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Spikers prepare for Wisconsin-Milwaukee in NCAA tournament

In eight years as head coach of MSU volleyball, Chuck Erbe has guided the team to six consecutive NCAA tournaments and has the Spartans on their way to their seventh.The Spartans knew they made the tournament Saturday, but had to wait until Sunday night to know who and where they would play.The team gathered at Damon’s, 1601 W.

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Bowl series is becoming ridiculous

Don’t be surprised if you hear people across the country, from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast, crying foul during the next week or so.It’s time for the annual “we deserve it more than they do” rhetoric that goes hand-in-hand with college football’s Bowl Championship Series selections.

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Bell named tournament MVP

MSU head coach Tom Izzo criticized his team for a lack of effort after an 89-56 win against Cornell in Friday’s first round of the Coca-Cola Spartan Classic.Senior guard Charlie Bell heard Izzo loud and clear.On Saturday, Bell, who had a game-high 31 points - on a scorching 12-of-13 shooting from the field - led the No.

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Izzo pushes for freshmen to mature fast

Your average freshman athlete enters college with the expectation of contributing in a limited role, but Marcus Taylor and Zach Randolph aren’t your average freshmen.Both men’s basketball players are consensus the top 10 freshmen in the country and are expected to contribute immediately.MSU head coach Tom Izzo has wasted no time working guard Taylor and center Randolph into games.

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Cagers kick off Spartan Classic

The MSU men’s basketball team will step on the 2000 NCAA Championship court for the first time since it stepped off it last spring, kicking off this weekend’s Spartan Coca-Cola Classic.

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Spikers hold final games

MSU volleyball will spend Thanksgiving weekend honoring its seniors during the final matches of the regular season.The Spartans (16-11, 9-9 Big Ten) play Northwestern (4-22, 1-15 Big Ten) on Friday and No.

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Struggling Lakers to invade Munn

With three games in six days this week, the MSU hockey team is making sure to not get ahead of itself.The top-ranked Spartans (7-1-2 overall, 6-1-1 in the CCHA) insist they are not looking past their game against Lake Superior State tonight at Munn Ice Arena.The Lakers are struggling (6-7, 3-5) and MSU has a high-profile holiday series against two premier teams looming later this week, but head coach Ron Mason doesn’t expect to extend the Spartans’ seven-game unbeaten streak without a challenge.“We have to be sure not to look ahead because we have to play Lake State and that’s going to be a hard-fought hockey game,” Mason said.

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Bells experience helps bring leadership to team

As the last Flintstone and leading scorer returning from last year’s championship team, Charlie Bell will lead the charge for the defending NCAA champions this season.In Sunday’s season-opening 97-61 win against Oakland University, the senior guard Bell became just the second player in MSU history to record a triple-double, making it clear he can handle the burden.

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Cagers defeat Oakland 97-61

MSU head coach Tom Izzo was worried going into Sunday’s season opener against Oakland University, a game which marked the unveiling of the team’s 2000 NCAA championship banner.

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Andreas, Wolfe gain experience

Jason Andreas?Adam Wolfe?That was the response given to the two freshmen ballers when they spoke to the more than 25,000 fans packed inside Spartan Stadium after winning the national championship.Perhaps it was being overshadowed by players like Mateen Cleaves, Morris Peterson and senior guard Charlie Bell.

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Bell produces a triple-double, makes history

Two things haven’t happened at MSU since the Earvin “Magic” Johnson era. The men’s basketball team hadn’t hung an NCAA national championship banner from the rafters, and no Spartan player had recorded a triple-double.Those both changed Sunday.The game against the Golden Grizzlies of Oakland began as the coaches, players and fans got to watch the green and white NCAA national championship banner drop from the ceiling.And MSU’s 97-61 victory ended when senior guard Charlie Bell became the second Spartan to ever tally a triple-double, recording 13 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds.

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Football starters say goodbye to the grid iron

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Walking off the field after a 42-23 loss isn’t the way several seniors on MSU’s football team envisioned their college careers ending.The loss means no post-season bowl, a major difference from last year’s 10-2 season and Florida Citrus Bowl victory.Senior defensive lineman Jace Sayler, considered the consummate team player, said he’s going to look at the positive side of the situation.“There’s a side of me where I want to be selfish and say, ‘I wanted to get to a bowl game or I this and I that,’” Sayler said.

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Arkansas State defeats women\'s hoops 63-61

A last-ditch effort by the MSU women’s basketball team Saturday was not enough to save it from a loss to Boston College during the MSU Chevrolet Classic championship game. After beating Arkansas State on Friday, the Spartans trailed Boston College the entire game, only to lose in the final moments 63-61.