Throughout the entire summer, the MSU basketball players sculpted their mindsets around one thing — Indy. Following a 76-70 win against Louisville , the Spartans have turned the battle cry into results.
The first ever NCAA Final Four took place in 1939 in front of 5,500 fans at Patten Gymnasium in Evanston, Illinois when the Oregon Ducks beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 46-33.
Cincinnatus, New York resident Troy Halstrom sometimes catches flack from friends for rooting for MSU in a region filled with Syracuse fans.
As the MSU football program heads into its second official week of spring practice, plenty of buoyancy and confidence rides behind an upcoming season filled with inflated expectations and uncertainty leave the team asking themselves a few questions before the spring game at Spartan Stadium on April 25. Coming off of a miraculous Cotton Bowl victory over Baylor last season and winning their first Rose Bowl title in over 20 years back in 2014, the Spartans come into spring with a loaded senior class, led by quarterback Connor Cook, defensive end Shilique Calhoun and center Jack Allen. A combined 15-1 Big Ten record in the past two seasons, with the one loss coming from the hands of eventual NCAA national champion Ohio State, MSU remains as one of the elites in the conference, but that could change if the recent issues with police, the absence of NFL draft hopefuls and the uprising of certain programs in the conference continue to be a problem once the season gets underway. With that being said, here are five things to look out for this spring for the Spartans: Replacing Pat Narduzzi From 2011-2014, Pat Narduzzi was responsible for MSU becoming the only team to rank in the FBS Top 10 in total defense and rushing defense.
Sunday’s victory over Penn State might provide a blueprint for the softball team going forward on how to be successful.
Bagels and cereal thrown in the air, crowd surfing, a naked man and an inflatable Sparty on the first floor outside his window — that was the atmosphere at Cedar Village after the MSU defeated Louisville and advanced to the Final Four on Sunday afternoon.
After playing mostly .500 baseball through the first third of the season, the men's baseball team (12-12 overall, 2-3 Big Ten) needs to heat up as the weather does if they hope to do anything of significance this season.
Fresh off of MSU's victory in the Elite 8 over Louisville earlier the same day, Davis couldn't wait to celebrate the program's first Final Four appearance since 2010 with the same team who will compete in Indianapolis next Saturday.
Of the five MSU hockey seniors this year, nearly all of them are moving on to the next level.
The softball team secured an elusive Big Ten victory on Sunday afternoon.
According to MSU Athletics, Gate B will open at 8:30 p.m. and the team is expected to make an appearance at 9:15 p.m.
In the ultimate survive and advance scenario, MSU escaped two dangerous free throw misses at the end of regulation to pull away for a 76-70 overtime victory over Louisville. Freshman forward Marvin Clark checked in for junior forward Matt Costello with 2:21 left in regulation and little did he know the role he would play.
Syracuse, N.Y. — It was a competitive game for much of the first half, but a late scoring drought by MSU could endanger its Final Four dreams.
We had a team down in Syracuse covering the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds of the NCAA tournament. MSU eventually advanced to the Final Four on Sunday.
If there are tiers when ranking the great coaches in college basketball, Tom Izzo and Rick Pitino would be near the top.
Syracuse, N.Y. -- MSU head coach Tom Izzo will square off against a Pitino-led team for the second time this year, but with a Final Four berth at stake, this one will mean a bit more. The Spartans dropped a home game to Minnesota and head coach Richard Pitino in February, and on Sunday at 2:20 p.m., MSU will face Richard’s father and Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame member Rick Pitino. Pitino’s Louisville Cardinals (27-8 overall, 12-6 ACC) have surged in the tournament, despite the dismissal of guard Chris Jones in late February. The Cardinals escaped in their first tournament game with a two point win over UC Irvine.
In an effort to gather students to "celebrate the success of MSU," ASMSU will be hosting a viewing party at the Breslin Center to cheer on the MSU Men's Basketball Team in their Elite Eight game against Louisville, ASMSU president James Conwell said.
A year after losing three key pieces of its puzzle, MSU has clawed its way right back to where its season ended last year. The Elite Eight. An improbable yet not infrequent tournament run has been conducted by upperclassmen.
Syracuse, N.Y. — For a while, it looked as though MSU's free throw woes would be their undoing.