Michigan State will take on Kansas State at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in an East Region semifinal at Madison Square Garden in New York, it was announced Sunday night. The game, pitting the No. 7 seed Spartans (21-12) against the No. 3 seed Wildcats (25-9), will be broadcast on TBS.
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Following the Spartans’ victory over the Golden Eagles, CBS sports college basketball reporter Matt Norlander pointed out this was Izzo’s 16th career victory as the lower seed in the NCAA Tournament — which is a tournament record. He also has now taken a team seeded No. 5 or worse to the Sweet 16 six times — which is also a record.
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When Joey Hauser was introduced as a starter for Michigan State on Sunday evening, he was met with a chorus of boos. It was coming from the Marquette fans, spewing their disgust with the Michigan State senior, still bitter from the fact Hauser, a Wisconsin native, transferred from Marquette to Michigan State after the 2018-19 season, joining his brother, Sam, who left for Virginia.
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Michigan State is back in the Sweet 16 for the 15th time under head coach Tom Izzo as the seventh-seeded Spartans beat No. 2 seed Marquette, 69-60, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday evening in Nationwide Arena.
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The mantra for Michigan State has been to “Win the Weekend.” After being USC, 72-62, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon at Nationwide Arena, the Spartans were one step closer to doing that, taking the court today and making final preparations for a second-round meeting with Marquette on Sunday, March 19. The Spartans, seeded No. 7 in the East Region, will play the second-seeded Golden Eagles on Sunday at 5:15 p.m. on CBS, with Andrew Catalon, Steve Lappas, and Jamie Erdahl calling the action.
Michigan State and Marquette will tip off at 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, with a Sweet Sixteen berth on the line. The game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, will be broadcast on CBS.
Michigan State put four players in double figures and used a key late second half run en route to a 72-62 victory over USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena on Friday afternoon. Joey Hauser scored a game-high 17 points and had seven rebounds to lead the way
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A few minutes after 11 p.m. on Selection Sunday, an email from Michigan State’s athletic communications department underscored the basketball program’s ubiquity this time of year. Izzo Sets Record for Most Consecutive NCAA Tournament Appearances as Spartans Extend Streak to 25 Straight, the subject line read, and the body of the message explained how head coach Tom Izzo, now 68 years old, had surpassed former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s mark of 24 uninterrupted bids.
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For most people, Take your Kid to Work Day is a one-day event. A time when kids are encouraged to spend the day at their parents’ place of work, allowing them an inside look at what it is that their parents actually do all day. For Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tom Izzo’s son, senior guard Steven Izzo, the day has lasted a bit longer. Four years, in fact, and the two couldn’t be happier about it.
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Malik Hall woke up last Friday morning in Chicago and knew it would likely be a difficult day. His still-recovering left foot was sore and Michigan State had an early afternoon tipoff in Chicago at the Big Ten Tournament. That left less time than usual to get loosened up and game ready.
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Michigan State is making its 25th-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament under Coach Tom Izzo, extending the longest NCAA Tournament streak in Big Ten history. In being selected, Izzo became the first men’s basketball head coach in history to lead his team to 25-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. The Spartans are the No. 7 seed in the East Region and will open against No. 10 Southern California on Friday, March 17 (12:15 p.m., CBS).
After the Spartans closed the regular season with a home win over Ohio State, MSU coach Tom Izzo implored his players to give him three days that would last the next three weeks. And then the Spartans lost to the Buckeyes last Friday, a one-and-out Big Ten tournament stumble. Yet they knew another game would come. And now the motivation becomes even more clear: Survive and advance, or lose and watch the rest of the NCAA tournament at home.
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Michigan State’s men’s basketball team hopped on the team bus and drove to Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday night and spent the morning Thursday going through practice and media sessions ahead of its NCAA Tournament First Round game against USC on Friday.
Friday is the day. Michigan State will head down to Columbus to take on the 10th-seeded USC Trojans in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. This is a game that should favor the Spartans, but USC is no slouch. Before the two teams take the court on Friday afternoon, here are five things you may not know about the Trojans that may play a factor.
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“There is no first game that’s very safe anymore, and that is different from the last probably 10 years,” Izzo said. “Up until then, you felt pretty good about getting out of the first weekend, pretty good. Now, I don’t think you feel pretty good getting out of the first game no matter who you are.”
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After a late night on Selection Sunday and an early Monday morning spent reviewing game film, Tom Izzo had a good sense of Michigan State’s opponent in its NCAA Tournament opener: Southern California. His takeaway: there’s reason to like the matchup for Michigan State.
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Their best win this season is a victory at home against UCLA on Jan. 26. The 13-point victory likely boosted many of their metrics related to the NET rankings. Aside from that, two wins over Arizona State (the last team in the field) and a home victories over Auburn and Vermont are the only wins the Trojans have against teams in the field.
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This is the third straight year where the Spartans enter the NCAA Tournament with relatively low expectations, but that hasn’t stopped them before from going on a magical run in March. Let’s take a look at the potential path to a Final Four appearance for the Spartans, and the chances of it actually happening for Michigan State.
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