In lieu of the MSU men's basketball team being called for 28 fouls in a 77-76 loss to Wisconsin on Sunday, MSU head coach Tom Izzo admitted he hasn't done a good job adjusting to the new foul rules in college basketball.
Add sophomore guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. to the list of MSU players to miss at least one game this season. Nairn is out indefinitely with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
The No. 4 MSU men’s basketball team lost for the second straight game this week, this time on the road against the Wisconsin Badgers, 77-76. MSU falls to 16-3 on the season while Wisconsin improves to 10-9. Wisconsin was led by junior guard Bronson Koenig, who finished with 27 points.
They came with an edge. They came with the fight and drive of team looking to reconcile its thrashing the night before.
A frigid Saturday afternoon in East Lansing led to a packed Breslin Center, where the No. 18-ranked MSU women’s basketball team hosted Big Ten opponent Iowa, in which they rallied back from a 13-point halftime deficit to top the Hawkeyes by a final score of 80-73.
MSU hockey (5-16-2) couldn’t keep Minnesota’s (10-10-0) physical offensive at bay as Gopher’s forward Hudson Fasching popped in two goals in route to a 5-2 Minnesota victory Friday night at Mariucci Arena in Minneapolis.
The Spartans would drop their home opener against Iowa by a final score of 192.575-194.900. Iowa went on to sweep all four events on the floor as the all-around winner Mollie Drenth led the Hawkeyes.
Friday night marked the first annual "Tumbles and Takedowns" in which the MSU gymnastics and wrestling teams hosted a dual meet. The MSU wrestling team fell to 0-9 on the season after a defeat by No. 20 ranked Purdue.
MSU football had six recruits enroll early this spring, bettering their chances of understanding the system before the 2016 season. Let's meet these freshman studs.
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio held a press conference Friday and discussed what the Spartans are looking forward to in 2016. Let's look at some takeaways.
The NFL Draft might be a few months away, but it is never too early to start looking at where players could fit in and make an immediate impact for an NFL team.
Eight seconds after MSU won the opening tip-off of Thursday night's game against the Iowa Hawkeyes, sophomore MSU point guard found senior MSU guard Denzel Valentine in the corner for a 3-point shot. Valentine drilled it and MSU was off to a 3-0 lead. From there, however, it was nearly all Iowa.
MSU head coach Tom Izzo said all week that MSU's first loss to Iowa was not just because senior Denzel Valentine was out, and the team would need a complete turnaround to beat the Hawkeyes this time.
No. 4 MSU lost to No. 16 Iowa 76-59 in a rematch of the two teams matchup on Dec. 29, 2015 in which Iowa dealt MSU its first loss of the season 83-70.
No. 4 MSU trails No. 16 Iowa 47-25 at the half in a rematch of the two teams matchup on Dec. 29, 2015 in which Iowa dealt MSU its first loss of the season 83-70.
Welcome to the live coverage blog for the men's college basketball game between the No. 4 Michigan State Spartans (16-1) and the No. 16 Iowa Hawkeyes (12-3). Follow along and participate below as we cover the game live from Breslin Center.
When No. 5 MSU (16-1, 3-1) takes the court Thursday night against No. 16 Iowa, for the second time in the past 16 days, the game promises to have a different feel to it.
MSU football strength and conditioning coach Ken Mannie has been named the strength and conditioning coach of the year.
“That my grandfather played that kind of role is significant, along with the type of person that he was,” Belcher said. “He was just the right person, with the right character, with the right set of attributes to take on that responsibility, at the time.”
“Racism is something that has had a tremendous impact on my life, beginning when I was a child growing up in Cleveland, Ohio,” former-MSU football player Clinton Jones said. “And being at Michigan State was like an oasis from the ugly struggle for survival in the city.”