After failing to qualify for the women’s NCAA Tournament, MSU will continue their season back home to face Cincinnati in the first round of the women’s National Invitational Tournament.
Head coach Tom Izzo drew parallels between the 14-seeded Bucknell team MSU plays Friday at Little Caesars Arena (7:10 p.m./CBS) and the Middle Tennessee State team who upset the Spartans in the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
Thanks to a group of MSU alumni, Spartan fans without tickets to the men’s basketball team’s opening NCAA Tournament game against Bucknell at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Friday will still have an opportunity for a viewing experience.
Men's basketball beat reporter Casey Harrison breaks down this year's NCAA Tournament bracket.
March Madness brings all types people to fill out brackets in hopes of winning prizes and bragging rights. One of these people is former President Barack Obama. And he has the Spartans cutting down the nets in San Antonio in early April.
March Madness is in full swing now that the NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed. Like every year, the field has a few sleeper teams that can make deep runs, along with the usual heavyweights.
Watch head coach Tom Izzo, redshirt senior Gavin Schilling, sophomore point guard Cassius Winston and sophomore wing Miles Bridges talk about No. 14 seed Bucknell and their mindset going into March Madness.
Women's basketball will start its run in the Women's NIT against Cincinnati at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Breslin Center.
MSU announced Monday afternoon that Tom Izzo's squad will have a 40-minute open practice at LCA from 3:25-4:05 p.m. Thursday. Admission is free to the public.
While Izzo expressed a sense of joy and maybe a bit of relief on Sunday after receiving a favorable venue, he acknowledged the focal areas the team needed some refreshing in during the time off.
Watch head coach Tom Izzo, sophomore guard Cassius Winston and sophomore wing Miles Bridges talk about men's basketball's No. 3 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
The Spartans will head to Detroit to play No. 14 Bucknell in the first round on Friday. The winner will play either No. 6 seed TCU or No. 11 seeds Arizona State or UCLA on Sunday.
NEW YORK — Two Spartan Marching Band alumni were chatting with a group of women at their hotel in New York City. Once they revealed they were MSU alumni, the women inquired about the “scandal going on there.”
NEW YORK — MSU alumnus Jim Tumbrink and Roni O’Connor sat at a table towards the entrance at Mustang Harry’s, a bar located on 7th Ave and right next to Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK — Although the discussion of hosting the Big Ten Tournament in New York over typical locations such as Chicago and Indianapolis, MSU alumni and fans still made the trek out to the Big Apple.
NEW YORK — After their Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss to Michigan Saturday, the second-ranked Spartans will have at least a 12-day layoff before they can take the hardwood again, as the team’s earliest scheduled NCAA Tournament opening game is March 15.
NEW YORK — Watch men's basketball players react to its 75-64 loss to Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals Saturday.
NEW YORK — Men's basketball was playing its instate rival, Michigan. They had won 13 straight games, their last loss coming to the Wolverines on Jan. 13. They wanted redemption, but came up short in Madison Square Garden, the “mecca of basketball.”
NEW YORK — The Wolverines would pull away in the second half and beat the Spartans, 75-64, to advance to the Big Ten Tournament finals.
NEW YORK — No. 2 men’s basketball (29-3, 16-2 Big Ten) didn’t get a chance in the regular season to avenge it’s January loss to Michigan. But on Saturday they will.