Before Michigan State men’s basketball’s season opener against Monmouth, head coach Tom Izzo said he wanted his team to produce more down low, penetrate open lanes, pass better and play solid defense. The Spartans were able to do all of that in their 81-57 home win Monday night.
Last November, MSU's men's basketball lost its season opener at home in a crushing, 79-76 overtime loss against James Madison University. A year later, the Spartans have their season opener at home again, versus Monmouth University. They're looking to heighten their potential early on and prove they can control games at Breslin Center.
Tom Izzo and Michigan State men’s basketball can chalk up an 18-point win over Ferris State, a game featuring equal parts good and bad from the Spartans, and move on. But moving on doesn't mean ignoring some of the glaring issues within the Spartan's play.
Early in an exhibition against Ferris State Tuesday night, Michigan State men’s basketball was fast-paced, earned points in the paint and rebounded well on both sides. It's exactly what head coach Tom Izzo wanted to see out of the Spartans this season. But the 30-year MSU coach made it clear after the game that his group has a ways to go.
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The annual Michigan State Madness event introducing the men's and women's basketball teams returned to Breslin Center Friday night.
MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo will have his No. 10 jersey at Northern Michigan University retired, NMU announced Friday night.
With less than two weeks until the Spartans' first game of the season, an exhibition at Northern Michigan University, the team has improved in the eyes of head coach Tom Izzo.
Friday night is a big one for the MSU community with MSU Madness, Spartan football and the Izzone Campout.
MSU men's basketball coach Tom Izzo was Gov. Jim Blanchard's guest at his annual public service forum this year. There, the legendary coach fielded questions about his upbringing, his reaction to Steven Izzo's first college points and his thoughts on the expansion of the Big Ten conference.
Entering his 30th year on the job, Izzo said what's different about this year's MSU men's basketball team is its size and physicality.
The 2024-25 Michigan State men’s and women’s basketball teams announced their conference schedules Thursday, completing their full schedule for the upcoming season.
With one week left until the MSU men’s basketball team takes a trip to Spain to play a few games against club and all-star teams, the Spartans have been shaking things up, switching players into different positions and working on some aspects of the game that need improvement.
Now the tallest player on MSU's roster, Zapala gives Izzo and the Spartans starting experience and depth to a frontcourt that was insufficient for most of the 2023-2024 season.