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Alvin Ellis coming into role with MSU basketball
Alvin Ellis III’s time at MSU has never been easy. Right from the get-go, his path to MSU was an alternative one.
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Sweepstakes offers free 2016-17 season tickets to MSU men's basketball games
There are 44 more days left to win free season tickets, sponsored by Quicken Loans, for MSU men's basketball's 2016-17 season.
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Watts-Jackson's touchdown in The Big House named Sports Science 'Most Improbable' Play of the Year
Jalen Watts-Jackson and the Spartans’ punt-block team, the “rangers,” pulled off the 2015 ESPN Sports Science “Most Improbable” Play of the Year in the final ten seconds of a 27-23 victory against the University of Michigan on Oct. 17.
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Denzel Valentine's no-look pass up for assist of the year award, fan voting through Feb. 18
Fan voting for the first round ends Feb. 18.
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Lourawls 'Tum Tum' Nairn Jr. takes first steps in returning to MSU men's basketball rotation
For the first time since a Jan. 14 home loss to Iowa, MSU sophomore point guard Lourawls 'Tum Tum' Nairn Jr. saw some playing time on Sunday.
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Kenny Goins could be out for weeks on knee injury
MSU redshirt-freshman forward Kenny Goins could be out at least a couple weeks with what looks like sprained left MCL or possibly a small tear, according to Tom Izzo on the Dan Dakich show Monday morning.
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MSU track and field team finishes SPIRE D1 Invite with impressive results
The SPIRE D1 Invite on Feb. 13 saw the Spartan track and field team finish with some impressive results.
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Valentine makes his case for player of the year with 30 points, 13 assists and 5 rebounds against Indiana
MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine did it again Sunday afternoon.
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No. 69 MSU women's tennis gets back on track after van robbery in Chicago
The No. 69 MSU women’s tennis team was defeated by the No. 45 Wake Forest University Demon Deacons Saturday, 5-2, in its first meet since the team’s van was robbed before a scheduled meet at DePaul University in Chicago.
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MSU hockey players' individual sacrifices not enough to win vs. Penn State
Holding tight to a 2-1 lead over Penn State University on Saturday, MSU senior captain and forward Michael Ferrantino made a beautiful play.
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MSU men's basketball strives to lock a first-round bye in Big Ten Tournament
It’s not common around East Lansing for MSU to be all but eliminated from winning the Big Ten regular season title with five games remaining, and even after a 88-69 win Sunday over Indiana, that’s the situation the Spartans (21-5, 8-5 Big Ten) find themselves in.
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Junior guard Aerial Powers shows potential to be one of the greats
Her focus is unbreakable on the court. Her athleticism is unmatched. Her trophy case only gets bigger as time goes on. Redshirt junior guard Aerial Powers is a one-of-a-kind talent for the MSU women’s basketball team and she has nowhere to go but up.
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Final: No. 8 MSU overcomes first-half struggles, blows out Indiana 88-69
The No. 8 MSU men's basketball team (21-5, 8-5 Big Ten) bounced back from a loss to Purdue on Tuesday with an 88-69 home victory against the Indiana Hoosiers (20-6, 10-3).
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Halftime: No. 8 MSU leads Indiana 41-40 at Breslin Center
The No. 8 MSU men's basketball team (20-5, 7-5 Big Ten) leads the Indiana Hoosiers (20-5, 10-2) at the half from Breslin Center, 41-40. MSU senior guard Denzel Valentine leads MSU at the break with 15 points, six assists and three rebounds.
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Live Blog: No. 8 MSU vs. Indiana
Welcome to the live blog for the basketball game between No. 8 MSU (20-5, 7-5 Big Ten) and Indiana (20-5, 10-2). Follow along and participate with us below.
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MSU hockey loses first game ties the second in weekend series with Penn State
Only a week removed from a series split with rival Michigan, MSU hockey (7-20-3, 3-10-1-0) fell to and tied Penn State (18-8-4, 8-5-1-1) in a weekend series at Munn Ice Arena.
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Tom Izzo is 1 of 14 finalists on the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ballot
MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo was named one of 14 finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, as part of at the NBA All-Star Weekend. The Class of 2016 will be announced April 4 at the Final Four in Houston.
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Seven MSU football players headed to NFL Combine
The MSU football team will be sending seven players to the NFL Combine, which takes place February 24-29.
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Izzo's former assistant Tom Crean and Indiana men's basketball to visit Breslin Center on Sunday
Coaches often say when you get into the heat of conference play the games become more difficult because each team is so familiar with each other that there is no element of surprise in a game, and when No. 8 MSU (20-5) takes the court against Indiana (20-5) on Sunday the same will be true.
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Final: No. 17 MSU women's basketball upset at Breslin Center by Penn State, 65-61
The MSU women's basketball team dropped their sixth game of the season in stunning fashion on Thursday night. The Spartans were upset by Penn State, 65-61.