Draymond Green had a homecoming this past weekend at MSU. After announcing on Thursday he donated $3.1 million to the men's basketball program to fund several Breslin Center renovations, he made a guest appearance on ESPN's College GameDay and a cameo during MSU football's 31-28 victory against Oregon.
Former MSU forward Draymond Green wanted to give back to the place that made him the player he is today.
Former MSU guard Travis Trice has signed a partially-guaranteed one-year deal with the New York Knicks, Yahoo reported on Thursday.
Sophomore guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn is the natural pick to fill much of the void left by Travis Trice , last season’s senior point guard and NCAA Tournament hero.
The men's basketball team recently returned from a three-game tournament in Italy this past weekend.
Both MSU basketball teams made changes to their staff on Thursday, according to msuspartans.com. Men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo announced that former MSU basketball player David Thomas has been named as the new men’s Director of Basketball Operations while Merchant announced Alysiah Bond will fill Thomas' void as the Women’s Director of Basketball Operations and Technology. “David Thomas is a great addition to our staff as Director of Basketball Operations.
The upcoming schedule for men’s basketball in the Big Ten has been released. The Spartans will travel to Ann Arbor for a lone matchup with our interstate rival and the highly touted Maryland Terrapins will make a trip to East Lansing in the slate’s only matchup, according to a Spartan Athletics release.
The MSU men’s basketball non-conference schedule has been announced and includes two home games against the University of Louisville and the University of Florida, according to a Spartan Athletics release.
The men’s basketball team will be making a trip to Italy on Friday for a series of four games against international teams and an academic credit for cultural experience. The team will play one game in Florence on Aug.
In a recent article on USA Today, Coaches and Coming Out, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo made his stance on having gay players clear.
MSU junior basketball player Eron Harris
The Pan American USA men's basketball team is 2-1 heading into the semi finals after a 83-93 loss to Brazil on Thursday.
Former MSU basketball star Keith Appling has inked a two-year partially guaranteed contract with the Orlando Magic of the NBA, news outlets reported Monday. The 6-foot-1 guard and graduate of Detroit Pershing High School played four years at MSU and finished his career with 1,509 points, 465 assists and 151 steals.
The Los Angeles Clippers announced today that they have officially signed Rookie forward Branden Dawson, the details of the contact have not been announced. Never will I ever forget this day!
As the Orlando summer league begins to heat up former MSU basketball players Branden Dawson and Travis Trice are trying to find their path in the NBA. Dawson, of course, is playing for the Los Angeles Clippers summer league team after he was taken with the No.
After accepting an invitation to the 2015 U.S. Pan American Men’s Basketball Team training camp, senior guard Denzel Valentine is one of 12 players who made the team, according to a news release by Spartan Athletics.
In a recent CBS Best in College Sports rankings, MSU was ranked No.
A day after news broke of the suspension of MSU junior guard Eron Harris due to a July 1 drunk driving arrest, the MSU basketball program received more bad news Wednesday, as news surfaced of junior guard Alvin Ellis’ May 2 charge of misdemeanor count of underage purchase, consumption or possession of alcohol surfaced. The charges were eventually dismissed and dropped to a public littering charge of $615, according to online records at 54B District Court in East Lansing. In addition to this, online records also indicate that a month later on June 19, Ellis was once again hit with a charge of underage purchase, consumption or possession of alcohol. "Being a student-athlete at Michigan State University is a privilege.
MSU is ranked No. 6 in the recent CBS Best in College Sports rankings. MSU is one of four Big Ten schools in the top 10. According to the website The National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) has been ranking athletic programs for years but weighs every sport equally, meaning a football national title is worth the same number of points (100) as a women's water polo title.
Former NBA player for the Portland Trailblazers and Lansing Everett basketball star Desmond Ferguson was just looking for a basketball league to emulate the ones he had played in during his college days at the University of Detroit Mercy.