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.
MSU’s women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant never has watched the tape of the biggest win of her career — MSU’s 63-49 win against Duke in the second round of last season’s NCAA Tournament.
Brittney Thomas can’t help but get excited when thinking about how dangerous the point guard position will be for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
The MSU men’s and women’s basketball teams will hold their annual Midnight Madness event at 9:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at Breslin Center.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant announced Monday that seniors Lauren Aitch, Allyssa DeHaan, Aisha Jefferson and Mandy Piechowski were selected as team captains for the 2009-10 season.
Students looking to get access to Tom Izzo and talk to their favorite players about last season’s Final Four run had the opportunity to do just that at this weekend’s Izzone Campout.
Steve Smith was watching the MSU football team take on Central Michigan on Saturday from his personal luxury box at Spartan Stadium when third-year MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant walked in and began to chat with him.
The MSU women’s basketball team will face 15 teams that qualified for the 2009 postseason, and possibly 10 that played in the NCAA Tournament, in the upcoming 2009-10 basketball season.
The MSU men’s basketball team will once again play a tough schedule in 2009-10, facing nine teams that played in the 2009 NCAA Tournament and 14 teams that participated in postseason play.
During his 14 years as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, Tom Izzo has participated in his share of pressure-inducing activities. He’s coached in three Final Fours, thrown out the first pitch of a Detroit Tigers game and even rapelled from the ceiling of Breslin Center.
Not only does Kalin Lucas plan on returning to school for his junior season, but according to his coach, the star guard never even gave much thought to entering the 2009 NBA Draft.
The MSU men’s basketball team will take the floor with North Carolina for the third time in a calendar year and for the second consecutive year in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The two teams will meet in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Dec. 1 in the 11th rendition of the weeklong event that pits teams from each conference against one another.
About 10 minutes after her team’s season-ending loss to Iowa State, MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant located a TV backstage at Haas Pavilion. For the first of what would prove to be many times, Merchant relived the anguishing final 87 seconds of the game. Since the March 28 loss, Merchant estimates she’s replayed the conclusion of the game at least 500 times.
After an underwhelming first month of the season, sophomore guard Kalin Lucas emerged as MSU’s best player right in time for the Big Ten regular season.