http://statenews.com Stories from The State News en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:09 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/minnesota_win_sets_up_friday_tournament_match_with_spartans Indianapolis — With a dominating 76-55 win Thursday against No. 11 seed Penn State in the first round of the men’s Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse, the No. 6 seed Minnesota Golden Gophers advance to face MSU, which defeated Minnesota twice already this year and had a first-round bye. Minnesota and MSU are scheduled to tip-off at 9 p.m. Friday. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:09 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/minnesota_win_sets_up_friday_tournament_match_with_spartans http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/despite_commission_vote_msu_fraternity_members_vow_to_continue_battle_for_house Members of MSU’s chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity said they will continue to fight plans to turn the fraternity’s house in an apartment complex after an East Lansing commission on Wednesday approved a developer’s request to do so. The East Lansing Planning Commission voted 5-1 to approve a site plan request from a Troy-based developer that would convert the fraternity house into apartment housing. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:12 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/despite_commission_vote_msu_fraternity_members_vow_to_continue_battle_for_house http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/lucas_green_morgan_earn_big_ten_honors MSU junior guard Kalin Lucas was selected to the All-Big Ten first team and sophomore guard Draymond Green was a unanimous selection for the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year, the conference announced Monday night. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:20:40 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/lucas_green_morgan_earn_big_ten_honors http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_look_to_end_big_ten_tournament_drought In all the excitement and success the MSU men’s basketball program has been subjected to in the past decade, one particular accolade has been missing: a Big Ten Tournament championship. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:31:13 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_look_to_end_big_ten_tournament_drought http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/dell_cunningham_sentenced_to_probation_for_roles_in_rather_hall_incident MSU wide receivers B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell each were sentenced to 180 days of probation and 150 hours of community service Monday. The two are the first of 11 current or former football players to be sentenced in connection with a Nov. 22, 2009 altercation in Rather Hall. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:12:53 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/dell_cunningham_sentenced_to_probation_for_roles_in_rather_hall_incident http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_take_care_of_business As the banner commemorating the MSU men’s basketball team’s secondstraight Big Ten title and sixth during head coach Tom Izzo’s Hall of Fame career ascended to the ceiling, the Spartan Brass proudly played MSU Shadows, the university’s alma mater. The only tune more appropriate would have been the rock ballad from Bachman-Turner Overdrive: Takin’ Care of Business. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:43:12 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_take_care_of_business http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/champions_again_msu_clinches_share_of_big_ten_title_rout_wolverines In his final game at Breslin Center on Sunday, senior forward Raymar Morgan scored a season-high 22 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, kissed the ‘S’ at midcourt and watched a Big Ten Championship banner raise to the rafters in front of Spartan legends Mateen Cleaves and Charlie Bell as the MSU men’s basketball team throttled archrival Michigan, 64-48. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:19:36 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/champions_again_msu_clinches_share_of_big_ten_title_rout_wolverines http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/jefferson_delivers_but_msu_still_falls Indianapolis — In her team’s biggest game of the season, Aisha Jefferson delivered. Her teammates, though, were notably absent. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:24:09 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/jefferson_delivers_but_msu_still_falls http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_fall_to_iowa_5954_in_big_ten_semifinals Indianapolis — Iowa, the only team to beat the MSU women’s basketball team during its run to end the regular season, did so again Saturday, knocking the Spartans out of the Big Ten Tournament with a 59-54 win at Conseco Fieldhouse. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:50:01 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_fall_to_iowa_5954_in_big_ten_semifinals http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_look_to_clinch_big_ten_championship_vs_michigan With just one regular season game remaining, MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo seems to have had it. Following his team’s two-point victory over conference bottomfeeder Penn State on Thursday, Izzo said he was going to change the way his team practices and subsequently could make dramatic changes to the lineup. “We’ve fought it all year and we’re going to fight it another game only we’re going to maybe fight it in a different way,” Izzo said. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:50:38 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/03/spartans_look_to_clinch_big_ten_championship_vs_michigan