Emotions will be running high for the MSU women’s basketball team when it meets Illinois tonight for its regular-season finale. Not only is position on the line for the Big Ten Tournament, but also it will mark the last home game for seniors Courtney Davidson and Alisa Wulff.
Every time Tom Izzo travels to Madison, Wis., he takes a number with him. That number — zero — is the amount of victories the MSU men’s basketball head coach has brought home with him on those road trips in the last seven seasons.
After a little more than three weeks since National Signing Day, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio is back on the recruiting trail for the 2009 class, and the results are already showing.
When most people return to their alma mater in hopes of a new career, they trade their current lifestyle for one full of books and term papers. Antonio Smith, on the other hand, decided to swap his basketball shoes for football cleats.
With only two games left in the season, the MSU hockey team isn’t taking Bowling Green lightly. After all, the Spartans lost last year to the Falcons on MSU’s senior night, which was the last time the team’s seniors skated at Munn Ice Arena during the regular season.
Five wins, 17 losses. It’s no secret – conference road games haven’t been one of the MSU men’s basketball team’s strong points the last three seasons. And the road games won’t get any easier while the team finishes up its Big Ten season, as the Spartans still travel to Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio State – in three arenas known to rattle the opposition.
When a basketball player misses a shot, every person in the paint is supposed to attack the boards in a fight for the ball, correct? That theory, which MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant has described as being far from “rocket science,” has been ignored by her team more often than not.
In the Big Ten race, the MSU men’s basketball team might almost be out — but the Spartans are going into every game like they have everything to play for.
The number 300 has a whole new meaning for Spartans fans. Surrounded by MSU administrators, dozens of former Spartan basketball players and his family, MSU head coach Tom Izzo angled his head upward and focused his eyes on one of Breslin Center’s overhead screens. Izzo had just obtained his 300th win Saturday afternoon at the arena.
After gaining momentum to put together a train of wins, the MSU women’s basketball team’s streak was halted at four by Purdue on Sunday. The Boilermakers (15-13 overall, 11-6 Big Ten) took revenge and then some against the Spartans (17-12, 9-8) — setting the record straight as they shut down MSU, 69-59, to split the season series.
A recap of the sport events of the weekend, including the opening weekend for baseball, a winning wrestling tournament, and a loss for the softball team at Palm Springs.
The seniors on the MSU hockey team can be trusted. When they say they’re going to do something — they do it.
Murphy’s Law was in full effect for the MSU women’s basketball team Sunday against Purdue
Two completely different MSU hockey teams took the ice this weekend against No. 1 Michigan.
Detroit — The Joe Louis Arena is forever cursed for the Spartans as the MSU hockey team lost at the home of the Red Wings on Saturday.
There seemed to be some extra emotion at Breslin Center Saturday afternoon.
Freshman defenseman Jeff Petry’s goal nearly two minutes into Friday’s game got the ball rolling for the MSU hockey team.
MSU head coach Suzy Merchant had no reason to be “scared to death” going into Thursday night’s game against Northwestern at Breslin Center.
Mike Kebler hit a jump shot with less than a minute to go Wednesday night, extending the MSU men’s basketball team’s lead against Penn State to 86-47.
Iowa comes into Breslin Center with a record of 1-3 in its last four games and — just like any good coach — Todd Lickliter knows what the problem is: defense.