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Spartans prepare for bout with Tar Heels
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.
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Sweet Survival
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.
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Win against Harvard mirrors regular season
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.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Powers helps MSU women's basketball in big win over Hampton
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After submitting one of the best freshman regular season campaigns in MSU history, Aerial Powers slumped during the Big Ten Tournament two weeks ago.
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Women's basketball cruises past Hampton in NCAA tourney
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — No. 5 MSU used one of its best offensive performances of the season to cruise to an easy victory over No. 12 Hampton Lady Pirates, 91-61, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.
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Women's basketball blowing out Hampton at halftime
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — With most of Carmichael Arena filled with Hampton blue, it was MSU who dominated the first half against No.
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McClure places fifth at NCAA Championships
Senior heavyweight Mike McClure took fifth place in the 2014 NCAA Wrestling Championships
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Column: Spartans' resiliency key to Harvard victory
SPOKANE, Wash. — What hurts now pays off in the long run.Many Spartans might have had their heart stop during MSU’s 80-73 show-stopping win against Harvard Saturday night, but it’s exactly what the doctor ordered.At times in the second half, the Spartans looked like they wanted to get beat, hanging their heads and playing down to Harvard’s level.
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MSU escapes Harvard, moves on to Sweet 16
SPOKANE, Wash. — Early on, it was all MSU. Pack the bags, book the tickets for New York City and get ready for more MSU basketball.
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MSU up on Harvard at halftime
SPOKANE, Wash. — Branden Dawson vowed when he broke his hand he would come back stronger than ever.
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Relationship between Izzo and Amaker goes back decades
SPOKANE, Wash. — It all started with Chris Webber.Tom Izzo got to know Tommy Amaker while on the recruiting trail for the hot prospect out of Detroit, Izzo an assistant at MSU and Amaker an assistant at Duke.
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Amaker and Harvard stand in way of Sweet 16
SPOKANE, Wash. — It's been a while since it happened, but tomorrow's matchup will be a familiar one.
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McClure has shot at third place, Rizqallah falls in consolation round at wrestling championships
Senior heavyweight Mike McClure advanced to the quarterfinals in the session two of the NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday night at the Chesapeke Energy Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., and is set to continue wrestling on Friday evening.
ICE HOCKEY
Hockey loses in OT in Big Ten tourney, ending season
It appeared the hockey gods were shining bright on MSU hockey on Thursday night against Ohio State.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Amaker and Harvard up next for Spartans
SPOKANE, Wash. — The madness of March struck early in Spokane, Wash., as No. 12 Harvard topped No.
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And So It Begins
SPOKANE, Wash. — It was a night that Adreian Payne could only dream of.He scored a career-high 41 points en route to a 93-78 win against No. 13 seed Delaware in the NCAA Tournament.
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MSU up on Delaware at halftime in NCAA Tournament
SPOKANE, Wash., — Adreian Payne scored 23 points as the fourth-seeded MSU men’s basketball team jumped out to a 44-33 lead over Delaware at the half.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartan women's basketball hoping to find tourney magic
Klarissa Bell hasn't necessarily made great NCAA Tournament memories during her four-year career as a Spartan.
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Wrestlers win first two matches at nationals
The two Spartans who made it to the wrestling NCAA Championships came out victorious after the first session of the tournament Thursday afternoon.