Photo Gallery: Michigan basketball vs. Michigan State at Crisler

Michigan State senior Travis Trice and junior Matt Costello during the first half at Crisler Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015.

(Melanie Maxwell | The Ann Arbor News)

EAST LANSING -- You can see it in their faces and their body language: this is a different Michigan State team than was seen a little more than two weeks ago, when it suffered a tough home loss to Illinois.

You can see it in the numbers, too.

From free throw percentage to minute distribution to projected NCAA tournament seeding, plenty has changed though Michigan State's four-game win streak -- one it will try to extend on Thursday with Minnesota in town.

Here's a look at a few of those numbers, plus other notable figures for Michigan State basketball:

50: Michigan State's RPI on Feb. 8 after its loss to Illinois.

27: Michigan State's current RPI.

9: Michigan State's projected NCAA tournament seed by ESPN's Joe Lunardi on Feb. 9.

7: The Spartans' projected seed on Monday.

62.1: Michigan State's free throw percentage in its first 23 games of the season, culminating with a 7 for 18 performance against Illinois.

73.6: Michigan State's free throw percentage in its last four games, culminating with a 17 for 20 performance against Illinois.

.333: Senior guard Travis Trice's shooting percentage in his last six games in the starting lineup.

.404: Trice's shooting percentage in his last four games coming off the bench.

34.4: Trice's minutes per game through the first 10 Big Ten teams of the year.

27.8: Trice's minutes per game in the last four games.

16.3: Trice's points per game in his last four games. While playing nearly seven fewer minutes per game, Trice has still managed to score nearly three more points per game.

16.7: Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn's minutes per game in his first 23 games of the season.

31: Nairn's minutes per game in the last four games.

36: Michigan State's strength of schedule.

28: Michigan State's projected strength of schedule rank by the end of the season. The Spartans still have games left against RPI No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 35 Indiana and No. 58 Purdue.

5-2: Michigan State's Big Ten home record.

5-2: Michigan State's Big Ten road record. The Spartans have won their last four road games.

17.1: Assists per game, a figure that ranks Michigan State No. 4 in the country and tops in the Big Ten. Only three teams under Tom Izzo have averaged more than 17 assists per game, most recently the 2007-08 game.

3.4: Trice's assist-to-turnover ratio, a mark that places him No. 4 in the country and tops in the Big Ten.

24: Fouls called against Michigan State on Sunday against Illinois. That's the third-highest total of the season, behind the 27 it was whistled for Dec. 30 at home against Maryland and Jan. 24 at Nebraska.

30: Fouls called within 60 seconds of the previous foul in Sunday's game against Illinois (hat tip to Ducking Delvon)

10.1: Minnesota's steals per game, the third-best mark in the country and best in the Big Ten. The Gophers have at times led the country in steals.

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