FOOTBALL
Spartans sign 21 in 2011 football recruiting class
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio called his fifth recruiting class maybe the best one he’s had since he became the head man.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans set to take on Badgers
The No. 11 MSU women’s basketball team is fully rested after a full week off and ready to return to the court when it travels to Wisconsin on Thursday. The Spartans (18-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) travel to Kohl Center where the Badgers (12-9, 7-2) haven’t lost a game since Dec.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Men's basketball game against Iowa still on
Despite a major snow storm across the Midwest, the MSU men’s basketball team’s game against Iowa will be played as scheduled, with an 8:30 p.m.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers look to solve inconsistencies
Head coach Rick Comley believes the key to fixing the MSU hockey team’s inconsistencies this season revolves around one thing: scoring early goals. The Spartans (11-13-4 overall, 7-11-2 CCHA) lately have tallied four or more goals in games where they’ve generated an early goal and scored fewer than two in games they haven’t tallied one in the first period. Last weekend, MSU managed to go 1-1 against No.
SPORTS
Sean McMurray propels MSU wrestlers to win against No. 14 Illinois
After taking an early lead, the MSU wrestling team saw it evaporate in an instant. Losing back-to-back-to-back duals in overpowering fashion, the Spartans trailed No.
FOOTBALL
Roushar named offensive coordinator
MSU football announced Tuesday that offensive line coach Dan Roushar will be promoted to offensive coordinator one month after former coordinator Don Treadwell took the head coaching job at Miami (Ohio).
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans prep for new-look Hawkeyes
After traveling through a snowstorm to take on Iowa at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in Iowa City, Iowa, the MSU men’s basketball team will be welcomed by a new-look Hawkeyes team. Typically a team that prefers to milk every second of the shot clock before firing a shot, first-year head coach Fran McCaffery has Iowa playing a slightly different style. “They’re more up and down,” MSU senior guard Kalin Lucas said.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Spartans have target on backs in Big Ten
Throughout the last decade of Tom Izzo’s tenure as head coach of the MSU men’s basketball team, the Spartans arguably have become the most feared program in the Big Ten. However, fresh off two-straight conference championships, MSU finds itself in an unusual position this year — struggling in the middle of the Big Ten.
Anthony Odoardi
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Merchant begins NCAA Tourney talk, Big Ten deserves high ranking
Even in women’s basketball it’s never too early to talk about March Madness. The No. 11 Spartans suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of No.
Chris Vannini
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BASKETBALL
Still hanging on
With 2.9 seconds left in regulation of Sunday night’s 84-83 win against Indiana, Draymond Green — a junior forward for the MSU men’s basketball team — had every right to be nervous. The No.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers spilt weekend, down U-M
The MSU hockey team proved once again this weekend it can hang with the best of the CCHA but still are trying to find consistency. In a packed Joe Louis Arena, the Spartans (11-13-4 overall, 7-11-2 CCHA) dropped No.
SPORTS
Spartans beat Fighting Illini for first conference victory
In the middle of an up-and-down season, the MSU wrestling team has been forced to think more creatively and “find a way” to take home individual and team victories.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU snaps three-game losing streak with win against Indiana, 84-83
The No. 25 MSU men’s basketball team defeated Indiana, 84-83, in overtime Sunday at Breslin Center. Senior guard Kalin Lucas led MSU with 26 points while Indiana was led by Christian Watford’s 21 points. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for MSU.
ICE HOCKEY
Icers beat Michigan, 2-1, finish season series even
Detroit — If Saturday’s game was any indication of how MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley will finish his final regular season with MSU, the near future looks satisfying. Senior forward Joey Shean scored on a rebound with 7:34 remaining to put the Spartans ahead 2-1, and MSU weathered a 4-on-4, penalty shot and some good Wolverine chances to defeat No.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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BASKETBALL
Spartans near ‘rock bottom’ after U-M loss
The core of a Final Four team was back: Senior guard Kalin Lucas was healthy, and future hall of fame coach Tom Izzo had turned down an offer from the NBA to come back more determined than ever. Yet somehow Thursday night, that potential dream season, which already had been more rocky than anyone expected, officially became a nightmare.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
MSU falls in conference vs. Iowa
It was déjà vu for the No. 10 MSU women’s basketball team on Thursday night at Carver Hawkeyes Arena. The Spartans again found themselves with a chance to beat No. 18 Iowa, but again it would take last second heroics.
SPORTS
Wrestlers to face tough Illinois
In the home stretch of its season, the MSU wrestling team has some grueling Big Ten competition lying ahead, starting with No.
SPORTS
Spartan throwers propel track and field team into season
In his fourth year as the throws coach, MSU track and field team assistant coach John Newell has seen his athletes grow up and develop into some of MSU’s most talented performers. What he described as a “tremendous” experience, Newell said because the seniors were freshmen when he started coaching, he’s been able to know and understand them as athletes while helping them perfect their technique and advance their skills.
MEN'S SOCCER
Giving his all
Ian Givens was looking out for his two boys — Colin and Stewart — when he decided to apply for British citizenship.
Jeremy Warnemuende
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rock bottom blues
For the first time in 12 meetings in East Lansing, the Michigan men’s basketball team defeated No. 25 MSU, 61-57, Thursday night at Breslin Center.