Michigan State baseball makes its first-ever trip to Terre Haute, Indiana this weekend then the Spartans square off with the Sycamores of Indiana State in a three-game series, slated for Friday-Sunday, March 17-19 at ISU’s Bob Warn Field
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.
Senior Nicolas Müller (Arisdorf, Switzerland) has announced that he will return to Michigan State and will play a fifth season for the Spartans. “We are very excited that Nico has decided to return to our program for another year,” said head coach Adam Nightingale.
Michigan State catcher Bryan Broecker was tabbed to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List, announced by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission.
The Michigan State football program welcomed NFL coaches, scouts and personnel to the Duffy Daugherty Football Building on Wednesday as the Spartans hosted their annual Pro Day.
Michigan State wrestling gears up for the finale of its 2022-23 season, as the Spartans send a quartet of qualifiers to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to take part in the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. Matches inside the BOK Center are slated to begin on Thursday, March 16 and run through Saturday, March 18.
Five Michigan State gymnasts have earned All-Big Ten Gymnastics accolades, as announced by the conference Wednesday. Freshman Nikki Smith, sophomores Skyla Schulte and Gabrielle Stephen, along with junior Delanie Harkness received first-team honors, while junior Baleigh Garcia was named Second-Team All-Big Ten.
Michigan State gymnastics picked up a pair of Big Ten Weekly accolades in the final round of regular-season awards, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Gabrielle Stephen collected her second Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor of the season, while Nikki Smith earned her sixth Freshman of the Week nod.
The 2022 season didn’t go exactly as planned for Michigan State. The Spartans went 5-7 and missed a bowl game in Head Coach Mel Tucker’s third season, with roster health and talent level just a couple of the contributing factors that led to such a poor showing.
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The Michigan State football team began spring practice with a two-hour workout in helmets, jerseys and shorts on Tuesday morning inside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. “We’re really focusing on having a relentless mindset in everything that we do, on and off the field,” said Mel Tucker
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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Michigan State Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller and women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant have come to a mutual decision that Merchant will step down as the program’s head coach, effective immediately. Associate head coach Dean Lockwood will serve as interim head coach while a national coaching search is conducted.
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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Coach Mel Tucker is now heading into his fourth season leading Michigan State and will be looking for a rebound after missing a bowl game. There was plenty of turnover on the roster and key spots are up for grabs. MLive recently broke down Michigan State’s roster by position, looking back at last year and ahead to this season.
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