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BASKETBALL

Stats easily put 2007 squad ahead of 2000

The MSU men’s basketball team is 19-2 — a feat no other Spartans basketball team has accomplished in all 109 years of the program’s history. How’s that for leaving your mark at this university?

ICE HOCKEY

Frozen in time

What looks like fallen pocket change to the average Joe could spell luck for MSU assistant hockey coach Tom Newton, who said that discarded pennies and nickels are his turned-up horseshoes.

BASKETBALL

Around the Big Ten: Iowa jumps from bottom to top

Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder understands how the struggling MSU women’s basketball team feels during the first few weeks of the Big Ten regular season. The Spartans, through Wednesday, currently sit in eighth place in the Big Ten with a record of 4-6 and are in the bottom of the standings just like the Hawkeyes were a little more than two weeks ago.

SPORTS

Prognosticators

The prognosticators are at it again! Here they are, prognosticating their way into the hearts of sports fans everywhere!

BASKETBALL

Merchant continues to iron out the kinks

The starting lineup for Thursday’s game against Michigan will be … Who knows? MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has expressed her frustration with the players’ lack of consistency individually and as a unit once they hit the hardwood.

BASKETBALL

One 'W' away from MSU history books

The MSU men’s basketball team is in good company. While head coach Tom Izzo has downplayed the team’s success this season, the reality is that this year’s team is navigating into uncharted waters.

SPORTS

High marks fall short vs. U-M

The MSU gymnastics team is looking at a weekend loss to Michigan as a chance to improve its performance. The No. 23-ranked Spartans lost to the No. 6 Wolverines with a final score of 196.750 to 194.550.

ICE HOCKEY

Iced

A shutout and a tie. The two polar opposites happened in a dramatic weekend series against No. 1 Michigan. The MSU hockey team blanked the Wolverines Friday at Yost Ice Arena in Ann Arbor. The last time U-M was shut out at home was Feb. 28, 2003, and the Spartans were to blame.