MSU’s 81-62 triumph over the Michigan Wolverines on Tuesday night was extra special – it marked head coach Tom Izzo’s 700th career win, on his 69th birthday. Izzo is now 33-21 in his career against Michigan.
Michigan State men’s basketball’s graduate student guard Tyson Walker was named a Midseason Top 10 candidate for the 2024 Jerry West Award, recognizing the top shooting guards in Division I college basketball, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday afternoon.
Even in a down year for the Spartans-Wolverines basketball rivalry, there’s no doubt the Breslin Center will be filled to its brim with energy. Tip-off between the Spartans and Wolverines is scheduled for 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The game is available exclusively on Peacock.
MSU was unable to capitalize on the prospects of knocking off the current Big Ten leader after falling behind early and failing to mount enough momentum to overcome the well-coached, experienced Badgers.
In a Friday night showdown in Madison for Michigan State’s men’s basketball team, Wisconsin showed the country why it sits atop the Big Ten, besting the Spartans 81-66 in a game controlled by the Badgers the whole way.
Michigan State men's basketball is heading to Madison, Wisconsin, to play the Badgers for the first time since Dec. 5 when the Spartans were defeated. Tip-off will be at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, and FS1 will air the game.
Over two months into the 2023-2024 college basketball season, Michigan State finally picked up a road win to hang its hat on.
After a rocky game against Minnesota that ended in the Spartans pulling ahead with a 76-66 victory, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will once again hit the road to take on Maryland on Sunday afternoon in an attempt to hit .500 in conference games.
Graduate student forward Malik Hall has been a staple on the Michigan State men’s basketball team since he came in as a freshman in 2019. Now 135 games into his career, the Spartan veteran has surpassed 1,000 points.
Malik Hall and Tyson Walker helped carry the Spartans to a 76-66 win against the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a tight back-and-forth match.
After returning to the winning column Sunday afternoon against Rutgers, the Michigan State men’s basketball team will be back home Thursday night to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 6:30 p.m.
Michigan State basketball graduate student Steven Izzo, the son of Hall-of-Fame head coach Tom Izzo, logged his first career points during MSU’s 73-55 win over Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.
After narrowly falling to No. 10 Illinois on Thursday, the 9-7 Michigan State men’s basketball team will look to put its 1-4 start in Big Ten play behind it and take advantage of its favorable schedule for the next month, starting Sunday at noon against Rutgers in East Lansing.
The Spartans and the Fighting Illini both shot 42% from the floor Thursday night. Where Michigan State had seven turnovers, Illinois had eight. Where Michigan State had 37 rebounds, Illinois had 34. Pretty much everything on paper Thursday in Champaign looked nearly identical—until you looked at the free-throw column.
The Michigan State men’s basketball team will get back on the road Thursday to take on No. 10 Illinois after its tough 88-74 loss to Northwestern Sunday night.
Ever since Michigan State’s men’s basketball team’s 77-70 loss at Nebraska on Dec. 10 to drop to 0-2 in conference play, the Spartans have played like an entirely different team.
To kick off the new year, the Michigan State men’s basketball team dominated the Penn State Nittany Lions 92-61 for both teams’ third Big Ten matchup of the season.
This unexpected challenge Michigan State took after the holiday break resulted in one of their strongest wins so far this season. But based on how they were playing in November, it was not likely a game the Spartans would have won.
The Spartans finished their up-and-down December with an 87-75 victory over the red-hot Indiana State Sycamores, marking their fourth straight win after losing consecutive conference games to open the month.
