For some, it could be easy to just give up after being sentenced to prison. Not former MSU basketball star forward Jay Vincent, who has spent his whole life proving people wrong and staying positive through whatever life throws at him.
Outside of the teams themselves, the biggest benefactors of a Spartan victory might just be the apparel shops along Grand River Avenue.
The Spartans took on Central Michigan on Wednesday in their home-opener at McLane Baseball Stadium. MSU flexed their muscles as they improved to 15-3 on the season as they cruised past the Chippewas (4-17 overall record) by a final score of 4-1.
A total of 58 MSU student athletes were recognized Wednesday for earning Academic All-Big Ten Honors in winter sports. According to a press release from the Big Ten Conference, to be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection, students must be letterwinners who are in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. The Big Ten honored a total of 780 student athletes, including 12 with perfect GPAs, four of which from MSU -- women's swimming and diving's Courtney Aycock, Rebecca Berman and Heidi Surdyk, and wrestling's Joe Johnson. A complete list of MSU's honorees are as follows:
The MSU women's gymnastics team has earned a spot in the NCAA Regional Championships for the 17th time in program history, according to a press release.
The MSU women's gymnastics team has earned a spot in the NCAA Regionals for the 17th time in program history, according to a press release.
Four days following MSU's stunning 90-81 loss to Middle Tennessee in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo held his end of the season press conference.
As the weather in East Lansing gets warmer and MSU pro day has passed, Michigan State football fans have something new to look toward to.
With the MSU men's basketball team's season officially over it is time to watch one of the biggest stories of the offseason unfold: will freshman forward Deyonta Davis return for a second year under MSU coach Tom Izzo?
Cassius Winston, a 2016 commit in MSU basketball's recruiting class, was named the 2016 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award winner on Monday, an award given annually by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, in conjunction with the Detroit Free Press.
The MSU women's tennis team was defeated by No. 6 Michigan 5-2 on Saturday in East Lansing, according to a press release.
There is a particular notion about sports that I’ve come to vehemently believe in - chaos is king.
Scouts and coaches from all 32 NFL teams were on hand in East Lansing the other day at MSU pro day, where hopeful Spartans were able to showcase their talents.
When Michigan State took the floor Friday afternoon in St. Louis, nobody could have anticipated what would unfold over the next two hours, as the No. 2-seeded MSU Spartans fell to No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee State University in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, 90-81.
Following their 74-60 victory against Belmont University on Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, No. 4-seeded MSU was defeated by No. 5-seed Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 74-72 in Starkville, Mississippi.
Despite MSU falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Middle Tennessee, it was announced Sunday that senior guard Denzel Valentine is one of four finalists for the Naismith Trophy. The Naismith Trophy has been awarded to the best player in college basketball each season since 1969.
There were five seconds left in No. 2 seed MSU’s shocking first round loss to the No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. And it was then MSU’s three senior stars -- Denzel Valentine, Matt Costello and Bryn Forbes -- checked out of a game and walked off a basketball floor in an MSU jersey for the last time. It was really over. It had actually just happened. Middle Tennessee had knocked off MSU, 90-81, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history. Then, fifteen minutes after the final buzzer sounded, those same three visibly emotional players wiped away tears and walked with their arms around each other to face the media at a post game press conference. This is the way all their careers had come to an end -- 112 victories, a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, a Final Four and two Big Ten Tournament Championships later, they were done. “I can’t believe what’s going on,” Costello said.
March Madness is underway and now the Spartans are in the full swing of things. The MSU women’s basketball team defeated the Belmont Bruins in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Starkville, Mississippi by a final score of 74-60.
The Blue Raiders stormed out of the gates early, using hot shooting to take a quick 15-2 lead at the 15:29 mark of the first half.
