EAST LANSING, Mich. Thiago Alcantara Bayern Munich Jersey . -- Tom Izzo is openly lobbying for someone else to move to No. 1 in next weeks rankings. "Weve just got to hope now that Kansas blows somebody out so they move them ahead of us," the Michigan State coach said. "We proved tonight were not ready to handle any kind of success, and that disappoints me." The angst was back in Izzos voice Friday night, even though No. 2 Michigan State did pull away from upset-minded Columbia in the final two minutes for a 62-53 victory. The Spartans trailed for a majority of the second half, but Adreian Payne was too much for the Lions inside, finishing with 26 points. Michigan State (3-0) beat top-ranked Kentucky earlier in the week, and No. 5 Kansas beat No. 4 Duke. Unbeaten Louisville is No. 3. Maodo Lo had 12 points for Columbia (1-2), which kept its poise for the most part but went scoreless for the final 4:27. "All credit to Columbia. They came out and played their heart out," Michigan States Denzel Valentine said. "We need to come out with more energy and passion than we did today." Michigan State scored the games first nine points, but the Spartans trailed 26-22 at halftime and didnt lead again until Gary Harris three-point play put Michigan State ahead 49-46 with 7:28 to go. Columbias Meiko Lyles made a 3-pointer with 6:08 to go to tie it at 51, and the Lions trailed 54-53 after a layup by Alex Rosenberg, but they didnt score again. Down 55-53, Columbia committed back-to-back shot clock violations. The Lions may have been thrown off by the Michigan State crowd, which was counting the clock down falsely -- a couple seconds too late. "When that happened, I almost got up and thanked them," Izzo said. "I didnt want to embarrass anybody." Still, Columbia had a chance to tie it with 1:47 to go, but Isaac Cohen missed the front end of a one-and-one. At the other end, Keith Appling drove into the teeth of the Columbia defence and lobbed an alley-oop to Payne that made it 57-53. Michigan State hasnt been No. 1 in the AP poll since 2001, the year after the Spartans won the national championship. "Ill just save you guys the embarrassment of writing stupid things," Izzo said. "We havent proven enough to be considered a great team. Were a doggone good team with a long, long way to go." The Spartans were obviously in danger of a letdown after beating Kentucky, but they appeared to avoid that when they opened the game on a 9-0 run. But perhaps the game was a little too easy for Michigan State at the start. The Spartans ended up shooting 35 per cent in the first half, and Columbia got comfortable quickly. Rosenbergs layup capped a 9-0 run for the Lions that put them ahead 14-11, and Michigan State had a hard time shaking them after that. "It all falls on our energy level," Appling said. "They took advantage of that. They were in position to win." Payne had 11 rebounds and shot 9 of 15 from the field. The Spartans attempted 30 free throws to Columbias 11, but although they had some success inside in the second half, they finished 0 of 7 from 3-point range. Michigan State also had only five offensive rebounds. "Ill take most of the blame because Im the one thats supposed to have them ready to play," Izzo said. "Rebounding here is a religion, and maybe this team wants to change that, so Ive got to make sure that doesnt happen." Harris scored 11 points and Valentine had 10. Cohen and Rosenberg had 10 points each for the Lions. "You play to win. We try to compete and win," Columbia coach Kyle Smith said. "But the moral victory is that we were competitive, and I expected that. Our guys bring a good effort." Nacho Monreal Arsenal Jersey . 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Oswalt gets a US$2 million buyout instead of $16 million next season. Lidge receives a $1.5 million buyout instead of $12. BLAINE, Minn. -- Jay Haas often looks at the scoreboard during his round. What he saw with four holes to play Friday wasnt the most pleasing number. Coming off back-to-back bogeys after missing short putts, Haas birdied the final four holes en route to an 8-under 64 to share the lead with John Huston after the first round of the 3M Championship. Haas also recorded an ace during his round. He made a 30-foot putt at No. 15 to start his strong finish. "That was huge because Id gone back to 4-under and I was a little disappointed to be only 4-under at that stage because I played pretty well," Haas said. "Id been playing beautifully. I was frustrated that Id given two shots back, but at the same time I felt if I kept playing this way Im going to get some more chances." He hit a wedge to about five feet on No. 16, and a 6-iron to about 15 feet on No. 17 to set up more birdies. Haas settled for birdie on the par-5 No. 18 after two-putting from about 10 feet. "It was a very, very eventful day," Haas said. After recording par on the first three holes, Haass tee shot with a 5-iron on the 184-yard fourth hole landed about a foot short and bounced into the hole. "It was probably my best shot ever that went in the hole. It was just a pretty shot from the start," he said. "I was laughing with Mark (Calcavecchia) because hed hit a beautiful 5-iron shot about 10 feet left of the hole, and I said walking up to the green, Id have taken your shot. Good shots dont always go in the hole; great shots dont always go in the hole." Haas drained a 30-footer on No. 5 to begin a string of three straight birdies. Huston, who has one win in seven starts since turning 50 June 1, bogeyed the first hole, but made six birdies in a seven-hole span to get to 6-under after the 12th hole. He closed with two straightt birdies. Nate Palmer Jersey. "Everybody knows youre going to have to shoot low scores here. Fortunately, I was able to get off to a good start today and set myself set up for the weekend," he said. Gary Hallberg, Tom Lehman, Peter Senior and Rod Spittle of Niagara Falls, Ont., were one shot back at the TPC Twin Cities. Calcavecchia, who finished second last year, was two shots back after a 66. Joining him were David Eger, Kenny Perry and Joey Sindelar. Jim Rutledge of Victoria opened with an even-par 72. Brad Faxon, playing in his first event on the Champions Tour, was among a group of nine players shooting 68. Lehman, a native Minnesotan playing the tournament for the first time, birdied his first three holes, but did not get another until going back-to-back on Nos. 11 and 12. "I was happy with the way I played. ... I drove the ball very well, my iron shots were solid and I rolled the ball decently," he said. "Its a good start." With hot temperatures, high dew points and little wind, 53 of the 80 players finished under par. "Youre going to have to put up 20-under this week," Senior said. "I dont think the course is going to play tough enough for the guys to have any sort of problem with it." Because of the nearly 50 millimetres of rain received in the past week, the only complaint was that balls hit off the tee would sometimes stick in the damp fairway and leave mud on the ball, reducing the players ability to control a second shot. "I had four or five shots that did not go within 20, 25 yards of where I wanted them to go," said Sindelar, who suggested lift, clean and place may want to be used if the course doesnt dry out. Defending champion David Frost shot a 1-under 71. No champion has defended his title in the events 19-year history. ' ' '