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.
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.
What better than to get pumped up for MSU's seventh Final Four underneath Tom Izzo than by watching a speech from the head coach himself? This past Sunday, before the Spartans took the court at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, the 60-year-old provided a resounding prep talk to this players inside the locker room, in preparation for their Elite 8 matchup with the Louisville Cardinals.
The MSU's Fencing Club hopes to remain a threat in upcoming spring battles.
West Virginia transfer guard Eron Harris hasn’t traveled with the Spartans this season as he sits out due to NCAA transfer regulations. However, he will be with the team this weekend — not to play against Duke in the Final Four, but to see his family.
A lot has been said about MSU basketball head coach Tom Izzo over the last several weeks, and deservedly so.
Anyone who spends a significant amount of time around the athletic staff at MSU knows they are a tight-knit group, always eager to support one another. With the men’s basketball team making their seventh Final Four appearance under head coach Tom Izzo , a few of the other head coaches at MSU weighed in on the man Izzo is, the basketball team’s success and Izzo’s ability to keep producing quality teams that make long post-season runs.
In an age in which some of the top college basketball players look to increase their own playing time and career prospects, the unselfishness within MSU basketball has vaulted the team to the Final Four. Quite a few relationship dynamics exist across the roster but three stand out among the rest.
The city of Indianapolis is no stranger when it comes to intriguing matchups between MSU and Duke, as both programs have squared off twice at the capital of Indiana in two different locations.
Witnessing the first Final Four appearance by the men's basketball team since 2010 Saturday is going to require a major sacrifice of a person's wallet, as the ticket and hotel prices for this weekend is increasing at an alarming rate.
A tale of two halves: MSU defeats Louisville, 76-70, during overtime. The Spartans are now advancing to the Final Four — head coach Tom Izzo's seventh run.
Throughout the entire summer, the MSU basketball players sculpted their mindsets around one thing — Indy. Following a 76-70 win against Louisville , the Spartans have turned the battle cry into results.
The first ever NCAA Final Four took place in 1939 in front of 5,500 fans at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois when the Oregon Ducks beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 46-33.
As the MSU football program heads into its second official week of spring practice, plenty of buoyancy and confidence rides behind an upcoming season filled with inflated expectations and uncertainty leave the team asking themselves a few questions before the spring game at Spartan Stadium on April 25. Coming off of a miraculous Cotton Bowl victory over Baylor last season and winning their first Rose Bowl title in over 20 years back in 2014, the Spartans come into spring with a loaded senior class, led by quarterback Connor Cook, defensive end Shilique Calhoun and center Jack Allen. A combined 15-1 Big Ten record in the past two seasons, with the one loss coming from the hands of eventual NCAA national champion Ohio State, MSU remains as one of the elites in the conference, but that could change if the recent issues with police, the absence of NFL draft hopefuls and the uprising of certain programs in the conference continue to be a problem once the season gets underway. With that being said, here are five things to look out for this spring for the Spartans: Replacing Pat Narduzzi From 2011-2014, Pat Narduzzi was responsible for MSU becoming the only team to rank in the FBS Top 10 in total defense and rushing defense.
Sunday’s victory over Penn State might provide a blueprint for the softball team going forward on how to be successful.
After playing mostly .500 baseball through the first third of the season, the men's baseball team (12-12 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) needs to heat up as the weather does if they hope to do anything of significance this season.
Fresh off of MSU's victory in the Elite 8 over Louisville earlier the same day, Davis couldn't wait to celebrate the program's first Final Four appearance since 2010 with the same team who will compete in Indianapolis next Saturday.
Of the five MSU hockey seniors this year, nearly all of them are moving on to the next level.
The softball team secured an elusive Big Ten victory on Sunday afternoon.
In the ultimate survive and advance scenario, MSU escaped two dangerous free throw misses at the end of regulation to pull away for a 76-70 overtime victory over Louisville. Freshman forward Marvin Clark checked in for junior forward Matt Costello with 2:21 left in regulation and little did he know the role he would play.