It makes no sense to use state funding for students attending a private university after high school. More state money should go to state-funded universities. Although private colleges remain a fundamental part of higher education, current economic conditions should reduce the funds allocated to students attending these institutions.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said junior guard Kalin Lucas likely tore his Achilles tendon Sunday in the first half of the Spartans’ 85-83 win against Maryland.
Spokane, Wash. — Sophomore guard Korie Lucious hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer for the No. 5-seed MSU men’s basketball team, which defeated No. 4 Maryland, 85-83, Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Spokane, Wash. – Tom Izzo’s program isn’t built on winning NCAA Tournament games. It’s built on winning weekends.
Spokane, Wash. — MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has said he wants his team to be able to run the fast break as much as possible, but the rough-and-tumble play in the Big Ten sometimes prohibits the Spartans. In their NCAA Tournament second-round game Sunday, Maryland head coach Gary Williams and his team will gladly oblige.
Louisville, Ky. — After Bowling Green State drained eight three-point field goals in the first half, the MSU women’s basketball team limited the Falcons to just six attempts leading to Saturday’s 72-62 NCAA first round win.
Louisville, Ky. — The MSU women’s basketball team took control in the second half as their depth and experience proved to be too much for Bowling Green, as MSU pulled away to a 72-62 win Saturday afternoon at Freedom Hall.
Spokane, Wash. – With 6:31 to play, the MSU men’s basketball team was backed up against the wall.
Spokane, Wash. — If there was any doubt the New Mexico State men’s basketball team was unfamiliar with Kalin Lucas, the Aggies have since been enlightened.
Louisville, Ky. — In its Big Ten finale, the MSU women’s basketball team watched a smaller Iowa opponent own the offensive glass and earn extra possessions against the higher-seeded Spartans.
Louisville, Ky. — The first person to text Bowling Green head coach Curt Miller with congratulations on his team’s Mid-American Conference Tournament championship was MSU associate head coach Shane Clipfell.
Former MSU football player Roderick Jenrette was sentenced to 90 days in jail, current MSU wide receiver Fred Smith was sentenced to five days in jail and three other former or current players received probation Friday for their role in a November 2009 fight at Rather Hall.
A 16-year-old girl will press charges after she reported being hit by a vehicle Sunday in a parking lot.
Once a group of high schoolers from the hardscrabble city of Flint, former Spartans basketball players Mateen Cleaves, Charlie Bell, Morris Peterson and Antonio Smith came together for a run in the late 1990s unlike any MSU had seen. Ten years after leading MSU to its second national championship, the Flintstones remain forever connected to the city they call home.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm might have bit off more than she could chew when she declared Saturday Michigan Meatout Day. Many MSU agriculture students and agribusiness advocates found the proclamation thoughtless and insensitive.
The St. Patrick’s Day festivities in East Lansing didn’t get too out of control, East Lansing police Capt. Tom Johnstone said Thursday.
MSU researchers, graduate students and K-12 teachers will team up throughout the next few years under a multimillion dollar grant aimed at promoting science education in the lives of youngsters.
Last March, more than 12,000 visitors flooded the East Lansing area to hoop around in Jenison Field House just as Spartan stars such as Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Gregory Kelser did years before. This year, March Magic Hoopfest is back, and with the return of the Michigan High School Athletic Association, or MHSAA, girls’ state basketball tournament to Breslin Center, even more fans will be able to participate in the two-week event.
Eleven representatives — down five from last year — from the Academic and Student assemblies will leave Sunday for a three-day trip to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. representatives and senators about issues important to undergraduate students.
As of Tuesday, New Mexico State’s Jahmar Young, the Aggies’ leading scorer and second leading assist man said he had never heard of MSU junior guard Kalin Lucas. Maybe Young really never heard of Lucas, but his attitude reflects a confidence the Aggies have going into Friday’s first-round NCAA Tournament matchup in Spokane, Wash.