With the final chapter written on the 2012-13 MSU women’s basketball season Monday night in College Park, Md., head coach Suzy Merchant finally admitted it.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. – For five years, Courtney Schiffauer has been the tough girl on the MSU women’s basketball team, and the one no other team has wanted to play. But now, after a 74-49 loss to Maryland Monday night, it’s all over. “It was my life, it was my world,” Schiffauer said chocking back tears.
Never before have as many upset-minded teams advanced this far in the NCAA Tournament, but through all the chaos, two programs remain: Tom Izzo’s Spartans and Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils.
Sometimes it’s hard to know what Gary Harris is thinking.
Alyssa Thomas gave the Spartans all they could handle in a 74-49 loss Monday night at Comcast Center in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
After 20 minutes of play, the fifth seeded MSU women’s basketball team trails fourth seed Maryland 34-23.
During Maryland’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against Quinnipiac on Saturday, ESPN2 flashed an interesting graphic onto the screen.
There’s not a single feeling of pomp and circumstance in the locker room. There are few smiles beyond the ones for the satisfaction of a victory, or the amusement of hearing the same questions repeatedly from reporters. There’s not even an official Nike Sweet 16 celebration shirt.
Maryland doesn’t join the Big Ten Conference until 2014, but there’s no time like the present to notice the budding rivalry between the Terrapins and Spartans.
Before the MSU men’s basketball team took on Memphis in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, Keith Appling did something he usually doesn’t do before a game. He turned on a TV.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — When Gary Harris used to run across the hardwood at the Palace of Auburn Hills, it often didn’t draw a ton of attention. But 14 years later, sprinting around the same court his mother used to play on professionally, all eyes were on Harris. Making his first appearance on the NCAA Tournament stage this weekend, the Spartans’ first-ever Big Ten Freshman of the Year introduced himself to a national audience, with a breakout performance propelling the Spartans to the Sweet 16. Harris scored a game-high 23 points to help the No.
The NCAA Tournament is a time when players have the opportunity to introduce themselves to a national audience with breakout performances.
One half and 17 3-pointers later, the MSU women’s basketball team beat Marist 55-47 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Junior forward Annalise Pickrel scored the last 11 points for the MSU basketball team as they lead Marist 25-16 after the first half of their first round game of the NCAA tournament.
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Tom Izzo had spent a good portion of the past four years doing everything he could to keep Derrick Nix on the floor, at times fighting his big man to do so.
The MSU women’s basketball players boarded their flight to College Park, Md., yesterday with three letters on their mind: WTW.
By this point, Derrick Nix knows what’s on the line.
In the first game of the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the MSU men’s basketball team (25-8) has a commanding 35-18 lead over Valparaiso (26-7)
One of the biggest lessons Tom Izzo said he’s learned from his first NCAA Tournament is to prepare not just for his first opponent, but instead for the entire weekend.