With the NFL Draft beginning at the end of the month, the final push for prospects hoping to get drafted is fast approaching.
Another weekend of poor pitching sinks the softball team into the basement of the Big Ten standings.
In honor of Spartan superfan Lacey Holsworth , the 8-year-old little girl who touched the heart of a nation with her relationship with former MSU basketball star and current Minnesota Timberwolves player Adreian Payne , students will gather April 8 to paint the rock on Farm Lane one year after she lost her unfortunate battle with cancer.
By Troy Jefferson Tjefferson@statenews.com It was a wild weekend for the softball team.
Although Duke was playing about 600 miles from Durham, the Blue Devils found a temporary home Saturday night — the four foot radius around the basket. The Blue Devils absolutely dominated around the rim, outscoring MSU 42-26 in the paint.
As thousands of MSU basketball fans cheered the Spartans on in the Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium Saturday night, about a five minute walk down the street in downtown Indianapolis sat hundreds of other Spartan fans in the oldest bar in Indiana -- the Slippery Noodle Inn. "It started with Jud Heathcote," said Slippery Noodle Inn general manager Marty Bacon, referring to the coach's parties the former MSU head basketball coach used to throw at the bar. To this day, the Slippery Noodle Inn continues to be a hotbed for Spartan fans to congregate when a big time MSU sporting event is taking place.
For the first time in head coach Suzy Merchant's tenure with MSU, the women's basketball team will not play in any postseason tournament, because of a decision to not risk any more injuries. But the veteran sideline general and former Central Michigan guard received more outstanding news on sophomore forward Aerial Powers on Saturday, who earned another honorable mention All-American honor by another renowned coalition. It's been four years since the program carried a Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) honorable mention All-America recipient since former standout Kalisha Keane. Now, following a season filled with record breaking accomplishments, Powers earned WCBA All-American honors to complete her collection of awards.
Stepping off the hardwood and into the music booth, MSU basketball standout Maurice Ager has gone from leading the Spartans to a Final Four, to being a Grammy nominated recording artist and producer. Playing in four seasons with four different teams in the NBA, while also earning a spot on the All-Big Ten second team his junior and senior year, the game of basketball is still lodged into the heart of the 31-year-old, despite haven't not played professionally since the end of the 2010-11 season. Residing in the Greater Los Angeles area, Ager wanted a way to have basketball continue to be a major part of his life, as well as giving back to a new generation of future stars, which resulted in the creation of the Maurice Ager Hoop School, founded over a year ago. “I wanted to figure out a way to give back to the youth with some of the skills and talent that I’ve been able to accomplish in my life,” Ager said.
Following Saturday's Final Four loss to Duke, head coach Tom Izzo said he expects junior forward Matt Costello to undergo knee surgery this offseason.
As a senior, it will be junior guard Denzel Valentine’s team next year, head coach Tom Izzo said, but freshman guard Lourawls "Tum Tum" Nairn Jr. will most likely be second-in-command.
Nobody expected a No. 7 seed to make it to the Final Four. But Saturday night was the end of the championship run for the Spartans, with an 81-61 loss to Duke.
When the Spartans take the court on Saturday, it'll be the third time in 15 seasons that they have competed in the national semifinals in the capitol of Indiana.
With the MSU men's basketball team heading to the Final Four many of the athletes on other teams at the school are excited for their peers.
Thousands of MSU basketball fans from all over have flocked to Indianapolis to see their Spartans take part in their seventh Final Four appearance in 17 seasons.
They didn’t need an All-American. They didn’t need a Naismith Trophy hopeful.
As MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo prepares his team in an open practice the day before his Spartans are set to take on the No.
Michigan State basketball head coach Tom Izzo wants the one-and-done players. He’s said so himself.
Indianapolis — Head coach Tom Izzo isn't superstitious. There's no magical reason why MSU has become so adept at making it to the Final Four round. "I don't go for a certain walk, wear a certain tie, walk up the steps a certain way," Izzo said.
Maurice Ager stepped out on the court inside the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis exactly 10 years ago Thursday, sporting the Spartan name draped across his chest, anxiously awaiting the opening tip-off for MSU's first Final Four since 2001.