Know Thy Enemy: MSU men's hoops hosts No. 5 Illinois
Following a confidence-boosting win against Indiana Saturday, Michigan State men's basketball will return home to complete a busy two-week stretch to end their season.
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Following a confidence-boosting win against Indiana Saturday, Michigan State men's basketball will return home to complete a busy two-week stretch to end their season.
I’ve written more sparingly this year than others, but in the pieces I’ve put out, I’ve assumed more of a fanatic perspective of Michigan State men’s basketball (11-9, 5-9 Big Ten).
After being a presence in MSU's first-half rally, junior forward Thomas Kithier warmed up at the sideline to start the second half in the Spartans 78-71 win at Indiana Saturday.
On the drive down to Bloomington on Friday evening, Jayna Bardahl and I were talking about how empty and sad the Breslin Center seems this season when we go to cover a game.
Down 13 with 11:15 to play in the first half, Michigan State needed to uncover something to spark a comeback.
Michigan State men’s basketball will head back to the state of Indiana this weekend, but this time they’ll end up in Bloomington to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (12-9 overall, 7-7 Big Ten). Tip off will be at noon on Feb. 20 and will be broadcasted on ESPN.
Know Thy Enemy is a weekly Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State basketball's opponent. This weekend State News beat writer Sara Tidwell spoke with Caleb Coffman of the Indiana Daily Student ahead of Saturday's game between Indiana and MSU.
MSU men's basketball Head Coach Tom Izzo entered a press conference following his teams 75-65 loss to Purdue Tuesday night opening with this:
MSU hung around with Purdue. They kept it close, they made some plays, but, in an all too familiar ending for MSU, they couldn’t pull through.
Michigan State had not one, but two chances to take on the Purdue Boilermakers, and both times they failed to hit the mark.
Know Thy Enemy is a weekly Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State basketball's opponent. This weekend State News beat writer Sara Tidwell spoke with Alex Sabri of The Purdue Exponent ahead of Tuesday's game between Purdue and MSU.
Michigan State men’s basketball’s (10-8, 4-8 Big Ten) downward spiral continued Monday, as news of five-star center Enoch Boakye’s de-commitment surfaced, according to SI.com.
After an embarrassing 30-point loss at home to now-No. 11 Iowa, the Michigan State men's basketball team (10-8, 4-8 Big Ten) is hitching a ride down to West Lafayette, Indiana for one of two road games this week in the state: a much-needed second-chance rematch against Purdue (13-8, 8-6 Big Ten).
Before MSU suffered a brutal 88-58 loss to Iowa at home, Head Coach Tom Izzo said it would be beneficial for his team to know they could hang with Iowa. They only lost by six in Iowa City just two weeks before. Their confidence was expected to be high.
The Michigan State men's basketball team took to the court in a rematch against the No. 15 Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday afternoon, only to find themselves back in on the losing end in a crushing 88-58 loss.
Just 11 days after the Spartans fell to Iowa, 84-78, the two teams will meet again, this time in East Lansing.
After fouling out and shooting 0-for-3 with one rebound against Nebraska, redshirt junior forward Joey Hauser approached Head Coach Tom Izzo with a request not many would expect.
It was an ending that had MSU men's basketball fans holding their breath.
The 2016 recruiting class was called "the best ever" for Tom Izzo, with its two five-star recruits Miles Bridges (top-10 overall) and Joshua Langford (top-20 overall), Cassius Winston (top-30 overall) and Nick Ward (top-50 overall).
The Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament has been moved from the United Center in Chicago to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis the conference announced on Tuesday.