Detroit Southeastern guard Brandan Kearney became Tom Izzo’s first verbal commitment for the 2011 recruiting class, signaling his intentions to attend MSU on Tuesday.
Draymond Green did a little bit of everything in the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team’s 76-45 exhibition win Sunday against Northwood.
It started out ugly. Very ugly. Missed layups, ice-cold shooting and lacking two starters because of injury contributed to a slow and sloppy first half in the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team’s preseason opener Sunday afternoon.
The No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team dealt with its share of injury-related adversity last season. One exhibition game into the 2009-10 season, that unwanted trend is back again.
If Purdue head coach Sharon Versyp only had one word to describe this year’s Big Ten lineup, it would be “tough.”
Looking up and down the Big Ten men’s basketball preseason All-Big Ten team, one thing stands out — all five players are juniors.
The MSU men’s basketball team has just about everything against Division 2 teams under head coach Tom Izzo.
If preseason expectations are anything, it’s going to be a fun winter in East Lansing.
Isaiah Dahlman is knocking on wood. And after all the senior guard has been through, who can blame him?
Saturday’s men’s basketball Green and White game meant ditto in the win and loss column, but provided fans with a first-hand look at some of the team’s biggest story lines entering the season.
Former MSU center Goran Suton was among three players waived by the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
What would have happened if Derrick Nix hadn’t taken this summer seriously? Nix, a freshman center on the MSU men’s basketball team, knows exactly what would have happened if he hadn’t dropped 30 pounds — and counting — since his arrival in East Lansing. Or if he hadn’t done extra cardio on his own after working out with teammates. Or if he had consumed more than just cereal, Nutrigrain bars and liquids after 6 p.m. in an effort to get into shape.
Kalin Lucas didn’t put on a surgical mask or latex gloves to combat the flu bug that swept through the MSU men’s basketball team this past week, but the junior guard did have his own way to stay healthy.
Images of MSU basketball’s past, present and future were on display for the 14,000-plus in attendance at Friday’s annual Midnight Madness for the MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams.
Purdue guard Lewis Jackson has been suspended by the team for two games and the NCAA for one game to start the season.
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Midnight Madness event at 9:30 p.m. today at Breslin Center.
Tickets for the 2010 Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m., the Big Ten announced Thursday.
Because of its athletic ability, basketball IQ and NCAA Tournament experience, the MSU men’s basketball team is viewed by many as a top three team in the country.
Just so there is no confusion when fans get their first glimpse of the MSU men’s basketball team this season, sophomore forward Delvon Roe wants to confirm that, yes, that is him wearing No. 10 for the Spartans.
As he was going through workouts and individual skill work this summer, junior forward Tom Herzog had a motivation he never had in his first three years with the MSU men’s basketball team.