NEWS
STORIFY: Sights and sounds of East Lansing during Final Four match
As the Spartans take on the Duke Blue Devils in Indianapolis, see what is happening on campus.
NEWS
STORIFY: Getting pumped for the Final Four in Indianapolis
Join our reporters Omari Sankofa II, John Neidhart and Ryan Squanda and our photographers, Erin Hampton and Hannah Levy, as they join the fans, athletes and coaches preparing for tonight's Final Four game in Indianapolis.
Omari Sankofa, John Neidhart
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NEWS
VIDEO: Previewing Duke
State News basketball reporters break down tonight's Final Four matchup against Duke.
BASKETBALL
MSU has a history of playing Final Four games in Indianapolis
When the Spartans take the court on Saturday, it'll be the third time in 15 seasons that they have competed in the national semifinals in the capitol of Indiana.
BASKETBALL
Other Spartan athletes react to MSU making the Final Four
With the MSU men's basketball team heading to the Final Four many of the athletes on other teams at the school are excited for their peers.
BASKETBALL
With or without tickets, Final Four still great fan experience
Thousands of MSU basketball fans from all over have flocked to Indianapolis to see their Spartans take part in their seventh Final Four appearance in 17 seasons.
BASKETBALL
Spartans find strength in their unity
They didn’t need an All-American. They didn’t need a Naismith Trophy hopeful.
BASKETBALL
A look at the family behind Tom Izzo's success
As MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo prepares his team in an open practice the day before his Spartans are set to take on the No.
BASKETBALL
The recruiting world reacts to MSU's Final Four run
Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo wants the one-and-done players. He’s said so himself.
BASKETBALL
Tom Izzo says this Final Four run is a bit more enjoyable
Indianapolis — Head coach Tom Izzo isn't superstitious. There's no magical reason why MSU has become so adept at making it to the Final Four round. "I don't go for a certain walk, wear a certain tie, walk up the steps a certain way," Izzo said.
MSU
ASMSU allocates funds towards creating safe ride program at MSU
MSU is the only Big Ten University that does not have a safe ride initiative meant to provide free transportation for students on and off campus during night-time hours. That may now change.
MICHIGAN
MSU’s Counseling Center Sexual Assault Program celebrates 35th anniversary
To commemorate 35 years of service on campus, MSU’s Counseling Center Sexual Assault Program held a celebration ceremony in the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on Thursday night.
MICHIGAN
Second student arraigned in connection with Cedar Village assemblies
Accounting freshman Jaffer Raza Syed faces two charges — a disorderly conduct violation for remaining within 300 feet of an illegal fire and a minor in possession of alcohol charge.
MSU
Scarcity of Final Four tickets has left some students frustrated
Of the student section’s 3,000 members, 700 will travel to Indiana to cheer on the Spartans against Duke in the Final Four.
COMMENTARY
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 'Why I'm no longer a Spartan should never have run
I am concerned as to why The State News would publish the opinion letter, “Why I am no longer a Spartan”, featured in Tuesday’s paper. The author of the letter compared the riots in Ferguson, Missouri following the death of Michael Brown and the celebrations in the Cedar Village this weekend and tried to claim the response of by the media, and the celebrators as racist.
BASKETBALL
Maurice Ager reflects on 2005 Final Four run
Maurice Ager stepped out on the court inside the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis exactly 10 years ago Thursday, sporting the Spartan name draped across his chest, anxiously awaiting the opening tip-off for MSU's first Final Four since 2001.
BASKETBALL
Tum-Tum becomes tournament hero with phone call to his mom
The basketball court at the Carrier Dome erupted into pandemonium after the final buzzer on Sunday, when MSU defeated Louisville to advance to the Final Four. Players hugged each other.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
On to Indy
It's been five years since MSU's last appearance in the Final Four. Despite an underdog status, the Spartans are ready to take on Duke this weekend.
MSU
Mental health week winds down with 'Embrace the Rain night'
Many experiences were shared in the Erickson Hall Kiva on Wednesday night, as performers shared poems, testimonials and musical acts, all geared toward the subject of mental illness.
FEATURES
Former basketball star Dujuan Wiley now fixture at IM sports
And as Wiley struts into his office every day on the second floor of the intramural sports building — just a five-minute walk to Breslin Center — it’s amazing everything has come as full circle as it has.