Junior guard Durrell Summers hit the go-ahead 3-pointer to become the hero. In the waning minutes of the game, junior guard Kalin Lucas stepped up and made an acrobatic layup to extend the lead.
Draymond Green recently was watching ESPN when the network started showing the greatest college basketball games involving mid-major schools
Detroit — After a season-opening loss to Dayton on Friday, the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team was looking at something of a must-win Sunday against Detroit.
Suzy Merchant’s schedule is no accident. Scheduling games in Dayton, Ohio, Detroit and Grand Rapids, in nonconference play was no mistake — those cities just happen to be the home area for three of her four senior captains.
Tom Izzo has pulled in his share of highly ranked recruiting classes for the MSU men’s basketball program.
A lot is at stake for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
Through the exhibition season, the MSU women’s basketball team appears to be as good as advertised.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has a wealth of depth at her disposal, but after two exhibition wins, it’s still up in the air how she’s going to use it.
The MSU men’s basketball team is the consensus No. 2 team in the country. The Spartans are expected to repeat as Big Ten Champions, go to their sixth Final Four in the last 12 years and are heavy favorites to make their second straight trip to the NCAA Championship game.
Every good group needs a set of leaders with a differing set of skills. In an episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the characters labeled one another as “The Looks,” “The Brains,” “The Muscle” and “The Wild Card” to reflect the different skills each brought to the gang’s latest escapade.
Minnesota men’s basketball players Royce White and Devron Bostick were suspended indefinitely Tuesday by head coach Tubby Smith for a violation of team rules, according to the Associated Press.
Detroit Southeastern guard Brandan Kearney became Tom Izzo’s first verbal commitment for the 2011 recruiting class, signaling his intentions to attend MSU on Tuesday.
Draymond Green did a little bit of everything in the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team’s 76-45 exhibition win Sunday against Northwood.
It started out ugly. Very ugly. Missed layups, ice-cold shooting and lacking two starters because of injury contributed to a slow and sloppy first half in the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team’s preseason opener Sunday afternoon.
The No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team dealt with its share of injury-related adversity last season. One exhibition game into the 2009-10 season, that unwanted trend is back again.
Saturday’s men’s basketball Green and White game meant ditto in the win and loss column, but provided fans with a first-hand look at some of the team’s biggest story lines entering the season.
Former MSU center Goran Suton was among three players waived by the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
What would have happened if Derrick Nix hadn’t taken this summer seriously? Nix, a freshman center on the MSU men’s basketball team, knows exactly what would have happened if he hadn’t dropped 30 pounds — and counting — since his arrival in East Lansing. Or if he hadn’t done extra cardio on his own after working out with teammates. Or if he had consumed more than just cereal, Nutrigrain bars and liquids after 6 p.m. in an effort to get into shape.
Images of MSU basketball’s past, present and future were on display for the 14,000-plus in attendance at Friday’s annual Midnight Madness for the MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Purdue guard Lewis Jackson has been suspended by the team for two games and the NCAA for one game to start the season.