In a press conference Thursday, head coach Tom Izzo reflected on the start of the season and said the team needed to get back the identity they had since Izzo took the helm 28 years ago: defend, rebound and run. Michigan State’s Saturday afternoon 88-64 beatdown of Baylor was a near-textbook performance of Izzo’s mantra.
MSU executed the Hall-of-Fame coach’s slogan to a tee Saturday afternoon in its unforeseen 88-64 beatdown of Baylor. The team controlled the glass, swallowed the Bears up defensively and turned their missed shots and turnovers into points on the other end.
The Michigan State women's basketball team will face off against Central Michigan University on Sunday.
As the USA world junior selection camp comes to a close and the show begins, two Michigan State hockey players have been selected to join Team USA in the fight for a gold medal at the IIHF World Junior Championship. Those two players include sophomore forward Isaac Howard, and freshman goaltender Trey Augustine.
Ahead of a Saturday matinee matchup with No. 6 Baylor at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, head coach Tom Izzo said neither he nor his team are panicking. But they know they need to start picking up quality wins, starting with what Izzo said would be a “big-time win” against the Bears.
After coaching six seasons from 2018-2023 at the University of Minnesota, Joe Rossi has been hired by head coach Jonathan Smith as the new Secchia Family Defensive Coordinator and linebackers coach.
After Oregon State starting true freshman quarterback Aidan Chiles entered the transfer portal, rumors were circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the highly touted quarterback could be following head coach Jonathan Smith to East Lansing. Thursday afternoon, Aidan Chiles announced his official commitment to Michigan State where he will likely be vying to fit in as the Spartans' new starting quarterback.
Along with their high ranked spot in the polls, freshman goaltender Trey Augustine was honored with Big Ten First Star of the week for the second time in a month.
A new era has begun for the Michigan State football team, and after hiring new head coach Jonathan Smith and 11 new coaches to help lead the team into more success, the program announced that wide receiver coach Courtney Hawkins was to remain on Smith's staff.
The Michigan State Hockey team defeated Notre Dame in it's second game of the series on Saturday Night.
MSU Women's Basketball Team's struggles from behind the arc en route to drop[ing their third consecutive conference opener to Nebraska by a score of 74-80
The Michigan State Spartans opened up Big Ten play against Nebraska where they were ultimately defeated in a close match-up 80-74.
The Spartans, in danger of falling way behind in the Big Ten title conversation, will look to shut down Nebraska on defense and find enough flow offensively to come away with a much-needed road victory.
One thing that yet again stuck out during the Friday night matchup, was the third line of freshman forward Gavin O'Connell, sophomore forward Joey Larson, and junior forward Red Savage. The O'Connell-Savage-Larson line put up a goal tonight from Larson who now has a total of 19 points with 9 goals and 10 assists to hold a team lead in points.
Coming off of a bye week, the Michigan State Hockey team was back at Munn Ice Arena for a thrilling game against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish where they took a strong win for night one with a final score of 5-2.
The Michigan State Spartans prepare to play their first Big Ten Conference game of the season against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
The Michigan State women's basketball team has been on a hot streak so far this season. Coach Fralick and Abbey Kimball have both credited the teams' success to the time they put in during the summer.
The teams take off for the series on Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 6 p.m. at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans will most definitely looking to sweep for the home crowd and keep their lead in the Big Ten conference.
Jonathan Smith has announced the crew he's gathered to join him in East Lansing.
Michigan State mens basketball’s offense was nowhere to be found for the first 22 minutes of its Tuesday night matchup with No. 23 Wisconsin. Then, it came to life for seven minutes, only to fizzle out again in the game’s home stretch.