AnnArbor.com sports reporters Nick Baumgardner and Kyle Meinke will conduct a live chat from the Crisler Center during today's Michigan State at Michigan basketball game (7 p.m., ESPN).

Stop by to share your thoughts on the game. The chat will launch at 6:30 p.m.

Before tipoff, check out Baumgardner's stories leading up to the game:

• 4 things to watch: No. 9 Michigan State at No. 20 Michigan

• Michigan's short-handed frontcourt will have its hands full vs. Michigan State

• Michigan tries to prove last season's Spartan sweep was no 'fluke'

• Tom Izzo: The Michigan-Michigan State basketball game isn't 'life and death'

• Tim Hardaway Jr. doesn't make Wooden Award cut; MSU's Draymond Green among final 25

• After its worst loss, the Michigan basketball team enters the toughest stretch of its season

And, on your way to the chat, participate in our poll: