1.   Lopez had five dazzling dunks, including three off alley-oop passes, and played his typically reliable defense.

2.   Ten unanswered points, highlighted by two dazzling dunks by Lopez, helped the Red Storm get back in it.

3.   Jason Richardson has defied gravity with dazzling dunks and layups for two seasons at Michigan State.

4.   Michigan State would have been just as good in the days before dazzling dunks and the shot clock.