Forward Kenny Goins will be out for a couple weeks after suffering a mild sprain in his left knee, Tom Izzo said after practice on Thursday.
Here are five storylines you should follow as the Spartans battle through their 31-game season.
Sam Metry and Souichi Terada are exhausted but they're still awake enough to break down MSU's loss to No. 1 overall Duke and give their thoughts on the upcoming men's basketball season.
CHICAGO — As No. 2 MSU waged war with the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils in another Champions Classic matchup, the hype surrounding the game reached its tipping point — right at tipoff, of course.
The Spartans made it clear, they lost this game themselves.
CHICAGO — No. 2 MSU fell to No. 1 Duke 88-81 in the Champions Classic and fell to 1-1 on the young season.
On Monday night, guard Shay Colley was one assist away on Monday night from being etched into Spartan history as the fourth women’s basketball player to obtain a triple-double.
Women’s basketball defeats Oakland 95-63 in another home blowout, as the Spartans improve to 2-0 on the season.
MSU beat North Florida 98-66 in the Spartans season opener Friday night at the Breslin Center. The team dominated from start to finish, leading by as many as 29 points in the first half, and by as many as 39 after the intermission.
Tom Izzo announced that his team will wear t-shirt's that say "We Talk, We Listen" on the front and a quote from Miles Bridges on the back that says, “It’s Not About Me, It’s About Us.”
After welcoming just two freshmen in its latest recruiting class, the men's basketball team inked five different players to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday — Marcus Bingham Jr., Gabe Brown, Aaron Hentry Thomas Kithier and Foster Loyer.
In the first and only exhibition game this season, the women’s basketball team dominated Lake Superior State 111-37.
MSU finished its preseason with a perfect 3-0 record against Ferris State, Georgia and now, Hillsdale.
Ahrens sustained his first injury later on in the summer and was out four to five weeks before being able to slowly get back on the court. During media day on Oct. 11, Ahrens said he was only a couple of weeks from being completely cleared.
The men's basketball team was named the No. 2 team in the country in the AP's preseason poll and gathered 13 first place votes.
After playing each other for the second time since 2015, the MSU men’s basketball team and the University of Georgia came together to compete in a charity match held at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
The MSU Men’s Basketball team beat the Georgia Bulldogs 80-68 in its second exhibition game of the young season Sunday afternoon in a hurricane relief exhibition game in front of a sold out crowd at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
“Cassius Winston, right now, is shooting the ball as good as anybody we've got,” Tom Izzo said.
Realistically, there’s only so much that can be taken away from an exhibition game.
Ineffective shooting by MSU Thursday night allowed Ferris State to scare the Spartans in their first of three exhibition games, but MSU managed to pull away from Ferris State late in the second half to secure a 80-72 victory over the Bulldogs, who finished with a school all-time best 18-3 in league action last season.