MSU commit Jaren Jackson Jr. and MSU hopeful recruit Brian “Tugs” Bowen raised their newest piece of hardware Saturday afternoon on ESPN, the Dick’s High School National Championship. Both athletes are five-star recruits that play for La Lumiere in La Porte, Ind., the only school with two McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster, Jackson and Bowen.
After 31 NCAA Tournament appearances, nine Final Four berths and two national championships, MSU men's basketball was ranked the No. 13 all-time best basketball program, the Associated Press announced in its All-Time Top 100 list Wednesday.
In the latest report by USA Today Sports, Louisville’s Rick Pitino takes the top spot and MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo ranks fifth among coaches in this year’s NCAA Tournament by salary.
One future Spartan would leave the Breslin Center on Saturday with the MHSAA Class A state championship title. It was only a matter of who.
Grand Rapids Christian high school senior forward and MSU-commit Xavier Tillman only scored 5 points on Friday, but he doesn't care. His team blew out the Romulus high school Eagles Friday afternoon 74-52 in the MSHAA Class A championship semifinals at the Breslin Center. Grand Rapids Christian, also nicknamed the Eagles, will play Clarkston Saturday for the state championship title.
The sight of green and white and maize and blue jerseys square off at the Breslin Center is a familiar sight for most spectators, but the teams on the floor weren't. Clarkston's senior point guard and MSU verbal-commit Foster Loyer scored a game-high 32 points to help lead Clarkston high school (25-1 overall) on Friday past the West Bloomfield Lakers (17-8 overall) 78-35 in the MSHAA Class A state championship semifinals.
Tom Izzo and the MSU basketball team were within reach of a third-straight Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award winner, but couldn’t fully secure it as Kalamazoo Central senior Isaiah Livers took home the award, the Detroit Free Press announced Monday.
TULSA, Okla. — The morale was low in the Spartans’ locker room, after a crushing 90-70 loss to Kansas Sunday to end MSU’s season. The No. 9-seeded Spartans came close to upsetting the No. 1 Jayhawks — MSU stayed at the coattails of Kansas for nearly 30 minutes and trailed by five with 6:43 to play. But Kansas throttled the Spartans until the end, finishing the game on a 19-3 run and holding MSU scoreless for the last 2:36 of regulation.
TULSA, Okla. – As the final buzzer sounded, MSU's season was ended by the hands of No. 1 Kansas. A hard fought game by both sides, MSU couldn't string a run big enough to crawl past the Jayhawks. The final score was 90-70.
TULSA, Okla. — With a trip to the Sweet Sixteen on the line, the No. 1-seeded Kansas University Jayhawks used a series of runs late in the game to work past No. 9 MSU at the BOK Center Sunday. The runs aided the Jayhawks in advancing another round in the NCAA Tournament after defeating the Spartans, 90-70.
TULSA, Okla. – Follow along with The State News and their basketball writers, Connor Clark and Casey Harrison, as MSU plays No. 1 Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
TULSA, Okla. — In the second round of the NCAA Tournament, No. 9 seed MSU will face No. 1 seed Kansas at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla.
TULSA, Okla. — Despite the highly acclaimed freshman class for MSU men’s basketball, just a year ago, it almost added had another top prospect in Kansas’ Josh Jackson. Jackson, a Detroit native, was highly recruited by head coach Tom Izzo since his freshman year of high school. Last year Jackson sat alongside MSU's Cassius Winston and Miles Bridges in the Breslin Center on his visit.
TULSA, Okla. — When Miami Hurricanes head coach Jim Larrañaga took the podium Thursday for NCAA Tournament media day, his scouting report for the No. 9 Spartans didn’t consist of typical match-ups.
TULSA, Okla. — The first 13 minutes of No. 9 MSU’s 78-58 win over No. 8 Miami Friday night looked like déjà vu.
TULSA, Okla. – For a student at MSU, the calendar year goes: January, February, Izzo.
Check out the photos of MSU men's basketball's win over Miami (Fla.) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
TULSA, Okla. – MSU men's basketball thrives and advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating the Miami Hurricanes, 78-58.
TULSA, Okla. — Follow along with The State News and their basketball reporter, Connor Clark and Casey Harrison, for the first round of the NCAA Tournament at the Bok Center. Post your comments and questions about any of today's games or teams in the live blog, or tweet at our basketball writers.
TULSA, Okla. — Tom Izzo wasn't always a Spartan.