point.That and 9 more minutes of top-notch analysis on MSU’s basketball team after its 66-60 loss to Duke.https://t.co/ltY9stg04w— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) December 6, 2025Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page onFacebookto follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: VIDEO: Michigan State beat reporter, columnists breakdown loss vs. Duke