After MSU’s victory against Ohio State last week, Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta admitted a secret. He said while they’d never just give away a basket, they were willing to allow MSU’s big men some open jump shots.
The MSU women’s basketball team couldn’t seem to find an answer for its season’s ongoing offensive troubles against Indiana on Sunday.
The MSU men’s basketball team completed a season sweep of Minnesota on Sunday with a 78-73 win in Minneapolis.
After a back-and-forth first half, the MSU women’s basketball team took charge of the court to take the win Thursday against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.
There are some turnovers MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo can deal with. If an opposing player makes a tough steal or if the defense holds tight for the full shot clock and MSU has a tough time getting a good look, he’s OK with that.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has found a diamond in the rough. Takeya Fortner, a 5-foot-9-inch sophomore guard, has picked a time to shine when the team needs it most. With the loss of key players due to injuries and graduation, Merchant saw the potential hidden in Fortner once the Big Ten season started.
The MSU women’s basketball team is taking their show on the road for two of its next three games. Here’s an inside look at the Spartans’ next three opponents. (Records through Wednesday).
The MSU men’s basketball team left Iowa City, Iowa, with their tails between their legs — but the Spartans couldn’t be more jacked for 4 p.m. Sunday, when they head to Williams Arena in Minneapolis to battle Minnesota.
The MSU women’s basketball team needs to start winning. Plain and simple.
It’s down to the wire for the MSU women’s basketball team as they head to Evanston, Ill., in hopes to get back on track in the Big Ten.
Early on, it looked as if the MSU men’s basketball team was going to run Ohio State out of the gym — as the Spartans went up by 21 late in the first half.
The MSU men’s basketball team jumped out to an early 23-5 lead against visiting Ohio State and held on for a 66-60 victory.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant sees improvement in her predominantly young squad, even after an unforeseen loss Sunday to Michigan.
One thing MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo isn’t going to do is panic about one loss — after all, the Spartans are still 14-2 while boasting a No. 11 ranking.
The MSU men’s basketball team looks to rebound from its first conference loss at Iowa this weekend as the Spartans face Ohio State at 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Center.
The MSU women’s basketball team failed to string two wins together with a loss to cross-state rival U-M on Sunday at Crisler Arena.
It got to the point where I was upset at myself for not bringing some gym shoes and shorts to change into.
When the Iowa faithful were starting to trickle into Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday night, there was one section up in the nosebleeds that had been filled to capacity since two hours before the game began.
Season-low shooting percentage. One made free throw. An Izzo-era-low point total. Can it only get better from here?
It came down to which team could perform a little less poorly than the other. And on Saturday night, Iowa was that team. In the lowest scoring game of MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo’s career, the Spartans were upset by the Iowa Hawkeyes, 43-36, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. When the buzzer hit 00.0, the Hawks Nest, Iowa’s student section, stormed the floor as “Overrated” echoed off the arena walls.