Throughout the last decade of Tom Izzo’s tenure as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, the Spartans arguably have become the most feared program in the Big Ten. However, fresh off two-straight conference championships, MSU finds itself in an unusual position this year — struggling in the middle of the Big Ten.
The No. 25 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Indiana, 84-83, in overtime Sunday at Breslin Center. Senior guard Kalin Lucas led MSU with 26 points while Indiana was led by Christian Watford’s 21 points. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for MSU.
For the first time in 12 meetings in East Lansing, the Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 25 MSU, 61-57, Thursday night at Breslin Center.
Here we go again. The team with seemingly never-ending drama strikes again. This time with the season-long dismissal of junior guard Korie Lucious. To catch you up, the drama surrounding this team began in June, when MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo took some time to ponder a move to the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
In the early 1990s the Fab Five — a flashy and talented group of players all in the same class at Michigan — was dominating college basketball while also making certain fashion trends popular. One of those trends was the practice of wearing black socks while playing basketball.
Junior guard Korie Lucious has been dismissed from the men’s basketball program, MSU announced Tuesday night.
Senior guard Durrell Summers’ defense has been called into question in the past. But something clicked for Summers following the halftime break during the No.
Delvon Roe’s excitement was hard to ignore. Less than an hour after the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team’s 86-76 loss at No.
Heading into Saturday’s matchup with No. 14 Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., junior forward Draymond Green and the rest of the No.
Eleven months ago, the MSU men’s basketball team headed to West Lafayette, Ind., needing a victory to stay in the race for a second-consecutive Big Ten title. The Spartans walked out with a 53-44 win over the third-ranked Boilermakers and won a share of the Big Ten championship two weeks later. This year’s Spartans aren’t as far into the conference slate.
Champaign, Ill. — The MSU men’s basketball team is not one that can afford to live and die by the outside shot.
When the No. 17 MSU men’s basketball team travels to Champaign, Ill., to take on No. 23 Illinois at 7 p.m. tonight, nothing will change about the Spartans physically.
For the second consecutive game, the MSU men’s basketball team rallied to force a game into overtime.
Whether it’s trying to figure out how to break down Northwestern’s 1-3-1 trapping defense or stop its complex offense, the Wildcats can be a nightmare for opposing coaches to prepare for. Fortunately for the MSU men’s basketball team (11-5 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) and head coach Tom Izzo, who host Northwestern (11-4, 2-3) at 1 p.m.
In a loud arena during an NCAA men’s basketball game, communication is key.
If you take a look at Mike Kebler’s stat line from Tuesday’s overtime win against No. 20 Wisconsin, it doesn’t look like the senior guard played much of a role in the MSU men’s basketball team’s win.
With about three minutes to play in overtime Tuesday night at Breslin Center, Wisconsin head coach Bo Ryan was standing in front of his bench, face as red as his tie, screaming at anyone who would listen. Some 30 feet away, MSU head coach Tom Izzo was smiling.
Going into Saturday’s game at Penn State, it appeared the MSU men’s basketball team finally was back on the fast track to a third-straight conference championship after a difficult start to the season. The Spartans were 2-0 in conference play, and other than the final two minutes of their win against Northwestern last Monday, they were playing some of their best basketball of the season. Then, after what head coach Tom Izzo described as the best week of practice he could remember in the last 10 years, a completely different MSU team showed up Saturday at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pa., and lost, 66-62, to Penn State. At his weekly press conference Monday, Izzo couldn’t explain why his team was unable to translate its good practice habits into a game. But Izzo said 7 p.m.
National championship or bust. That was the message players on the MSU basketball team shared at the Big Ten media day prior to the season.
Thanks to a strong showing from his supporting cast, Talor Battle and the Nittany Lions nip the Spartans.