The premiere of the XFL football league Saturday will have many MSU students tuning in. Daniel Soffin, a chemical engineering and secondary education junior, said he definitely plans to check out one of the 8 p.m.
Five straight women’s basketball Big Ten losses are not something MSU head coach Joanne P. McCallie takes lightly.After the embarrassing 97-49 beat-down at No.
Two Spartans from the women’s track team set school records in the Notre Dame dual meet Friday.
After spending the last couple of weekends wrestling in the friendly confines of Jenison Field House, the seventh-ranked MSU wrestling squad will become a road warrior for the next four meets.
When Michigan and MSU play it’s about more than just wins and losses. It’s about pride - personal, state and school pride. It’s something you can’t understand until you experience it, and asking freshmen to step up to that challenge is asking a lot. But that’s exactly what MSU head coach Tom Izzo asked of his freshmen. In their first career game against arch-rival U-M on Tuesday, guard Marcus Taylor and center Zach Randolph remained in the starting lineup. Izzo said he wasn’t sure how the freshmen would react in the hostile environment of Crisler Arena. “When you have freshmen there’s a lot of ups and downs,” he said.
MSU’s fourth line has an identity crisis.Injuries, lack of production and other circumstances have led to a seemingly unending revolving door at the end of the top-ranked Spartans’ bench this season.MSU head coach Ron Mason acknowledged the lack of a true fourth line, but said it’s not necessarily a detriment to the team.“I don’t know if we have what I would consider to be a fourth line,” Mason said.
Despite a draining 4-3 overtime loss to arch-rival Michigan last weekend, the Spartan hockey team retained its No.
Every year during both football and basketball seasons, there seems to be a debate as to whether the Big Ten is the best and deepest conference in existence.
When the Spartans take the ice tonight, their opponents won’t check as hard as No. 7 Michigan did on Saturday.In fact, they won’t check at all.The nation’s No.
The plane crash that killed 10 people Saturday, including two Oklahoma State basketball players, has sent a wave of emotion throughout the area.“I think they said it right on TV, where when you do coach, all the players become sons for the period of time they are here,” MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said.
Although I’ve always proclaimed to be a genuine all-around sports fan, I must admit at one time basketball didn’t suit my fancy.
Miss out on MTV’s “Wanna Be A VJ?” Still longing for public notoriety? MSU can help.The Student Alumni Foundation is looking for applicants who want to be Sparty, MSU’s mascot.“(The experience) was incredible, one of the best in my life,” MSU graduate Jeff Miller said of his time as Sparty.
There’s an old adage in sports that says no matter how many championships are won, none will ever be as special as winning that first championship.
Columbus, Ohio - The Spartans may be the best team in the nation at home but they’re no better than average on the road in the Big Ten. MSU’s 64-55 loss to Ohio State (13-7 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) dropped its conference record to 5-2, 1-2 on the road. “We have some young guys right now that just don’t understand what it’s like to win on the road in the Big Ten,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.
State College, Penn. - There’s no other way to describe the MSU women’s basketball team’s 97-49 loss to Penn State than total Nittany Lion domination. MSU’s (2-5 Big Ten, 8-10 overall) poor shooting, holey defense, and overall lackluster play paved the court for PSU freshman guard Kelly Mazzante to sink 28 points and grab a career-high seven steals, while all five starters hit double digits. “Penn State just has excellent players,” head coach Joanne P.
DETROIT - In the end, 65 minutes was just too much to ask of four defensemen.When Michigan right wing Andy Hilbert blew past MSU sophomore defenseman Brad Fast and scored the game-winning goal in overtime Saturday night, it was the culmination of the most taxing game the NCAA-leading Spartan defensive corps has faced all year.
Columbus, Ohio - It was a similar scenario, a game Charlie Bell refers to as “The Twilight Zone.”MSU shot under 40 percent from the field, its leading scorer was held below his average, and opposing fans flooded the court after upsetting the Spartans.
The MSU women’s swimming and diving team fell this weekend to Penn State and Indiana, leaving the Spartans 3-5 overall in dual meets.
Make it 0-3 for MSU athletic teams against Michigan in the past four days. The 8th-ranked Spartan wrestling team was the latest casualty Sunday, losing to the 7th- ranked Wolverines 20-12 before a raucous crowd at Jenison Field House.
Wincing in disgust even thinking of the possibility, I still realize it could happen. Driving back from Columbus late Saturday night, foreshadowing images were running through my mind - visions of turnovers, careless passes and weak rebounding. It was those failed aspects of the game that made all the difference in MSU’s 64-55 loss to the Buckeyes.