BASKETBALL
One time Spartan, Crusader torn about NCAA matchup
Go ahead and ask Brandon Wood who he’s rooting for — at this point, nearly everyone else has.
FOOTBALL
Top 5 football story lines to watch this spring
With MSU football opening spring practice Tuesday, there are questions abound on both sides of the ball as the Spartans look to rebound from a disappointing 7-6 season in 2012.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU women’s basketball ready for March Madness
The MSU women’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth-consecutive postseason. “The Spartans who fell to Purdue in the “finals of the Big Ten Tournament on March 10 — were given a No. 5 seed, sending them to College Park, Md., to face No. 12 seed Marist.
BASKETBALL
MSU men's basketball team prepares for NCAA tournament
The story always reads the same way.
FOOTBALL
Football spring practice starts, open positions seek players
Entering his seventh spring as head football coach, the goals largely remain the same for Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team.
BASKETBALL
MSU’s Payne, Valparaiso’s Broekhoff is marquee matchup
Seventeen hours after Tom Izzo said he wanted to see more film of the Spartans’ first NCAA Tournament opponent before commenting on them, MSU’s head coach made his way back to the very same podium with some bags under his eyes and very possibly the same set of clothes on.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers fall short against Miami (Ohio), end disappointing season
It’s a bittersweet ending. Before Sunday’s game, the MSU hockey team was told by head coach Tom Anastos to “empty the tank” Sunday night. They had to play with the awareness that the season rested on the outcome, forcing them to leave it all on the ice.
BASKETBALL
Dancing Lessons
Selection Sunday has come and gone, and the MSU men’s basketball team now knows it will travel less than 90 miles to begin its quest for a third national title.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans fall to Miami (Ohio), 4-1, in CCHA playoffs
It was a mucky hard-fought series at Steve Cady Arena this weekend, but the Spartans couldn’t manage to pull past the No. 3 Miami (Ohio), as a 4-1 loss in the CCHA playoffs sealed the end of the MSU hockey season.
SPORTS
MSU wrestlers prepare for NCAA Tournament
Four Spartans will make their way to Des Moines, Iowa, next weekend after strong performances at the Big Ten Championships in Champaign, Ill.
SOFTBALL
Spartan softball team drops two games this weekend
The MSU softball team didn’t have the weekend it was looking for at the Hoosier Classic in Bloomington, Ind. as the Spartans dropped a pair of games on Saturday prior to the cancellation of both games on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Baseball team sweeps Santa Clara on road trip
A trip to the Golden State last weekend ended with a sweep of Santa Clara for the MSU baseball team.
ICE HOCKEY
MSU hockey's season on the line in decisive game 3 at Miami (Ohio)
When the MSU hockey team steps on the ice Sunday night, its season sits on the line for the second time in one week.
BASKETBALL
MSU fans flock to Chicago for Big Ten Tournament
As legions of MSU men’s basketball fans made the trip to Chicago, the thoughts of many were tied to a weekend of basketball.
ICE HOCKEY
Miami (Ohio) beats MSU in game 2 of CCHA playoffs
Oxford, Ohio— MSU hockey started Saturday’s CCHA playoff game in a similar fashion as Friday’s win: with a goal by freshman forward Matt DeBlouw from junior linemate Greg Wolfe.
ICE HOCKEY
Miami (Ohio) drops MSU, 4-1, ties playoff series at one game apiece
MSU hockey started Saturday’s CCHA playoff game in a similar fashion as Friday’s win: with a goal by freshman forward Matt DeBlouw from junior linemate Greg Wolfe.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU unable to overcome OSU, now looks to NCAA tourney
Chicago — As soon as he heard the name, Keith Appling couldn’t hide a look of disgust as he began to shake his head.
BASKETBALL
Craft troubles MSU on offense, defense in Big Ten tourney loss
Chicago – Few college basketball players are criticized quite like Aaron Craft. Whether it is his rosy red cheeks, his subtly confident personality or even his skin tone, Craft has been the subject of much abuse from fans and media since he arrived at Ohio State.
BASKETBALL
MSU falls to Ohio State in Big Ten Tournament semifinal, 61-58
A rematch of last year’s Big Ten Tournament title game wasn’t without controversy, as a late flagrant foul and a dominant second half from Aaron Craft helped lift the Buckeyes.
BASKETBALL
Spartans, Buckeyes exchange blows in first half of Big Ten Tournament semifinal, MSU leads, 29-28
It was a rematch of last year’s Big Ten Tournament title game and, for 20 minutes, both teams already appeared in championship form.