The contracts of MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, women’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant and hockey coach Rick Comley have been extended, the MSU Board of Trustees unanimously approved Friday.
For the first time in eight months, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team took the court at Breslin Center to play opponents aside from just each other in practice, defeating Saginaw Valley State, 90-40 Thursday.
Senior guard Kalin Lucas scored a game-high 13 points and dished out three assists in his first game since rupturing his Achilles’, as the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team beat Saginaw Valley State, 88-44, on Tuesday at Breslin Center.
Women’s basketball freshman center Madison Williams will miss the 2010-11 season after tearing her anterior cruciate ligament, MSU announced today.
In preparation for its first game of the season Thursday, the MSU women’s basketball team held its annual Green and White scrimmage Sunday at Breslin Center.
The MSU men’s basketball team was named the favorite to win the Big Ten by the media, the conference announced at Big Ten Basketball Media Day on Thursday.
The NCAA released the student-athlete graduation success rate for all NCAA Division I institutions Wednesday. For MSU, the overall graduation success rate across all sports was 80 percent.
With several men’s basketball players still coming back from injuries, players noted freshmen guard Keith Appling, center Adreian Payne and forward Alex Gauna as incoming players expected to greatly contribute to the program’s success.
The MSU women’s basketball team will hold a Halloween Hoops event Sunday at Breslin Center. Fans are encouraged to wear costumes to the game because of the post-game festivities, comprising a costume contest and an autograph session.
Students camped out at Munn Field on Friday night in hopes of earning lower bowl seating for the 2010-11 men’s basketball season.
After a summer full of injuries, the MSU men’s basketball team is beginning to get everyone back on the court.
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams’ seasons officially began at Midnight Madness on Friday. Both teams have Final Four aspirations and were given support from actor Gerard Butler, who made a surprise appearance.
Media day for the MSU women’s basketball team showed the Spartans are welcoming not just new players and uniforms, but a new type of game play in the 2010 season.
MSU and Minnesota will represent the Big Ten in the inaugural Super Six Series in 2010, the conference office announced Wednesday.
After consecutive NCAA Tournament runs that ended in defeat at the Final Four, there is one thing on the minds of the MSU men’s basketball players as they prepare for the upcoming season: Finish the job by winning the national championship.
MSU men’s basketball senior guards Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers were named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Monday
The two-time defending Big Ten Champion MSU men’s basketball team will be featured on ESPN’s College GameDay twice next season, including a visit to Breslin Center in February.
Former guard Chris Allen has decided to transfer to Iowa State, MSU confirmed Friday. Allen, who would have been a senior for the MSU men’s basketball team, was removed from the team Aug. 3 for failing to meet several obligations laid out by head coach Tom Izzo.
The world of college sports usually is a boring one during the summer months. After March Madness — the most exciting two and a half weeks in all of sports — and spring football are complete, there is not much to look forward to between April and August when it comes to major college sports. However, not only was summer 2010 far more intriguing than most summers, it also will end up playing a significant role in the future of MSU athletics.
For the third time in school history, the MSU men’s basketball team will take on the Chaminade Swords when the two teams play in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 22 in Maui, Hawaii. It will be the first time the two teams have faced each other since 2005, when the Spartans beat the Swords, 89-67, also at the Maui Invitational.