Whenever I start to get a grasp of the MSU hockey team, it makes a quantum leap in a different direction. Like a schizophrenic uncle or a cranky girlfriend, the team shifts personalities on a dime and leaves spectators and media wondering which version is the real one. So, which one is it?
The MSU women’s tennis team defeated Eastern Michigan 5-2 for its second win of the season Sunday at the Indoor Tennis Facility and now boasts a 2-1 record for the season.
Following the MSU women’s basketball team’s fourth straight loss on Thursday, MSU head coach Suzy Merchant sat at the podium, wondering aloud where her team that opened the conference season with four straight wins had gone. On Sunday, Merchant said she might have found her squad.
Ann Arbor — It was another tough weekend for the MSU wrestling team as the Spartans dropped both their weekend duals to fall to 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the Big Ten.
The MSU gymnastic team got its first win of the season Friday night over Illinois State at the sixth annual Jan Howard Memorial Flip for a Cure meet, 194.400-193.625. The mark is the Spartans’ highest of the season and helped them to improve to 1-3 overall.
The MSU wrestling team dropped another Big Ten dual Friday night, falling 27-8 against No. 7 Nebraska.
After getting blown out by Purdue in the last game and riding a three-game losing streak, the MSU women’s basketball team expected a return home to face one of two Big Ten teams without a conference win to help solve the offensive problems.
With 10 games to play and a series rematch with Michigan looming, the No. 16 MSU hockey team (13-9-4 overall, 8-7-3-2 CCHA) hopes to continue its four-game unbeaten streak and seize momentum heading into February.
The MSU gymnastic team’s return to Jenison Field House hopes to be a successful one as the Spartans (0-3 overall) prepare to welcome Illinois State for the sixth annual Jan Howard Memorial Flip for a Cure Meet.
Four hundred college basketball wins. That’s 400 more wins than I’ll likely ever accumulate in my lifetime, but still more than 500 less than Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski. And that’s enough to make Tom Izzo feel like 400 isn’t very many.
Despite having as impressive a resumé as there is in college athletics, Tom Izzo never has been one to grandstand his personal accomplishments.
The MSU wrestling team is in for another big weekend as it prepares to welcome Big Ten newcomer No. 7 Nebraska to Jenison Field House before heading to Ann Arbor for its much anticipated match against in-state rival No.
Riding a three-game losing streak, including two straight games on the road, the MSU women’s basketball team will return home, trying to snap its recent losing skid.
MSU alumnus and former NFL player Josh Shaw is used to tension.
As commissioner of the CCHA, Tom Anastos didn’t take to the concept of parity in the conference. To him, parity portrayed a connotation of weakness among the teams in the CCHA.
When Trevor Mbakwe went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in November 2011, many thought Minnesota was in for a rough season. Instead, the Minnesota men’s basketball team (15-5 overall, 3-4 Big Ten) comes into Breslin Center for a game against the No. 11 Spartans (16-4, 5-2) as one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten. Tipoff is slated for 8:30 p.m. tonight.
The one thing MSU wrestling head coach Tom Minkel has been adamant about all season long is that if his wrestlers focus on taking care of their individual matches, the duals will take care of themselves. But unfortunately for Minkel, despite several wrestlers taking care of business, the duals haven’t fallen the way of the Spartans (3-6 overall, 1-4 Big Ten).
The Spartan baseball program will honor Earl Morrall as its Alumnus of the Year at the annual First Pitch Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Kellogg Center. In addition, former Spartan All-American and current Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson will be on hand for a jersey recognition.
Heading into West Lafayette, Ind. to face the Big Ten’s top defensive team, the Spartans knew points would be tough to come by, but it quickly proved to be more of a challenge than MSU could handle. The MSU women’s basketball team (12-8 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) struggled to score for most of the night, losing to Purdue (17-3, 7-0) 67-49.
When Tom Izzo opened his weekly press conference yesterday, it sounded as if he wished he woke up coaching in a different conference.