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One time Spartan, Crusader torn about NCAA matchup
Go ahead and ask Brandon Wood who he’s rooting for — at this point, nearly everyone else has.
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MSU women’s basketball ready for March Madness
The MSU women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-consecutive postseason. “The Spartans who fell to Purdue in the “finals of the Big Ten Tournament on March 10 — were given a No. 5 seed, sending them to College Park, Md., to face No. 12 seed Marist.
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MSU men's basketball team prepares for NCAA tournament
The story always reads the same way.
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MSU’s Payne, Valparaiso’s Broekhoff is marquee matchup
Seventeen hours after Tom Izzo said he wanted to see more film of the Spartans’ first NCAA Tournament opponent before commenting on them, MSU’s head coach made his way back to the very same podium with some bags under his eyes and very possibly the same set of clothes on.
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Dancing Lessons
Selection Sunday has come and gone, and the MSU men’s basketball team now knows it will travel less than 90 miles to begin its quest for a third national title.
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Headed to the Palace
At last, it’s time to break out the dancing shoes. Following a semifinal exit in the Big Ten Tournament, the No.
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MSU fans flock to Chicago for Big Ten Tournament
As legions of MSU men’s basketball fans made the trip to Chicago, the thoughts of many were tied to a weekend of basketball.
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MSU unable to overcome OSU, now looks to NCAA tourney
Chicago — As soon as he heard the name, Keith Appling couldn’t hide a look of disgust as he began to shake his head.
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Craft troubles MSU on offense, defense in Big Ten tourney loss
Chicago – Few college basketball players are criticized quite like Aaron Craft. Whether it is his rosy red cheeks, his subtly confident personality or even his skin tone, Craft has been the subject of much abuse from fans and media since he arrived at Ohio State.
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MSU falls to Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament semifinal, 61-58
A rematch of last year’s Big Ten Tournament title game wasn’t without controversy, as a late flagrant foul and a dominant second half from Aaron Craft helped lift the Buckeyes.
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Spartans, Buckeyes exchange blows in first half of Big Ten Tournament semifinal, MSU leads, 29-28
It was a rematch of last year’s Big Ten Tournament title game and, for 20 minutes, both teams already appeared in championship form.
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Spartans prepare to face Ohio State in rematch of last year's Big Ten Tournament championship game
Now that the Spartans have fought their way into the Big Ten Tournament’s semifinals, it’s time to look ahead to the team standing in their way from a return trip to the championship round.
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Spartans defeat Iowa in barn burner, 59-56, advance to Big Ten Tournament semifinal
In the college basketball world, desperation can be a strange feeling.
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MSU trails Iowa, 30-20, in second round of Big Ten men's basketball tournament
With a potential NCAA Tournament bid on the line, many expected Fran McCaffery and No. 6 seed Iowa to come out swinging in a second-round matchup against the No. 8 seed MSU men’s basketball team. And after one half of play, the Hawkeyes look like a team who wants to go dancing.
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Front and Center
Tom Izzo has never been afraid to send a message. Coming off a loss to then-No. 7 Indiana, the MSU basketball team returned to Breslin Center in January in need of a victory against a tough Illinois team.
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Adversity over course of 4 years bonds Nix, Izzo
Derrick Nix is many things. Articulate, brash, confident, cocky, funny, stubborn. But one word likely has never been used — softy.
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Talent-heavy Big Ten Tournament to kick off today
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo described it as a “historic” tournament for the conference — the first time the Big Ten has had a field featuring six teams ranked in the top 10 during the course of the season.
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In the Zone
It didn’t take long for Steven Neville, also known as one of the Angry Birds that flocked the Breslin Center this past season, to respond to one simple question — what comes to mind when thinking of the Izzone? “Loud,” the hospitality business junior said.
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Spartans gear up for Big Ten Tournament on Friday
With the postseason approaching, most college basketball coaches are burying their heads in scouting reports and scouring hours of game film, looking for any detail to give them an edge on the competition.