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BASKETBALL

Tourney time a holiday for hoops reporter

State News basketball reporter Tom Keller covered MSU's postseason run last week in Winston-Salem, N.C., and was reminded why this is his favorite — and most fattening — time of year. If you don't like the NCAA Tournament, I'm not sure we can be friends.

SPORTS

MSU feels home-court advantage

Breslin Center was half full for Sunday's game against Delaware. Butu when those fans are as loud as they were during the first-round tournament win, it doesn't necessarily matter how many people are in the seats. "It felt almost like it was a sellout," sophomore guard Mia Johnson said.

ICE HOCKEY

Comley wants tourney berth to relax Spartans

Finally, the pressure to get in is gone. MSU is in the NCAA Tournament, and one could only imagine the metaphorical sigh of relief the entire team released when it found out. After weeks of struggling, there is indeed a silver lining. There's a postseason. But still, the team has a longing to play as it did in its run that spanned more than two months.

SPORTS

Monday musings

After six straight NCAA Tournament-less seasons, Michigan fired men's basketball coach Tommy Amaker on Saturday.

SPORTS

Nick Simmons fails to win national title, finishes 3rd at championships

Auburn Hills — MSU wrestler Nick Simmons emerged victorious in his final match as a Spartan at the NCAA Wrestling Championships on Saturday, but it wasn't the match he wanted to end his collegiate career. Simmons took third place in the 133-pound weight class at the national finals after defeating Tennessee-Chattanooga's fifth-seeded Matt Keller in wrestleback finals Saturday morning. But the win came one night after he was upset in the championship semifinals, 4-3, by Oklahoma State's fourth-seeded Coleman Scott, ending his last effort at winning his first national title. In the match's first period, Scott scored a two-point takedown and a two-point near-fall to jump out to a 4-0 lead.

SPORTS

Word on the street

"I'm not really interested in (basketball), so not much for me, but I'm sure people would go to crazy lengths for it." Lily McNamara apparel and textile design junior "I'd camp out all day if they were going to release them.

BASKETBALL

Tales of the 1,300 tapes

Ever wish you could watch film of every 3-pointer Drew Neitzel has ever made off the dribble out of a timeout in a road game? Kevin Pauga can make it happen. Pauga, the video coordinator for the MSU men's basketball team, manages a film scouting system that puts Blockbuster to shame.

SPORTS

Brothers take aim at NCAA titles

Nick and Andy Simmons are linked in many ways — brotherhood, wrestling, Big Ten Championships and All-America honors. This weekend, the senior grapplers from Williamston look to create one common bond that has eluded them in their tenure at MSU: national champions. The Spartans wrestlers will travel to Auburn Hills on Thursday in pursuit of their first national championship titles after finishing in the top 10 at nationals in back-to-back years.