The North Carolina Tar Heels and Michigan State Spartans clash in a top-20 Thanksgiving Day showdown in Fort Myers.

CBS Sports analyst Jon Rothstein ranks Michigan State basketball as the No. 5 team in the country. The Spartans recently defeated North Carolina, improving their record to 7-0 for the season. Michigan State is currently ranked No. 12 in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll. Upcoming games for the Spartans include matchups against Iowa and Duke.

The Michigan State guard headed back down court celebrating a new career high in scoring with 19 points to cap a 74-58 win against North Carolina in the championship game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday. Here are quick takeaways and observations for the Spartans heading into a December dip into Big Ten play:

Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 19 points and No. 11 Michigan State pulled away to beat No. 16 North Carolina 74-58 In the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Michigan State deserves more, TCU upset No. 10 Florida, Nivar posts a triple-double, Boyd dominates and more from Thursday's college basketball action.

Ranked No. 17 in the USA TODAY coaches poll and 16th in the AP Top 25, the Tar Heels (6-0) have stacked six wins to start a season for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign, which ended with UNC winning the national championship.

It's nearly Thanksgiving, which means it's "Feast Week" in the college basketball calendar, where tons of mid-season tournaments and fun, non-conference matchups are plentiful. Michigan State will be spending it in Florida for the Fort Myers Tip-Off.

Dusty May breaks from watching film on Sunday afternoon when a visitor stops by Michigan’s temporary headquarters inside a ballroom at the Park MGM Hotel. May has been awake since about 3:30 a.m., when he whispered to ask his wife if it was OK if he opened his laptop and started watching film of San Diego State,