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Football team close to securing place in conference championship

Michelle Martinelli

November 15, 2011

The No. 12 MSU football team (8-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) set out at the beginning of the season to play a 14-game season, and with two regular season games to go, the team’s goals are within reach. Because of the Spartans’ 37-21 victory over Iowa this weekend, they’re one step closer to their goals with a confidence boost from their second win on the road this season, head coach Mark Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday. “When you look at this football game, I thought it helped us control our own destiny,” he said.

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MSU again set to take national stage vs. Duke

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 14, 2011

Wherever the MSU men’s basketball team goes early this season, the college basketball world is sure to be following along. Four days after playing No.

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Women's basketball to host home opener

Jesse O'Brien

November 14, 2011

In the middle of a 7-day stretch that sees the MSU women’s basketball team play four times, the Spartans are set to open their home season against IPFW Tuesday night. The Spartans (1-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) are coming off a weekend split in the Iona Tip-Off Tournament played in New Rochelle, N.Y., in which they were treated to a strong debut by freshman forward Becca Mills, who was named to the all-tournament team and the Big Ten Freshman of the Week.

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Mills earns Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors

Jesse O'Brien

November 14, 2011

Two games into her career as a Spartan, MSU women’s basketball freshman forward Becca Mills raked in Big Ten honors for her play during the weekend.

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Column: Attending Carrier Classic once in lifetime opportunity

Pat Evans

November 14, 2011

I’ve never had as many chills in my life as I did this week. My arm hair was standing on edge almost the entire time I was aboard the USS Carl Vinson Thursday and Friday.

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Despite loss, MSU returned to playing 'Spartan way'

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 13, 2011

In Friday’s Quicken Loans Carrier Classic in San Diego, head coach Tom Izzo saw what appeared to be a return to the days of old.

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Poole leads Spartans in split at Iona College Tip-Off

Jesse O'Brien

November 13, 2011

While the men’s basketball team opened its season in San Diego, the women’s squad did the same on the opposite side of the country.

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Awestruck

Pat Evans

November 13, 2011

With President Barack Obama looking on, the MSU men’s basketball team was in awe Friday night. It wasn’t just the president in attendance that shook the team.

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Izzo proud of men’s basketball team despite 67-55 loss to No. 1 North Carolina

Pat Evans

November 13, 2011

Although the MSU men’s basketball team lost the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on Friday in San Diego, head coach Tom Izzo was proud of his team.

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Students, alumni gather to watch Carrier Classic

Rebecca Ryan

November 13, 2011

Kinesiology junior Hugo Arevalo wanted to be a part of the historic carrier game. But because the game was being played across the country, Arevalo settled for what he said was the next best thing.

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MSU falls to North Carolina 67-55 in Carrier Classic

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 11, 2011

San Diego — In a game that won’t be remembered for the final score, the MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 North Carolina 67-55 in the Quicken Loans Carrier Classic on Friday.

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United in sport

Pat Evans

November 10, 2011

SAN DIEGO — Tom Izzo is known for putting his team through grueling schedules. Today, the men’s basketball head coach is taking his “play anyone, anywhere, any time” motto to an extreme.

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Izzo to throw Dawson into starting lineup at Carrier Classic

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 10, 2011

San Diego — When most freshmen begin their college basketball careers, there usually is some time for adjustment — a period to get used to the drastic differences between playing in high school and playing NCAA Division I basketball.

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Spartans prepare for tough matchup

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 10, 2011

SAN DIEGO — When senior forward Draymond Green steps on the floor for the men’s basketball team’s season opener Friday, he knows it will be a moment like he’s never experienced.

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Women's basketball opens season in Iona Tournament

Jesse O'Brien

November 10, 2011

While the MSU men’s basketball team is preparing for its first game of the season on the USS Carl Vinson, another group of Spartans will open its season on the court. The women’s basketball team will start its season off in the Iona Tournament, playing its first game against Villanova at 1:45 p.m.

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Harris to join Izzo's 2012 recruiting class

Jesse O'Brien

November 9, 2011

The cherry has been placed on top of head coach Tom Izzo’s recruiting class, following the announcement that five-star Gary Harris recruit will commit to MSU — marking what could be one of the best recruiting classes for Izzo to date. Harris announced he was signing with the men’s basketball team on Wednesday. Harris is the 25th ranked recruit in the nation, and third rated guard according to Rivals.com.

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Women's basketball dominates final exhibition game

Jesse O'Brien

November 6, 2011

The Spartans trounced Grand Valley State, 75-23, concluding their exhibition season and asserting their position as the team to beat in the Big Ten.

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Izzo mostly happy with play in pair of exhibition games

Pat Evans

November 6, 2011

As the MSU men’s basketball team finished its exhibition season with two blowouts of Ferris State last Sunday and Hillsdale on friday, head coach Tom Izzo saw things he liked and things he didn’t like.

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Spartans beat Hillsdale 80-58, begin preparation for No. 1 North Carolina

Jeremy Warnemuende

November 4, 2011

The warmups are over. Fans barely had started filing out of Breslin Center on Friday night following the MSU men’s basketball team’s 80-58 win over Hillsdale, and head coach Tom Izzo and the Spartans already had shifted gears.

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Spartans dominate Lake Superior State, 94-31

Dillon Davis

November 3, 2011

Coming off one of the strongest seasons in program history that ended with a Big Ten championship, the expectations couldn’t be much higher for the MSU women’s basketball team in 2011-12. In the team’s first exhibition of the season, the No.