13 hours ago

Mississippi State enters the NCAA Tournament with a 21-13 record and an 8-10 finish in SEC play. The Bulldogs have many solid wins this season, including in non-conference play. This includes two wins against Big Ten teams Northwestern and Rutgers. Their biggest wins of the season, however, came in conference play. They beat two top-10 teams in Auburn and Tennessee, during the regular season. They followed up the win against Tennessee by beating them a second time in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.

Source: Spartan Shadowse

 

24 hours ago

After a lot of questions about the Spartans and a potential bubble status, Michigan State was safely into the final field as a 9-seed in the West Region. As a result, they bypass the First Four and will get a Round of 64 matchup against 8-seed Mississippi State from the SEC.

Source: Saturday Tradition

1 day ago

Shortly after the selection show, Charles McClelland, the NCAA’s selection committee chair, explained why the Spartans earned a bid. “It wasn’t only the record, but it was the wins against Quad 1 teams, it was their strength of schedule and overall body of work as we continue to say,” he said on CBS Sports HQ on Sunday. “We did take a notice of those losses, but they had some significant wins, they had some really big opportunities, and the matrix was there in order for Michigan (State) to be squarely into the tournament.”

Source: Detroit Free Press

1 day ago
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It was an uneasy Selection Sunday in East Lansing, but Michigan State is in. The Spartans have received a bid to their 26th consecutive NCAA Tournament, just barely sneaking into the field as one of the final at-large bids. MSU is the No. 9 in the West Region, opening against No. 8 seed Mississippi State on Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Source: Spartan Tailgate

2 days ago

Michigan State left the Target Center on Friday afternoon feeling good about its NCAA Tournament fate following an 18-win regular season and a Big Ten Tournament win with strong rankings numbers. A wild Saturday in college hoops may have changed that outlook and sent Michigan State toward a play-in game and dangerously close to the tournament cut line.

Source: MLive.com

3 days ago

Michigan State basketball is projected to make the tournament, but it’s far from a lock, one day away from Selection Sunday. The latest bracketology projections have MSU (19-14) on the right side of the bubble in the tournament field, but the Spartans are projected to be one of the very last at-large teams to secure a bid.

Source: Detroit Free Press

3 days ago

Michigan State fought back from an 8-point deficit late in the game to tie it with less than two minutes left on a jumper from graduate guard Tyson Walker, but fell short against top-seeded Purdue, 67-62, in a quarterfinal game of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday at Target Center.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

4 days ago

They know the difficult task at hand familiarly. Particularly since it hasn’t even been two weeks since Michigan State basketball’s big men last faced Zach Edey. Since then, the Purdue star captured another Big Ten player of the year award. Meantime, the Spartans’ revolving door on the low block continues to spin. But the key for Xavier Booker, Carson Cooper, Jaxon Kohler and Mady Sissoko remains the same: try and slow down Edey to give No. 8 seed MSU a chance at the upset against the top-seeded Boilermakers in Friday’s rematch.

Source: Detroit Free Press

5 days ago

Michigan State used a late run in the second half and held on to beat Minnesota, 77-67, in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday afternoon at Target Center. Tyson Walker scored 15 points, grabbed three rebounds and had three assists and A.J. Hoggard scored a team-high 17 points and had six assists, while Malik Hall scored all nine of his points in the second half.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

5 days ago

From the annals of, “One man’s problem is another man’s opportunity,” comes the story of Kevin Pauga, who has capitalized perhaps as much as any one individual from college sports’ scheduling headache.Pauga, Michigan State’s associate athletic director, is the brains behind Faktor, a sports scheduling platform borne of Pauga’s lifelong interest in solving logistical puzzles.

Source: Sportico

 

6 days ago

Michigan State enters the Big Ten Tournament as the No. 8 seed and will face No. 9 seed Minnesota on Thursday, March 14 (noon, BTN). The winner advances to face No. 1 Purdue on Friday, March 15. The game will air live on BTN, with Brandon Gaudin, Stephen Bardo and Rick Pizzo calling all of the action.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

6 days ago

Nearly three decades ago, Michigan State University offered Tom Izzo a five-year, $540,000 contract to be its next men’s basketball coach. He didn’t bother countering or negotiating. In fact, he didn’t even have an agent.In the years since, Izzo has led the Spartans to eight Final Four appearances and a national championship in 2000 – emerging as one of the sport’s iconic coaches and, in many ways, the face of the university. His contracts have gotten more lucrative and complex as a result, but he said his approach at Michigan State hasn’t changed.

Source: USA Today

7 days ago
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7 days ago

Michigan State’s men’s basketball senior guard Tyson Walker was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference Second Team by the league’s coaches and media, the league office announced on Tuesday, March 12. Walker was one of three MSU players to earn all-conference honors, as graduate forward Malik Hall and senior guard A.J. Hoggard were both honorable mention selections by the coaches and media.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

 

7 days ago

“New season starts Thursday,” Izzo said. “I’m kind of happy the old one’s over. Learned a lot, figured out a lot and hopefully we’ll do a better job.” The Spartans open that postseason on Thursday in Minneapolis with a Big Ten tournament second-round matchup against Minnesota.

Source: MLive.com

1 week ago

Michigan State’s men’s basketball team clinched the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will face No. 9 seed Minnesota on Thursday, March 14 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The Spartans will square off with the Golden Gophers in the first game of the morning session, tipping off noon ET (11 a.m. CT) on BTN.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

1 week ago

Michigan State came back from a 17-point first half deficit to take a second half lead, but Indiana’s Kel’el Ware hit a free throw with 17 seconds left and a Spartans last second shot was off the mark as the Hoosiers posted a 65-64 win at Assembly Hall Sunday afternoon.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

1 week ago

Michigan State’s men’s basketball team closes out the regular season on Sunday, March 10, visiting Indiana for the first time this season (CBS, 4:30 p.m.). The Spartans, coming off a 53-49 win over Northwestern on Senior Day on Wednesday, have won nine of the last 14 games and 14 of the last 21 games overall. The game will air live on CBS, with Spero Dedes and Jim Spanarkel calling all of the action.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

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