After two exhibition games in which it was short-handed, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team finally had its full roster in uniform in Friday’s season opener.
Suzy Merchant’s schedule is no accident. Scheduling games in Dayton, Ohio, Detroit and Grand Rapids, in nonconference play was no mistake — those cities just happen to be the home area for three of her four senior captains.
Tom Izzo has pulled in his share of highly ranked recruiting classes for the MSU men’s basketball program.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant inked three recruits Wednesday on National Signing Day, led by Detroit Country Day center Madison Williams, the No. 100 player in the country as rated by hoopgurlz.com.
In the final dress rehearsal before Friday’s regular season opener, the No. 2 MSU men’s basketball team looked mostly like a team still trying to find its rhythm following a 76-53 victory Monday against Grand Valley State.
A lot is at stake for the MSU women’s basketball team this season.
Through the exhibition season, the MSU women’s basketball team appears to be as good as advertised.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has a wealth of depth at her disposal, but after two exhibition wins, it’s still up in the air how she’s going to use it.
The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team used stellar first half defense and balanced scoring to defeat Grand Valley State 88-53 on Sunday at Breslin Center.
Entering the season, the MSU women’s basketball team’s strong suit was purported to be its depth.
The MSU men’s basketball team is the consensus No. 2 team in the country. The Spartans are expected to repeat as Big Ten Champions, go to their sixth Final Four in the last 12 years and are heavy favorites to make their second straight trip to the NCAA Championship game.
Every good group needs a set of leaders with a differing set of skills. In an episode of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” the characters labeled one another as “The Looks,” “The Brains,” “The Muscle” and “The Wild Card” to reflect the different skills each brought to the gang’s latest escapade.
The No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team opens its season at 6:30 p.m. tonight against Wayne State at Breslin Center. It will be the first of two exhibition tilts for the Spartans this season, as they host Grand Valley State at 2 p.m.
Minnesota men’s basketball players Royce White and Devron Bostick were suspended indefinitely Tuesday by head coach Tubby Smith for a violation of team rules, according to the Associated Press.
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.