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Branden Dawson headed to the Los Angeles Clippers
Former MSU basketball player Branden Dawson is heading to Los Angeles— after getting drafted in the second round with the No.
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MSU Basketball receives five-star recruit in Josh Langford
In a summer mostly filled with football news, the MSU basketball team received some good news today as class of 2016 five-star shooting guard Josh Langford committed to the program. Langford is the No.
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Former Spartan Draymond Green wins NBA Championship
Draymond Green had doubters when he entered the NBA after a senior season at MSU in which he averaged 16.2 points per game and 10.6 rebounds per game. Despite improving every year at MSU and helping to lead the Spartans to two Final Four appearances Green wasn't selected in the first round of the draft. Green was ultimately selected a few picks into the second round with the No.
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Breslin Center undergoing first of two major renovations, expected completion August 2017
The Breslin Student Events Center is in store for a major face lift over the next couple of years.
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Sherman’s drunken rant raises point about NCAA drug testing
While the drunken Twitter rant provided by former Michigan State basketball player Garrick Sherman on May 27 was entertaining for all who saw, it could be indicative of a larger issue of the collegiate sports landscape.
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Former MSU basketball player goes on drunken Twitter rant, alleges helping teammate cheat drug test during tenure
Former Michigan State big man Garrick Sherman revealed a lot about his time in East Lansing on Wednesday through a series of drunken tweets.
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Former Spartan Russell Byrd trying his luck at the NBA
In his sophomore year of high school, Russell Byrd had offers from schools like Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State, and plenty of others to play basketball for them.
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COLUMN: Best moments from MSU off the field
Over the years, MSU athletics has had its share of memorable performances and moments on and off the field.
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Program records set in multiple sports this year
Men's basketball and football weren't the only programs that their players go far last fall and this spring.
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Nothing but net: 72-year-old MSU alumnus challenges all
James E. Cummings Jr. is a familiar face for anyone who frequents the IM Sports-West courts.
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Suzy Merchant reflects on hard year
Born in Detroit, Michigan and playing basketball for Central Michigan, Suzy Merchant always had a passion for the sport of basketball.
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Travis Trice has started to see his name on NBA draft boards
Senior guard Travis Trice became a NCAA tournament hero with his weekly heroics, helping the Spartans reach the Final Four for the first time since 2010.
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Head athletic coordinator Bob Knickerbocker to retire after three decades with MSU
The town of Cincinnatus, New York is a rural farming town of just over 1,000 people, and it isn't the place that many people get the opportunity to leave from. Bob Knickerbocker was one of the lucky few that did get to leave. Knickerbocker has been the head athletic equipment coordinator since 1983, and has helped oversee some of the uniform changes that MSU athletics have seen in the past few seasons. He will retire following this school year, but it will come after a long and fulfilling ride with MSU. "This kind of life has been very exciting for me," he said.
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High school coach of Caleb Swanigan reflects on MSU's newest five-star recruit
Kentucky, Arizona, Duke, Purdue, California and Chicago State were all in pursuit for the 6-foot-8-inch big man.
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Tom Izzo: 'Gavin Schilling needs to love the game.'
Head coach Tom Izzo critiqued most of his roster during his end-of-the-season press conference last Thursday.
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Denzel Valentine will take Spartans to new heights next year, according to Tom Izzo
After losing to Duke in the Final Four round of the NCAA Tournament, junior guard Denzel Valentine vowed that MSU would return next season. Head coach Tom Izzo placed his faith in his captain during his end-of-season press conference on Thursday, saying he believes Valentine will help the Spartans live up to expectations next season. "He, I think, will take this team to new heights next year," Izzo said.
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Tom Izzo expects big things from Javon Bess following injury filled freshman season
Before the season began, head coach Tom Izzo pegged freshman guard Javon Bess as a player he expected to make an immediate impact. A preseason stress fracture in Bess' right foot last October robbed him of that opportunity.
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MSU basketball report card
This season could be regarded as Izzo's best coaching job, and for good reason.
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Five-star recruit Caleb Swanigan commits to MSU
Reaching his seventh Final Four as head coach of the Spartans this past weekend, Tom Izzo could very well be on this way to a second consecutive appearance in the national semifinals after landing his second McDonald's All-American on Friday. Caleb Swanigan, who held offers from Kentucky, Duke, Arizona and Cal, who were rumored to be the clear cut favorite to pick up the No.
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COLUMN: Losses of Dawson and Trice will have bigger impact than many think
MSU’s season could very well end in Houston next year but thinking it’s a foregone conclusion is a big mistake. The Final Four returns to the Lone Star State next spring and some already have the Spartans penciled in to make it back to where this season ended.