Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State’s season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans remained undefeated by beating No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 at Madison Square Garden in the annual Champions Classic.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/kentucky as Jimmy Dykes got brutally honest about Kentucky after the Michigan State loss. The ugly loss the Kentucky Wildcats suffered at the hands of Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans has Big Blue Nation concerned about this basketball team.

That’s the question everyone will be asking in the wake of No. 12 Kentucky’s 83-66 loss to No. 17 Michigan State on Tuesday in a wholly lopsided Champions Classic opener.

The next challenge will be a lot different with a buy game against the Titans, who are coming off a 72-62 loss against Eastern Michigan. Detroit Mercy is led by second-year coach Mark Montgomery, a former standout player for the Spartans and assistant coach under Izzo.

Tuesday night revealed that no ceiling needs to be put on Michigan State basketball this year, at least not yet. The 17th-ranked Spartans dominated No. 12 Kentu

Michigan State unleashes a first-half three-point explosion, dominating Kentucky on the glass and seizing a commanding lead.

No. 17 MSU returns to the Breslin Center after dominant win over Kentucky, facing 1-4 Detroit Mercy with tipoff at 6:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network. Here's how to watch for free.

No. 12 Kentucky suffered a pretty brutal upset on Tuesday night, losing 83–66 to No. 17 Michigan State at the Champions Classic. The matchup was a chance for the Wildcats to show off their strength on a national stage, but they fell short.