NEW YORK — A close game is what fans were expecting, and that’s just what the fans have gotten, as the No. 4 seed MSU men’s basketball team leads No. 1 seed Virginia 31-27 at the half.
W hat does the President of the United States have in common with ESPN analysts and hundreds of MSU fans? They all predicted the Spartans would be NCAA champions.
Friday night’s game versus No. 1 seed Virginia, set to tip at about 10 p.m., has a lot on the line— including a trip to the Elite Eight and a shot at the Final Four for MSU seniors Adreian Payne and Keith Appling.
MSU hockey’s season came to an end in heartbreaking fashion, a game that ultimately summed up the entire 2013-14 season.
Moments after falling to North Carolina 62-53 in the second round — the program's fourth second-round exit in five years — Klarissa Bell and Annalise Pickrel sat in the locker room with their heads down, opposite from the rest of the team.
In the past couple of years when people heard "Virginia basketball," odds are they didn't cower in fear.
When March rolls around, it pays to have some experience.In the case of the MSU men’s basketball team, that’s exactly what it has — in bunches.
The MSU hockey team took the ice last Thursday against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the inaugural Big Ten hockey tournament and suffered a 2-1 loss in overtime, a microcosm of how the entire season went for the Spartans.The Spartans finished a disappointing 11-18-7 on the season, going 5-9-6 in the first season of Big Ten hockey conference play.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Entering halftime, No. 5 MSU couldn’t truly complain about where they were, only trailing No. 4 North Carolina by nine. The Spartans had committed 10 turnovers, shot an abysmal 32.1 percent from the field and leading scorer freshman guard Aerial Powers was scoreless after picking up two quick fouls.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina ran faster, jumped higher, and put on a show for the home crowd.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — MSU trails North Carolina, 36-27, at halftime of the NCAA Tournament second round game at Carmichael Arena at Chapel Hill, N.C.
By Matt SheehanHead coach Tom Izzo said it after beating Delaware on Thursday.
Spring practice kicked off amid much fanfare for the Spartan football team on Tuesday. After a Rose Bowl win on Jan.
It's been just 82 days since the Spartans brought home the Rose Bowl trophy, but MSU already is preparing for the 2014 season.
The men’s golf team finished in 13t h place out of 15 teams at the Linger Longer Invitational this weekend in Greensboro, Ga.
Of all places in America, Bel Aire, Kansas has treated Tom Izzo right on the recruiting trail. This morning, 3-star small forward Marvin Clark committed to the Spartans.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —Come March, a player might still be tagged an eligible freshman on the roster, but after playing in 30-plus games, they might as well be called a sophomore.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — MSU and North Carolina, the top two seeds of the Chapel Hill region, were on opposite sides of the coin Sunday night.
Tom Izzo remembers the first Sweet16 he ever went to as a head coach, in 1998 after his team beat Princeton.Capping off a two-win weekend in Spokane, Wash., Izzo and the MSU men’s basketball team beat another Ivy League school to reach Izzo’s 12th Sweet 16 in 17 years.
SPOKANE, Wash. — Forty minutes of basketball summed up MSU's first 35 games.It sounds weird, but their win over Harvard to get to the Sweet 16 was the perfect ballad to this season. Allow me to explain.