After five years as an assistant and associate head coach, Helen Knull will be taking over as head coach of the MSU field hockey team, MSU announced Monday. She is replacing Rolf van de Kerkhof, who announced he was leaving MSU on Dec. 15 to become the head coach at Delaware.
During MSU’s run of six Final Fours in the last 12 years, anyone who knows anything about basketball has learned to never doubt a Tom Izzo-led basketball team in November or December. But after watching the No. 12 Spartans lose to No. 18 Texas, 67-55, Wednesday night at Breslin Center, it’s becoming harder and harder to believe in this MSU basketball team’s chances at a long run in March.
The No. 12 MSU men’s basketball team had its 52-game nonconference home winning streak broken with a 67-55 loss to No. 18 Texas on Wednesday night.
The No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team rolled over Vermont, 67-33, on their way to a 12-1 record, tying the 2004-05 squad for the best start in school history.
Junior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham will miss the 2011 Capital One Bowl with a broken foot, MSU announced Tuesday.
For 508 consecutive games, Tom Izzo has had a seat saved on the MSU sideline as the Spartans’ head coach. Saturday night, though, that seat belonged to 10-year assistant Mark Montgomery.
The Spartans find themselves as double-digit underdogs against defending national champion No. 15 Alabama in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, but that should come as no surprise to the Spartans.
Alabama will bring a balanced offense and a large intimidation factor to the Capital One Bowl matchup with the No. 7 MSU football team.
After being suspended for last season’s bowl game, wide receivers Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham are excited for this year’s Capital One Bowl matchup with No. 15 Alabama. The senior and junior worked hard in the winter with junior quarterback Kirk Cousins, which had a large impact on the success of this year’s 11-1 season.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo will be suspended for Saturday’s game against Prairie View A&M after committing a secondary violation, MSU announced Friday.
MSU head field hockey coach Rolf van de Kerkhof announced his resignation and has been named the head coach at Delaware, MSU announced Wednesday.
MSU senior linebacker Greg Jones was named to The Associated Press All-America first team Tuesday.
Tom Izzo’s Christmas list likely is very different than anyone else’s in America. Unlike many people, who ask for a variety of gadgets or gizmos, Izzo simply wants some time to work with his No. 14 MSU men’s basketball team.
The Big Ten revealed a new logo and announced division names Monday. The divisions are called Legends and Leaders.
It was all MSU at Breslin Center on Sunday as the No. 15 MSU women’s basketball team overpowered Iona both offensively and defensively, defeating the Gaels, 85-51.
It only was three weeks ago that the No. 7 MSU football team beat Penn State to clinch a share of the Big Ten championship. But for junior receiver Keith Nichol and the rest of the Spartans, those three weeks have felt like an eternity.
Ann Arbor, Mich. – On one of the biggest stages college sports has ever seen, the MSU hockey team couldn’t perform. In front of 113,411, MSU was manhandled by a vastly superior Michigan team in a 5-0 loss. What a way to go into the record books.
Auburn Hills, Mich. – The No. 7 MSU men’s basketball team may have been favored against in-state foe Oakland, but the Spartans found themselves in a 40-minute dogfight against the defending Summit League champion Golden Grizzlies, winning, 77-76, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Ann Arbor, Mich. – The largest crowd in NCAA sporting history also brought the MSU hockey team its worst loss of the season. The Big Chill at the Big House housed 113,411 spectators who witnessed No. 12 Michigan slaughter MSU, 5-0.
As expected, Mark Dantonio and his No. 7 MSU football team were denied a BCS bid in favor of fellow conference champions Ohio State and Wisconsin. And yet, when the Spartans take on No. 15 Alabama in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, 2011, in Orlando, Fla., Dantonio said he believes it will be MSU’s bowl game that is the best matchup involving any Big Ten team, including the Rose and Sugar bowls.