Indianapolis — MSU head coach Tom Izzo wouldn't even consider the thought. "The answer is no, fatigue had zero to do with the loss.
The No. 5 Spartans' unbeaten streak, which dated back to Jan. 24, came to an end Friday after a 2-1 loss to Alaska Fairbanks at Munn Ice Arena in second round of the CCHA playoffs. The Spartans (20-11-8) now trail one game in the best-of-three series and must win consecutive games against the Nanooks (18-14-5) to advance to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The loss snapped a 19-game postseason winning streak at Munn Ice Arena. Having not played in almost two weeks, the Spartans looked sluggish from the start.
A day after saying more players needed to step up, it was junior captain Drew Miller who led the No.
Indianapolis — Depending on how you saw MSU's 70-58 victory against Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, the Spartans are either overwhelming favorites or sitting ducks against Illinois in Friday's quarterfinal. If you're a glass-half-empty person, you saw plenty of the demons that have plagued MSU all season rear their ugly heads again. "I can't say that I was extremely ecstatic about our play," MSU head coach Tom Izzo said. The Spartans once more had no answer for Gary Ware, who plowed his way inside all afternoon Thursday en route to a team-high 20 points.
Indianapolis — It's usually the masked man who saves the day in comic books and superhero movies. Now, a masked man could potentially help salvage MSU's floundering season. Senior forward Matt Trannon made his long-awaited return to the lineup Thursday in the Spartans' 70-58 win over Purdue in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. "It feels great to me, like it's not even broken," Trannon said of his jaw, which he broke Feb.
Indianapolis — The MSU women's basketball team kept clawing away, tooth and nail, trying to finally take the lead away from Ohio State in the second half of Sunday's Big Ten Tournament semifinal. But despite a barrage of steals, 3-pointers, and foul shots, they simply ran out of time — and timeouts. The Spartans and Buckeyes came out of halftime with MSU trailing by just two points, 27-25.
In the first half, it looked like Illinois guard Dee Brown's shooting slump would continue. But when the second half started, so did Brown, as he scored 16 of his 20 points in the half to lead No.
When redshirt freshman forward Marquise Gray went down awkwardly on his right ankle going for a rebound during Thursday's game against Wisconsin, he didn't think it was anything more than a sprain. "I felt a little bit of a pop, a snap or whatever, but I didn't think nothing of it and I still played on it through the second half," Gray said. But when he woke up Friday morning, the ankle had swollen substantially and also was much more painful.
I'd ask why a group calling itself Young Americans for Freedom would be trying to put the kibosh on a politically charged stage play, as suggested by Katie Wilcox's "Silence 'Monologues;' keep indecency out" (SN 2/24). However, having dealt with a particularly nasty cell of that group at my alma mater, back in the 1990s, I know the answer to that all too well. There is, as Wilcox says, a growing movement on college campuses — a sickening attempt to label progressive and leftist politics as nothing less than communist, America-hating treason.
As I walked by the rock on Farm Lane Tuesday afternoon, I saw the words, "Hate Speech does not equal Free Speech" painted for all to see.
Rhoda is a sweet little girl with an evil side. "The Bad Seed" is a play adapted from the film about an 8-year-old girl who is perfect in almost every way except for a trait she inherits from her maternal grandmother.
When junior Nick Simmons faced Indiana senior Joe Dubuque last year, he walked away with a win on his way to earning the title of Big Ten wrestling champion. This weekend, No.
University and city officials are planning an aggressive campaign to ensure that once the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins, the message is clear about the postgame behavior they expect. Don't block the streets.
By Melanie Thomas, Melissa Domsic, and Cori Devries The State News With the relaxed party atmosphere that tends to go along with spring break, officials want to make sure students don't leave their common sense back home. "A lot of times on vacation (students) want to get away; they want to relax," said Jodi Roberto Hancock, educational program coordinator for the MSU Women's Resource Center.
Many didn't expect senior center Paul Davis to make it to his Senior Day. A highly touted recruit coming out of high school, Davis was supposed to declare for the NBA Draft after his freshman season.
Forget about the numbers. Forget that the Big Ten title hopes of the preseason favorite Spartans have clunked off the rim with all the grace of a Goran Suton layup. Forget that every time Illinois guard Dee Brown takes the court against the Green and White, he's more explosive than rocket fuel — launching his stats somewhere into the stratosphere. Forget that the last time MSU beat the Illini, I was in high school. Tomorrow afternoon, Bruce Weber has to parade his smug squad out in front of a crowd of unruly Spartans fans sorer than Matt Trannon's jaw — and it's payback time. The Izzone will make him feel at home.
Indianapolis, Ind. — Liz Shimek may be listed as a forward on the MSU women's basketball roster, but on Friday against Iowa, she looked like all five positions rolled into one. Shimek scored a career-best 31 points, leading fourth-seeded MSU to a 79-58 victory over the fifth-seeded Hawkeyes in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The senior forward started the game by hitting a number of jumpshots from midrange, avoiding Iowa's tree-like post defenders, including 6-foot-6 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, Megan Skouby.
Finally, Paul Davis asserted himself down low. Finally, Tom Izzo found some clarity in his rotation. Finally, MSU made big plays down the stretch. And finally, the No.
I learned to ignore provocation in kindergarten. Where are the protests against violence? Why is it the West's duty to cater to the intolerance of the Islamic world? Yes, the cartoons are a horrible insult to people's religion, and there is no rational person who believes otherwise.