Picking the Best of the Big Ten in men's basketball
The season is winding down for both MSU and the rest of the Big Ten. It's been a competitive season for the Spartans, one filled with injuries and a lack of playing chemistry at times.
The season is winding down for both MSU and the rest of the Big Ten. It's been a competitive season for the Spartans, one filled with injuries and a lack of playing chemistry at times.
"Today’s Tom Izzo press conference is brought to you by injuries. Injuries: Will they ever leave Michigan State?”It’s a fictional sponsor message, but an accurate one if the injury bug ran wanted his own ad space during this season.
Twice this season, the No. 21 women's basketball team has had the opportunity to take command of first place in the Big Ten, and failed.
120 minutes. With three games to go, that’s how long MSU has left in its regular season that still has a Big Ten title in front of them.
The MSU men's basketball is in the home stretch. With three games to go, here are my three things they need to do, or continue to do, to make a deep run in both the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments.
Behind a strong offensive performance from freshman guard Tori Jankoska’s, the No. 21 women’s basketball team defeated Minnesota at Breslin Center, 75-61.
One day after the No. 18 MSU men’s basketball team’s 79-70 loss to No. 16 Michigan, Tom Izzo’s stomach isn’t any better.
The day was Dec. 17, and MSU just dealt a 30-point loss to North Florida.
Behind freshman guard Tori Jankoska’s hot shooting, the No. 21 women’s basketball team leads Minnesota 44-33 at Breslin Center.
On Monday, Breslin Center will feature a Big Ten freshman showdown.
ANN ARBOR — It’s clear Keith Appling isn’t at full bore. Still, the senior guard started and played 25 minutes, scoring six points and dishing out six assists in “the No.
This one looked familiar. Nearly a month after MSU squandered a first half lead to Michigan in East Lansing, Crisler Center played a rerun of the same episode.
When it’s rivalry day, it’s time to bring the noise, and Denzel Valentine definitely got that message. Behind his 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting from behind the arc, the sophomore guard helped MSU jump to a 36-34 lead in front of a frantic Crisler Center crowd.
Fresh off breaking a school record with 17 3-pointers against Purdue, MSU now can look forward to the main event — Sunday’s game against Michigan.
A balanced effort helped the No. 23 women’s basketball team (18-8 overall, 10-3 Big Ten) defeat Wisconsin (10-16, 3-11) Thursday night to stay in the thick of the Big Ten race, 76-66.
The No. 23 women’s basketball team leads Wisconsin 39-31 on the road at halftime. Junior forward Becca Mills leads MSU with nine points, two steals and has two fouls.
Behind a school record 17 three-pointers, the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team throttled Purdue 94-79 in West Lafayette, Ind., Thursday night.
It’s raining three-pointers in West Lafayette as the No. 13 MSU men’s basketball team leads Purdue 49-38 at the half.
Purdue is just like most Big Ten teams — it might not have the best record, but it has the power to take down a contender on any given day.
At six feet tall, junior guard Travis Trice is the shortest player on the MSU men’s basketball team, but that doesn’t mean he can’t try things that 6-foot-10 center Adreian Payne does regularly.