Entering this season, the No. 7 MSU hockey team wanted to throw away everything from last season. And so far, the Spartans have been able to do just that, posing a 15-6-3 record, good for third place in the CCHA. Last season, the Spartans finished with 10 wins and landed in a tie for 10th place.
MSU running backs coach Dan Enos has been named the next head coach at Central Michigan, according to a Central Michigan press release.
For the last few seasons, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has sounded like a broken record when talking about how Brittney Thomas needs to be more aggressive on offense.
After three big men from last season graduated, it was clear the MSU men’s basketball team would have a huge hole to fill down low.
The nine MSU football players charged in the Nov. 22 assault were arraigned during winter break and are scheduled for pretrial conferences this week.
Any way you cut it, the 2009 MSU football season was a disappointment.
So Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers have been quiet in the box score lately.
Draymond Green is like a point guard in a post player’s body.
In a game full of controversy due to 14 missing Spartans and recently fired Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach, the MSU and Texas Tech football teams were able to make the Valero Alamo Bowl ESPN’s most-watched college football bowl game of the 2009 postseason.
Coming into Saturday’s game with Ohio State, the MSU women’s basketball team was focused on stopping two Buckeyes — point guard Samantha Prahalis and center Jantel Lavender.
With a busy month of matches ahead of it, the MSU wrestling team started on the right track Saturday with a 24-9 victory against West Virginia that featured several takedowns.
In Friday’s season-opening match, the No. 24 MSU gymnastics team was hoping to pick up where it left off at the end of last season.
On Saturday, Munn Ice Arena showcased the kind of game hockey fans dream about. There was a late game-tying goal, scrappy play leading to two game misconducts, a short-handed goal, a five-round shootout and a premature game-winning celebration. Yes, there was drama.
Saturday night’s men’s basketball game between No. 10 MSU and Iowa should have been called “The Draymond Green Show.” The sophomore forward did just about everything in the Spartans’ 71-53 win against the Hawkeyes in Iowa City, Iowa.
Much like the previous three games the MSU women’s basketball team played against top-10 opponents, Saturday’s tilt with No.
For the first time in three games, the No. 9 MSU hockey team had its hands full in the third period. But on Friday night, Lake Superior State gave the Spartans all they could handle late in the game.
With the No. 9 MSU hockey team clicking on all cylinders in the past three games, and a Great Lakes Invitational trophy to prove it, the Spartans are trying to keep an even keel.
Students may still be on winter break, but Wednesday night, the Izzone was full – of former members reliving their college days.
For basketball fans that don’t care for the Big Ten’s half-court, banging style of play, Wednesday night’s game between the MSU and Wisconsin men’s basketball teams was a perfect opportunity for them to hide their eyes.