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Amateur golfers ecstatic for Lansings third golf show
While green beer will be on the minds of many MSU students this weekend, Nathan Clark is thinking about a different kind of green.
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Tickets not too tough to buy
Winning the NCAA National Championship should have caused a ticket frenzy at Breslin Student Events Center for the 2000-01 basketball season, but as many students found out, getting a season pass was as easy as picking up the phone. “I just called Jenison and ordered tickets,” fisheries and wildlife senior Andrew Cole said.
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Hockey team hopes to knock off Bowling Green
The No. 1 Spartans have one thing on their mind heading into their CCHA semifinal game today - beating Cinderella over the head with her own glass slipper. MSU (30-4-4) takes on No.
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Baseball team finally breaks mediocre status
For the first time in his brief career at MSU, Bob Malek sees the Spartan baseball team above the .500 mark.
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Spartans top basketball recruit named to McDonalds All-American team
MSU’s top basketball recruit just added to his credentials.Kelvin Torbert has been named to the 2001 McDonald’s All-American High School team, which has MSU head coach Tom Izzo elated.“It’s a great honor for him,” Izzo said of his recruit, who signed with MSU last October.
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Lugnuts to host Midwest All-Star game next summer
Visitors to the 2002 Midwest League All-Star game may be surprised by the crazy antics of Myron the Noodleman, a popular Lansing Lugnuts act.Myron and other acts will add some extra fun to the All-Star game, which will be hosted next summer by the Lansing Lugnuts.Lansing competed with the Kane County Cougars, a suburb of Chicago who hosted the game in 2000.The Lugnuts last hosted the game in 1999, and before that in 1997.“We’ve had great success in the past with All-Star games,” Lugnuts Marketing Manager David Proutsaid.Plans are in the works for attractions to liven up the events and sponsors are soon to be determined.Midwest League President George Spelius said that from past experience, Lansing was an ideal place for the occasion.“It was a top notch situation there, they do everything big-league,” he said, referring to the way the Lugnuts run their games.Fan support makes Lansing an attractive venue for the game, Spelius said.
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Ballinger ready for tourney despite injury-filled season
The most feared opponent in sports is the injury bug, and no one knows that better than Adam Ballinger.In three years at MSU, the redshirt sophomore has fractured his fibula, played an entire season with back pains and shattered the thumb on his shooting hand.“The years haven’t gotten off to the best start, but hopefully I’ve got it all behind me,” Ballinger said.As MSU heads into the NCAA Tournament, Ballinger is injury-free and hoping to help the Spartans defend their 2000 NCAA Championship.Despite only playing in 19 games and averaging a minuscule two points a game, Ballinger’s teammates are confident he can contribute.“We definitely need him to give solid minutes coming into the tournament,” senior forward Andre Hutson said.
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Team waits for next opponent, Miller placed third in online Hobey voting
The winner of Tuesday night’s play-in game between No. 9-seed Bowling Green and No. 5-seed Northern Michigan will be top-ranked MSU’s next opponent in the CCHA playoffs. No.
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Ex-Spartan in line for U-M coaching job
Now that the University of Michigan has made the resignation of men’s basketball coach Brian Ellerbe official, the maize and blue may turn to a former Spartan to try and rescue their fading program.
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Spartan wrestlers ready to tussle in NCAA tourney
The curtain may have fallen this season for some members of the MSU wrestling squad, but for six Spartan wrestlers, they’ll get to move on to college wrestling’s biggest stage this weekend.
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Prosecution unlikely for those who gamble on NCAA Tournament via Internet
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Criminal justice sophomore Brad Collins said he enjoys betting on the NCAA Tournament because “it’s fun to be in a pool with a group of your buddies.” But Collins, who said the pools he enters normally have small entrance fees, admitted there should be red flags waved when betting on college athletes goes too far. “I see it being a problem because people are winning and losing money based on amateurs’ performances,” he said.
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Spartans five wins from national title
The top-ranked Spartans took the first step of what they hope will be a monthlong climb to a national championship this weekend at Munn Ice Arena.With the two-game sweep of Alaska-Fairbanks in the first round of the CCHA playoffs under its belt, MSU is likely five wins away from its first national title in 15 years.“We came out and needed to get on the board (in the playoffs) and we did,” MSU head coach Ron Mason said.
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Its a great time to be a hoops junkie
I’ll never forget the first time I realized why - besides that first 60-degree day of spring semester when Spartan women start sunbathing on the banks of the Red Cedar - this is the most special time of the year.
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Icers squeak out win in CCHA playoff series
John Nail is glad the top-ranked Spartans had to play Alaska-Fairbanks in the first round of the CCHA playoffs.Not because the senior right wing and his teammates wanted a pushover to start their postseason run - as one might have expected from the 10th seed in the tournament - but because Nail wanted a challenging series right away.“On your way to the championships, there’s always going to be games like this,” Nail said.
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Six grapplers to compete in NCAA championship
Spring break wasn’t much of a reason to celebrate for the MSU wrestling squad, as it finished seventh at the Big Ten championships held March 3-5 in Evanston, Ill., according to MSU’s sports information department.
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Spartans sent packing early
CHICAGO - Instead of providing a tune-up for the NCAA Tournament, the Big Ten Tournament served as a breakdown for the third-ranked Spartans.MSU (24-4, 13-3 Big Ten) went to Chicago hoping to capture its third-straight tournament title, but a 65-63 loss to Penn State (19-11, 7-9) in the Spartans’ first game Friday left players hanging their heads.During the post-game press conference, senior forward Andre Hutson had little to say with his shoulders slouched and a blank stare upon his face.“We just have to accept it,” Hutson said after a brief pause.
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Guards struggle in loss to Lions
CHICAGO - Despite MSU’s lack of floor leadership in its 65-63 loss to Penn State Friday, there looks to be no changing of the guards for the squad’s upcoming first round game in the NCAA Tournament.
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Baseball team to face tough competition in Florida
The MSU baseball team will get a stiff early season test this weekend when it travels to Tallahassee, Fla.
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Senior night win could grab title
Even though Michigan (10-16 overall, 4-11 Big Ten) is having a down year - losing 10 of its last 13 games - MSU head coach Tom Izzo is convinced the struggling Wolverines will step up their play Saturday in an attempt to spoil No.
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Big Ten could make or break grapplers
For the MSU wrestling squad, its version of March Madness is about to begin. The Big Ten Wrestling Championships will take place this weekend in Evanston, Ill., while the NCAA Championships are March 15-17 in Iowa City, Iowa.