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.
Omaha transfer Frankie Fidler has committed to the Spartans after visiting MSU on April 11, as reported by on3. Izzo and his squad needed size on the wing following the departure of graduate forward Malik Hall, and Fidler fits that bill well. What the Spartans lacked in many areas last season — perimeter length, shooting and rebounding — Fidler is a major acquisition for Izzo and his staff.
After four years, the A.J. Hoggard era is over for Michigan State men’s basketball.
The 6-foot-9 native of Mali, West Africa has one year of eligibility remaining.
Michigan State basketball assistant coach Mark Montgomery has been hired as the new head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy, the school announced Wednesday. The 54-year-old Montgomery has spent two stints under head coach Tom Izzo, who coached Montgomery as an assistant over 30 years ago at MSU.
Michigan State men’s basketball started off the season as the No. 4 ranked team in the country, but it ended the season far from it. The 2023-2024 Michigan State Spartans were inconsistent—not only from game to game but from minute to minute. Saturday night was no different.
The No. 9 seed Spartans fell to No. 1 seed North Carolina 85-69 on Saturday, ending MSU’s rollercoaster of a season in blowout fashion. It wasn’t that way until late, though, when UNC put the dagger into the Spartans without its best player – senior guard R.J. Davis – on the floor.
Michigan State, the No. 9 seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament, will battle No. 1 seed University of North Carolina for a spot in the Sweet 16. The matchup between the two college basketball powerhouses is fundamentally a home game for the Tar Heels, who will play just a few hours from home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
A thorough, 18-point drubbing of No. 8 seed Mississippi State showed that this Michigan State group has more to it than what many thought and, when humming, can execute the core principles of Spartan basketball to a tee.
The Spartans are still dancing. Michigan State men’s basketball opened up March Madness with a battle of the MSUs where the Spartans took down Mississippi State 69-51 to advance to the round of 32.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team survived multiple last-minute bid stealers to secure the No. 9 seed in the West Region of the men's basketball NCAA Tournament, commonly known as March Madness.
The Spartans were selected as a 9-seed in the 2024 NCAA Tournament’s West Region — earning a bid in March Madness for the 26th straight season under Izzo — in the Selection Committee’s unveiling of the complete bracket Sunday on CBS. They will play 8-seed Mississippi State.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team fell to No. 1 Purdue 67-62 in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament, but Friday’s loss was a promising performance from the Spartans.
The Spartans fell 67-62 to the 1-seed Boilermakers at the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, sending head coach Tom Izzo and his team home to East Lansing for the rest of the weekend. MSU clawed and fought its way through the game – even out-rebounding the paint-dominating Boilermakers – but came up short in crunch time.
Michigan State men's basketball outlasted Minnesota 77-67 in its first slate of the Big Ten Tournament this Thursday, securing a spot against No. 1 seed Purdue in the tournament quarterfinals.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team took down the Big Ten Tournament hosts, Minnesota, 77-67 on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis in the tournament's second round. An early boost from the underclassmen and a late surge from the MSU veteran core secured the first win of the tournament for the Green and White.