After winning the Big Ten outright for the first time in program history, the Spartans are looking to continue that success with a much younger squad this season. Thursday afternoon, head coach Suzy Merchant and members of the team met with members of the media to discuss the team’s upcoming season.
Friday, the annual Midnight Madness will tip off the 2011-12 basketball season at Breslin Center. Doors will open at 9:30 p.m., and admission is free.
Former MSU basketball player Delvon Roe will star in “Gametime,” a feature film about two college basketball players, the Michigan Film Office announced Friday.
After three years of suffering through the pain of multiple injuries and surgeries, Delvon Roe’s basketball career at MSU has come to an end.
Since Tom Izzo took over as MSU men’s basketball coach in 1995, his program has been defined by toughness. Tough coaching, tough practices, tough schedules, tough love and most of all, tough players.
Tickets for the Izzone go on sale for students at 12:01 a.m. this Sunday. To purchase tickets, students must visit the Spartan ticket office on msuspartans.com.
The MSU men’s basketball team will be featured in national broadcasts in as many of 10 of their 18 Big Ten games during the 2011-12 season. The Big Ten announced Tuesday the conference games will appear on either CBS, ESPN or ESPN2.
As a member of the U.S. competing in the World University Games in Shenzhen, China, MSU senior forward Draymond Green has emerged as a leader and has been vital to the team’s 3-0 start.
As the second basketball player to represent MSU internationally this summer, senior forward Draymond Green was selected Wednesday to play for the USA men’s team at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China.
The 6-foot-9 former MSU women’s basketball star once again will look to make a name for herself as she is scheduled to join the Grand Valley State University volleyball team in the fall.
Former MSU and NBA basketball player Jay Vincent was jailed Thursday for continuing to scam people after pleading guilty to charges of fraud last year, according to an article by the Lansing State Journal. Vincent’s bond was revoked at a U.S.
Former MSU and NBA basketball player Jay Vincent’s bond is scheduled to be reviewed July 28 after a motion was filed by the U.S.
Brandon Wood has never played in an NCAA Tournament game. After transferring from Valparaiso University to MSU in May, Wood joins a program that has been to 14-straight NCAA Tournaments, including six Final Four berths and a national championship in 2000.
As a rematch from last season, the MSU women’s basketball team will play Texas on Dec. 10 in Austin, Texas, for the Big Ten/Big 12 Challenge, the conferences announced Thursday.
MSU men’s basketball sophomore guard Keith Appling and the USA U19 World Champion -ship Team took down Australia, 78-77, for fifth place Sunday in the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Riga, Latvia. The defending championship U.S. team lost its chance for the gold medal with its 79-74 loss to Russia Friday.
Steve Smith hosted his 12th annual charity golf outing Tuesday to raise funds for the MSU Alumni Club of Mid-Michigan, the George Webster Scholarship Fund and the Steve Smith Charitable Fund.
Where do former Spartans Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers fit into the scheme of things in Thursday’s 2011 NBA Draft?
The State News recently sat down with former MSU men’s basketball great Mateen Cleaves to discuss his accomplishments and what he’s been up to.
Two days after he was diagnosed with brain cancer in January 2010, Shawn Koch was in surgery, and he has since been in chemotherapy and had radiation treatments.
Three MSU students reported various valuables allegedly were stolen from them between 3:30-5:30 p.m.