Watch head coach Tom Izzo, redshirt senior Gavin Schilling, sophomore point guard Cassius Winston and sophomore wing Miles Bridges talk about No. 14 seed Bucknell and their mindset going into March Madness.
MSU announced Monday afternoon that Tom Izzo's squad will have a 40-minute open practice at LCA from 3:25-4:05 p.m. Thursday. Admission is free to the public.
While Izzo expressed a sense of joy and maybe a bit of relief on Sunday after receiving a favorable venue, he acknowledged the focal areas the team needed some refreshing in during the time off.
Watch head coach Tom Izzo, sophomore guard Cassius Winston and sophomore wing Miles Bridges talk about men's basketball's No. 3 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
The Spartans will head to Detroit to play No. 14 Bucknell in the first round on Friday. The winner will play either No. 6 seed TCU or No. 11 seeds Arizona State or UCLA on Sunday.
NEW YORK — Two Spartan Marching Band alumni were chatting with a group of women at their hotel in New York City. Once they revealed they were MSU alumni, the women inquired about the “scandal going on there.”
NEW YORK — MSU alumnus Jim Tumbrink and Roni O’Connor sat at a table towards the entrance at Mustang Harry’s, a bar located on 7th Ave and right next to Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK — Although the discussion of hosting the Big Ten Tournament in New York over typical locations such as Chicago and Indianapolis, MSU alumni and fans still made the trek out to the Big Apple.
NEW YORK — After their Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss to Michigan Saturday, the second-ranked Spartans will have at least a 12-day layoff before they can take the hardwood again, as the team’s earliest scheduled NCAA Tournament opening game is March 15.
NEW YORK — Watch men's basketball players react to its 75-64 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Saturday.
NEW YORK — Men's basketball was playing its instate rival, Michigan. They had won 13 straight games, their last loss coming to the Wolverines on Jan. 13. They wanted redemption, but came up short in Madison Square Garden, the “mecca of basketball.”
NEW YORK — The Wolverines would pull away in the second half and beat the Spartans, 75-64, to advance to the Big Ten Tournament finals.
NEW YORK — No. 2 men’s basketball (29-3, 16-2 Big Ten) didn’t get a chance in the regular season to avenge it’s January loss to Michigan. But on Saturday they will.
NEW YORK — "Cassius was unbelievable the first half. Miles played really well the second half. And those guys brought us back in it," head coach Tom Izzo said.
NEW YORK — If you only looked at the numbers, you probably would have predicted men's basketball would beat the Badgers with relative ease in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Friday.
NEW YORK — Watch men's basketball players react to their 63-60 win over Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.
NEW YORK — The men’s basketball team defeated Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, 63-60, in front of a heavily MSU-supported crowd at MSG on Friday afternoon.
"I'm almost just laser focused," freshman forward Jaren Jackson Jr. said after practice Wednesday.
Even with turnover issues, MSU is still one of the best teams in the nation statistically. However, the Spartans over the past month have been consistently ranked lower than a No. 2 seed in recent projected brackets for the NCAA Tournament.
Watch head coach Tom Izzo, sophomore guard Cassius Winston and freshman forward Jaren Jackson Jr. preview the Big Ten Tournament in New York City.