MADISON, Wisc. — Setting up for their lone matchup of the season, Wisconsin and No. 9 MSU are both heading into Sunday with something to prove.
It was the biggest return MSU had to offer – literally.
Kenny Kaminski knew two hours before tipoff that he was going to have a big night.
After a disappointing performance the last time out, the No. 9 MSU men’s basketball team turned on the jets, and leads Penn State 46-30 at the half.
Plain and simple, Thursday’s Penn State team is a different team than the one that lost to MSU by 16 points on the eve of the Rose Bowl.
After nearly a monthlong hiatus, Adreian Payne is back in action. The senior forward went from rehabbing on the treadmill to playing on the hardwood for Tuesday’s practice, making it his first contact since playing against Ohio State on Jan.
Tom Izzo got a full tour of the Big Apple this weekend.
Well, this has been fun so far. Taking a nine-day break between conference games, the Spartans now are halfway through the behemoth Big Ten season.
As I was watching the MSU men’s basketball team take on Georgetown Saturday afternoon, it finally occurred to me.
MSU essentially failed at every facet of basketball as the No. 7 Spartans fell to Georgetown, 64-60, at Madison Square Garden.
Taking a break from Big Ten play, the bronze-clad Spartans are besting Georgetown at halftime in Madison Square Garden, 30-29. Ten Spartans have made their way onto the court, with eight scoring at least once to give MSU the early lead.
The day before the Super Bowl kicks off just outside of New York City, the No. 7 men’s basketball team will be playing on one of the biggest stages in basketball — Madison Square Garden.
All Tom Izzo wants for his birthday is a healthy basketball team.
_It’s Saturday, the day before Super Bowl Sunday, and I’m walking into the world-famous Madison Square Garden.
The MSU men’s basketball team beat No. 15 Iowa 71-69 in Iowa City in an overtime thriller Tuesday night. Iowa hit 30 free throws, but didn’t score for more than 15 minutes during the second half and overtime.
It took a mob. It couldn’t have been just two people to make noise in place of Branden Dawson and Adreian Payne against the Hawkeyes on the road – it needed to be a mob. Luckily for MSU, the Byrd took the slew of role players on his wings down the stretch.
The last team to beat Iowa in Iowa City was the MSU men’s basketball team, and they did it again Tuesday night as the No.
In a game that few thought would be low scoring, MSU trails Iowa 30-26 at the half in Iowa City, Iowa.
Two days after sitting in the locker room with tears in his eyes after losing to Michigan, senior guard Keith Appling was nearly all smiles at Monday’s press conference. But just because he was wearing a smile doesn’t mean the pain of MSU’s 80-75 loss has gone away. “That’s a game not only myself, but my teammates wanted that win very badly,” Appling said.
It doesn’t get any easier from here on out. Following the No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team 80-75 “loss to No.