In a recent post from the creator of the analytic, Evan Miyakawa, he released the best lineups in the sport. These lineups that made the cut are the top performing lineups in offensive, defensive, overall and predictive efficiency metrics. MSU had a lineup come in at No. 4 on the list. Jeremy Fears Jr., Kur Teng, Coen Carr, Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper was the lineup that is currently ranked as the No. 4 lineup in America, per those efficiency metrics.
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A decade after Denzel Valentine earned it, Coen Carr is in the running to become Michigan State’s second recipient of the Julius Erving Award. Carr has been named one of 10 mid-season candidates for the award, which has honored the top small forward in college basketball since 2015.
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Michigan State’s hockey team has ended Michigan’s 10-week run at the top of the national polls. The Spartans and Wolverines changed places at the top of the U.S. College Hockey Online and USA Hockey polls after MSU took four of six points against Michigan during last week’s two-game series – the first ever with the two rivals ranked as the top two teams in the country.
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Years from now, some people might wonder how Kenneth Walker III didn’t get an invite to the Heisman Trophy ceremony after his radiant 2021 season. That is, if they aren’t wondering already. Whether or not he was a Heisman snub, the former Michigan State standout Walker owns plenty of hardware now. Not only a Super Bowl ring, as his Seattle Seahawks downed the New England Patriots 29-13 in Super Bowl 60. Walker also earned MVP honors with his 135-yard performance.
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No. 11 Michigan State gymnastics earned its second-straight conference road victory with a 197.125-196.725 win over No. 14 Penn State Sunday afternoon inside Rec Hall. MSU moves to 3-4 overall and evens its Big Ten record to a 2-2 mark. The Spartans dealt the Nittany Lions their first conference loss of the season, with Penn State dropping to 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the B1G.
After back-to-back losses, the Spartans stopped the bleeding with their biggest win of the season.No. 10 Michigan State shook out of a funk by pulling out an 85-82 overtime win against No. 5 Illinois at the Breslin Center on Saturday night.Jeremy Fears scored 11 of his game-high 26 points in overtime and added 15 assists as the Spartans halted their first losing streak of the season with their first top-10 victory.
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It was an electric night at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena when No.1 Michigan and No. 2 Michigan State concluded their weekend and season series against one another in the annual Duel in the D contest. On Saturday, in front of over 19,000 fans, the Spartans got their revenge, defeating the Wolverines, 5-2.
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Grace VanSlooten recorded her fifth double-double of the season, Jalyn Brown scored 16 points and Rashunda Jones added 14 in No. 12 Michigan State’s come-from-behind 81-70 win over Penn State on Saturday afternoon. VanSlooten was the leading scorer for the Spartans (20-4, 9-4 Big Ten), with 20 points and 14 rebounds. She shot 9 of 18 from the field. Kennedy Blair added 12 points.
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No. 2/2-ranked Michigan State fell to No. 1/1-ranked Michigan in overtime on Friday night, 4-3, from Yost Ice Arena. The Spartans come away with one point towards the Big Ten standings heading into Saturday night’s ‘Duel in the D’ at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
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No. 12/13 Michigan State women’s basketball looks to snap a two-game losing streak against Penn State on Saturday, Feb. 7. Tipoff time is set for 1 p.m. Michael Siroty and Julia Henry will be on the call for B1G+.
Michigan State will be down at least one of its point guards for Saturday’s top-10 skirmish with Illinois. It’s up to Tom Izzo whether the Spartans are down two. Two days after threatening to bench point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. because of his technical foul for reverse-kicking a Minnesota guard between the legs on Wednesday, Izzo has yet to decide whether he’s going to follow through. The decision looms large for one of the biggest home games left in the Big Ten season, one that is running short as the Spartans have lost two straight.
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Tom Izzo promised a change, and it wasn’t difficult to read between the lines. In one of the least-surprising developments, freshman Jordan Scott made his first career start for Michigan State in Wednesday’s 76-73 loss at Minnesota. Although the No. 10 Spartans (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten) were sunk by another awful first half before a wild late rally fell short, Scott finished with a career-high 15 points to go with two rebounds, two assists, and two steals, and his 28:56 in playing time trailed only point guard Jeremy Fears for the team-high.
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There’s only one school ranked higher than No. 2 Michigan State hockey — in both the Big Ten and the country. That school resides in Ann Arbor. MSU will face off against No. 1 Michigan this weekend, opening the two-game series at Yost Ice Arena. Puck drop for opening night is set for Friday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. on FS1. The rivals will conclude the series at Little Caesar’s Arena for their annual Duel in the D contest. The series finale is on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network.
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No. 11 Michigan State gymnastics is on the road for the second-straight week this weekend, taking on No. 14 Penn State inside Rec Hall on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. Sunday’s meet will stream on B1G+.
No. 12/13 Michigan State women’s basketball fell to No. 22/19 Maryland on Wednesday, 86-70, on National Girls and Women in Sports Day at the Breslin Center. For the first time this season, the Spartans have lost two-straight games falling to 19-4 overall and 8-4 in Big Ten action. Maryland improves to 18-6 overall and 6-6 in league contests. The Terrapins snapped a four-game losing streak with the win
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Over the course of its seven-game losing streak, Minnesota showed it is more than capable of putting a scare into some of the Big Ten’s better squads. Minnesota finally cashed in that pent-up frustration Wednesday night at No. 10 Michigan State’s expense, leading the visiting Spartans from wire to wire in Minneapolis. MSU made the Golden Gophers earn it, generating a rally that got it within two points in the final minute, but the comeback started too late, and the Spartans suffered a 76-73 defeat at Williams Arena.
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Pat Fitzgerald moved quickly to find Michigan State football its new quarterbacks coach. John McNulty will replace Mike Bajakian, who left for the NFL’s Cleveland Browns on Sunday after a month with the Spartans. McNulty arrives from Rutgers, where he spent 2025 as a senior offensive assistant. Previously, he was at Alabama, where he spent 2024 as an analyst under new MSU offensive coordinator Nick Sheridan and also held that role in 2023 on Nick Saban’s staff.
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Michigan State needs its season big man to return to his old form a bit. Jaxon Kohler has had some struggles recently. Across MSU’s last five games, he’s averaged just 8.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game while shooting 38.6% from the field and 18.2% from beyond the arc. Before that, Kohler was at 14.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
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