While the Spartans are a 16.5-point favorite in this game, and a No. 3 seed expects to beat a No. 14 seed, anything is possible in the NCAA Tournament, as MSU knows all too well from a decade ago. So, Michigan State is going to have to come into this game playing their best basketball and get ready for a game NDSU team.
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Michigan State hockey senior forward Charlie Stramel and junior goaltender Trey Augustine were each selected as Top Ten finalists for the 2026 Hobey Baker Memorial Award on Wednesday afternoon. It marks the fourth time in program history that Michigan State has produced multiple finalists in the same season, following Mike York and Chad Alban in 1998, Kip Miller and Bobby Reynolds in 1989, and Craig Simpson and Kelly Miller in 1985.
Four Michigan State gymnasts were named to 2026 Women’s Gymnastics All-Big Ten teams, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon. MSU earned three first-team selections – seniors Sage Kellerman and Nikki Smith and junior MaKayla Tucker – while senior Olivia Zsarmani was named Second Team All-Big Ten. The Spartans’ three first-team selections are tied for the most with UCLA.
With spring practice beginning this week for the Michigan State football team, msuspartans.com takes a look at the position breakdown on defense and special teams for the Spartans.
With spring practice beginning this week for the Michigan State football team, msuspartans.com takes a look at the position breakdown on offense for the Spartans.
No. 3-ranked Michigan State hockey received three postseason awards from the Big Ten Conference on Wednesday afternoon, with senior defenseman Matt Basgall being named Defensive Player of the Year, junior goaltender Trey Augustine earning Goaltender of the Year, and Head Coach Adam Nightingale garnering Coach of the Year honors. In total, the Spartans placed five student-athletes on the All-Big Ten teams.
No. 3 seed Michigan State, making its 28th-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament under Head Coach Tom Izzo, plays No. 14 seed North Dakota on Thursday, March 19 (4:05 p.m., TNT) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (East Region) at Key Bank Center. The winner of Thursday’s game will advance to play the winner of a game between No. 6 seed Louisville and No. 11 seed South Florida on Saturday, March 21.
Michigan State gymnastics senior Nikki Smith has been named a finalist for the 2026 American Athletic Inc. (AAI) Award, given to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the country. Smith is one of seven finalists, announced Wednesday by the organization. The Bloomfield Hills, Michigan native was chosen as a finalist out of 45 nominees by NCAA head coaches. She is the first AAI Award finalist in program history.
It’s going to be interesting to see how much (or if) these guys play with Michigan State’s season on the line. MSU has a pretty solid starting five right now of Fears-Scott-Carr-Kohler-Cooper. Any non-injury related changes there at this phase would be stunning. We can also feel pretty certain that Kur Teng and Cam Ward are going to play some serious minutes off the bench.
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For the 28th season in a row, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans are dancing. Sunday’s Selection Show revealed that MSU would be a 3-seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and tasked with a first round matchup in Buffalo, NY against the Bison of North Dakota State. The first ever hardwood matchup between these two schools will tip-off at 4:05 PM ET on Thursday afternoon, broadcasted live on TNT.
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Pat Fitzgerald kicked off the opening day of spring Michigan State football practice with a peek into the future. The Spartans landed a pair of three-star commitments for 2027 from Brighton offensive tackle Jack Carlson and Ohio quarterback Eli Stumpf on Tuesday, March 17.
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Jeremy Fears Jr. was named a Second Team All-American by the Associated Press, announced on Tuesday afternoon. The recognition from the Associated Press plays a factor for the official consensus NCAA team. This is the second All-American honor for Fears, who was a third team selection by The Sporting News last month.
First-year Spartan head football coach Pat Fitzgerald conducted his first practice at Michigan State as MSU opened spring ball on Tuesday morning inside the Greg and Dawn Williams Indoor Practice Facility. Following practice, Fitzgerald spoke to the media, along with senior linebacker Jordan Hall and redshirt sophomore quarterback Alessio Milivojevic.
In her first year attending public school, Howell High School senior Lilly Williams did almost everything a high school women’s basketball player could hope for. She officially signed to play Division I basketball at Michigan State in November, was selected as a McDonald’s All-American in February, helped snap Belleville’s 35-game winning streak en route to winning the KLAA Championship on Feb. 26 and was named Gatorade Michigan Girls Basketball Player of the Year on March 13.
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Michigan State will open the tournament against the Colorado State Rams, which captured the Mountain West Tournament championship for the first time since 2016 and is making its first NCAA Tournament appearance since that same season.
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There is only one guaranteed game left in the season. We, as outsiders, can worry about how No. 3 seed Michigan State would match up against Louisville or South Florida in the second round, or against UConn in the Sweet 16, or against Duke in the Elite Eight, but none of that matters if MSU goes down immediately to North Dakota State on Thursday.
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Before daybreak comes the dawn of Michigan State football’s renaissance. Could it come at a more fitting time than the early morning hours of St. Patrick’s Day? That’s when new coach Pat Fitzgerald will bring his team together for its inaugural spring practice in green and white, a 6:40 a.m. wakeup call for the first of 15 workouts to teach and galvanize the Spartans heading into the 2026 season.
It has been a whirlwind of an offseason for the Spartans, with head coach Pat Fitzgerald taking the reins days after Jonathan Smith was released following a 4-8 campaign with all eight losses coming consecutively. The Spartans struggled to have one identity during the Smith tenure, and look to forge one as the Fitzgerald era begins for MSU. Here are three things to monitor as spring practices and media availability open up.
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