The awards continue to roll in for MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine as it was announced Thursday that Valentine had been named National Player of the Year by the Associated Press.The award is Valentine's sixth player of the year honor for his accomplishments this season.
MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine has been named the National Player of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Valentine is the third Spartan to win the award. Draymond Green previously won in 2012 and Shawn Respert won in 1995.
MSU redshirt junior guard Aerial Powers has earned third-team All-American honors by the Associated Press on Monday, according to a press release.
News broke Monday that MSU sophomore forward Marvin Clark Jr. will transfer schools. The news was first reported by Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. MSU later confirmed the transfer to multiple media outlets. Clark appeared in 30 of 35 contests for the Spartans during the 2015-16 season, averaging 3.9 rebounds and 2.5 rebounds in 9.7 minutes per game. Clark's transfer also opens up a scholarship for the 2016-17 season.
U-D Jesuit senior point guard and 2016 MSU basketball commit Cassius Winston had one more goal he wanted to accomplish for his high school basketball career. Already four time Catholic League champion and 2016 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award winner, Winston wanted to achieve something which had twice alluded him in the state semifinals in 2014 and 2015 -- an MHSAA Class A state championship. Now, after turning in a 31 point, nine assist performance to lead U-D Jesuit to a 69-49 victory over North Farmington "
With the departure of seniors such as guard Denzel Valentine and forward Matt Costello, MSU basketball will be looking for someone to step into a leadership position and fill the shoes of the departing seniors.
MSU 2016 basketball commit Cassius Winston scored 27 points and notched 12 assists to lead U-D Jesuit (27-0) to a 72-51 victory over Macomb Dakota (26-1) in the semifinals of the MHSAA Class A basketball tournament Friday from Breslin Center. In a battle of two undefeated teams, Winston and U-D Jesuit jumped on the Dakota early.
It was announced Thursday that senior guards Denzel Valentine and Bryn Forbes have been invited to take part in the 3-point contest for the 28th-annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships.
One of the biggest decisions looming over MSU's basketball program heading into the 2016 offseason is whether or not freshman forward Deyonta Davis will make the jump to the NBA after just one season at MSU.
For some, it could be easy to just give up after being sentenced to prison. Not former MSU basketball star forward Jay Vincent, who has spent his whole life proving people wrong and staying positive through whatever life throws at him.
Four days following MSU's stunning 90-81 loss to Middle Tennessee in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament, MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo held his end of the season press conference.
With the MSU men's basketball team's season officially over it is time to watch one of the biggest stories of the offseason unfold: will freshman forward Deyonta Davis return for a second year under MSU coach Tom Izzo?
Cassius Winston, a 2016 commit in MSU basketball's recruiting class, was named the 2016 Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award winner on Monday, an award given annually by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, in conjunction with the Detroit Free Press.
There is a particular notion about sports that I’ve come to vehemently believe in - chaos is king.
When Michigan State took the floor Friday afternoon in St. Louis, nobody could have anticipated what would unfold over the next two hours, as the No. 2-seeded MSU Spartans fell to No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee State University in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, 90-81.
Following their 74-60 victory against Belmont University on Friday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, No. 4-seeded MSU was defeated by No. 5-seed Mississippi State on Sunday afternoon by a final score of 74-72 in Starkville, Mississippi.
Despite MSU falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Middle Tennessee, it was announced Sunday that senior guard Denzel Valentine is one of four finalists for the Naismith Trophy. The Naismith Trophy has been awarded to the best player in college basketball each season since 1969.
There were five seconds left in No. 2 seed MSU’s shocking first round loss to the No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. And it was then MSU’s three senior stars -- Denzel Valentine, Matt Costello and Bryn Forbes -- checked out of a game and walked off a basketball floor in an MSU jersey for the last time. It was really over. It had actually just happened. Middle Tennessee had knocked off MSU, 90-81, in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history. Then, fifteen minutes after the final buzzer sounded, those same three visibly emotional players wiped away tears and walked with their arms around each other to face the media at a post game press conference. This is the way all their careers had come to an end -- 112 victories, a Sweet Sixteen, an Elite Eight, a Final Four and two Big Ten Tournament Championships later, they were done. “I can’t believe what’s going on,” Costello said.
March Madness is underway and now the Spartans are in the full swing of things. The MSU women’s basketball team defeated the Belmont Bruins in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Starkville, Mississippi by a final score of 74-60.
The Blue Raiders stormed out of the gates early, using hot shooting to take a quick 15-2 lead at the 15:29 mark of the first half.