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MSU hockey seeing key contributions
It’s pretty simple — you can’t lose if the other team doesn’t score.
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MSU to face Ohio State in first home Big Ten matchup
The last time Ohio State and MSU faced off on the hardwood was a battle of two top-10 teams. Now, the No. 5 Spartans (13-1, 2-0 Big Ten) open the Breslin Center for the first home Big Ten game of the season against the No. 3 Buckeyes (15-0, 2-0 Big Ten) Tuesday night.
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After injury struggles, Spartans now healthier
After a somewhat difficult, injury-filled non-conference schedule, the women’s basketball roster is the healthiest it’s been all season.
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Stars to show down
When Big Ten basketball fans hear “Ohio State,” most of them will immediately think of senior point guard Aaron Craft, who has been pestering opponents for the last four years.
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Hockey team sees improvement through break
While students were back home or basking in the California sun at the Rose Bowl, MSU hockey was finding its stride during potentially its best stretch of the season, capped off with a shutout victory against then-No.
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Izzone lineup postponed until 6:30 p.m., Wildcard canceled
Instead of having fans brave the frigid temperatures for hours on end, MSU basketball has announced they will not allow fans to line up for Tuesday’s 9 p.m.
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Column: Don't dwell on Notre Dame loss, savor MSU's football success
Tonight, Florida State and Auburn will square off in the BCS Championship Game, seeking the college football crown.
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Women's basketball takes down Minnesota by 25
The team won its Big Ten opener in commanding fashion Saturday, defeating the Minnesota Gophers (11-4 overall, 0-1 Big Ten) 81-56 on the road.
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MSU up on Indiana at halftime, 33-24
People tuned in to watch No. 5 MSU square off against Indiana, but they were treated to the Gary Harris vs.
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MSU alums reunite for Rose Bowl, create Spartan Nation in California
If the term Spartan nation ever was appropriate, it would have been for the setting in Pasadena. Fans, students and alumni pulled out all stops for the 100th rendition of the most sport’s most iconic game. At the game, MSU fans accounted for approximately 50-60,000 of the 95,000-plus attendees.
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MSU ends Rose Bowl drought with victory over Stanford
PASADENA, Calif. – MSU ended its longest Rose Bowl drought since its maiden voyage to Pasadena, Calif., in 1954 with a 24-20 victory against Stanford in the 100th anniversary of the legendary game. The Spartans lost the first quarter, but dominated the final three in front of an amped up crowd, most of which was draped in green.
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Spartans trail Stanford 17-14 at halftime of 100th Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. – What many pegged as a physical, low-scoring affair and one of the most even matchups of the bowl season is living up to its billing through 30 minutes.
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Students who traveled to watch the Rose Bowl enjoying 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
PASADENA, Calif. – Christmas presents. Early graduation gifts. Loans from family. Secret stashes from summer jobs. Begging. These are the common avenues MSU students took to secure the necessary financing required to travel to see MSU play in the 100th rendition of the Rose Bowl.
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A quarter-century in the making, Rose Bowl is here
PASADENA, Calif. – Mark Dantonio proclaimed it and made good on his word. After the head coach told his team last winter “you will be the ones,” he fulfilled his own prophecy by leading No. 4 MSU to the Rose Bowl – the program’s first since 1988.
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MSU's Rose Bowl pep rally brings together 27,000 Spartans
LOS ANGELES — Standing on a stage in the heart of LA Live Plaza in Los Angeles, athletic director Mark Hollis laid down the understatement of the year. “How about this little party?” he asked the crowd in front of him. Except the celebration was anything but “little.” The crowd in front of Hollis was a 27,000-person sea of green and white, all gathered to support the first MSU football team to reach the Rose Bowl in a quarter century. The crowd was nearly three times the size of what officials expected, according to vice president of the Michigan State University Alumni group of Los Angeles Libby DuBay, who graduated from MSU in 1985.
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MSU kicks off Big Ten basketball season with 79-63 win against Penn State
While many Spartans are focused on the Rose Bowl game in California, the No. 5 men’s basketball team kicked off the Big Ten season with a 79-73 win against Penn State Tuesday afternoon. Junior forward Branden Dawson was the leading scorer with 20 points and nine rebounds. Penn State dominated early, and got off to a quick 10-3 lead. Fresh off his suspension, redshirt freshman forward Kenny Kaminski hit a pair of three-pointers to bring the Spartans within five points. A dunk by junior forward Brenden Dawson with just over seven minutes to play in the half tied the game at 27. MSU has averaged 10 turnovers a game so far this season, but committed nine in the first half. The combination of hot Penn State shooters and poor rebounding on both ends of the floor sunk the Spartans, as they went into the locker room trailing 47-41. But MSU looked like a different team in the second half. The Spartans stormed out if the gate after the break and scored the first nine points to take the lead. They went on a 16-2 run to put the game out of reach. Penn State tried to get back into it with a couple three-pointers by Big Ten leading scorer D.J.
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Column: MSU's Rose Bowl appearance makes years of Spartan struggles worth it
LOS ANGELES — There’s certainly a lot at stake tomorrow for MSU as a football team and as a university community.
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Spartans prepping to head to Penn State for Big Ten opener on Tuesday
On Tuesday, the No. 5 men’s basketball team will tip off Big Ten play as it travels to State College, Pa.
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Women's basketball cleans up Colgate by 50
Redshirt junior center Madison Williams had a feeling Sunday would be Tori Jankoska’s day.
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MSU women lead Colgate at halftime by 23
Aided by strong defense on one end and accurate deep shooting from the other, the women’s basketball team leads 44-21 Colgate at the half.