At 8:18 p.m. Sunday night, a voice from the PA system interrupted head coach Mark Dantonio during the football team’s bowl selection press conference to make it official. The voice belonged to Tony Martin, the chairman of the Champs Sports Bowl selection committee, and he invited the Spartans (7-5) to play No. 14 Boston College (10-3) on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla.
The MSU women’s basketball team fell just short to Old Dominion on Sunday, 79-73.
The MSU men’s basketball team utilized a balanced scoring attack and a late point spurt en route to a 80-51 win against Jacksonville Saturday night at Breslin Center.
The MSU women’s basketball team finally came to play in the first half. Sophomore guard Allyssa DeHaan’s layup 45 seconds in paired with freshman guard Brittney Thomas’s underhand layup in the midst of a 19-7 run would set the pace for a comfortable 12-point lead heading into the locker room.
Freshman linebacker Greg Jones, whose 73 tackles led the MSU football team and all Big Ten freshmen in the regular season, was named first-team Freshman All-American by Scout.com and Rivals.com.
Entering her last season, senior guard Alisa Wulff is ready to do more of what she’s been doing for the MSU women’s basketball team from the beginning — being a leader. Through Wednesday, Wulff has started every game and has racked up 11 rebounds and added 17 points to help her team to a 5-1 record.
The MSU hockey team has lost just once to Lake Superior under head coach Rick Comley. Since that win in early 2003, the Lakers are winless against the Spartans — a streak that spans 10 games.
The ninth Big Ten/ACC Challenge went just like the previous eight, as the ACC won eight of the 11 games. While Penn State’s Mike Walker led the Nittany Lions to a win with 17 points, the consensus top-two teams in the conference took different routes to their win.
In the past two games, Goran Suton has averaged 15.5 points and 16 rebounds — showing an overall dominance in every aspect of gameplay.
No. 20 MSU women’s hoops will face Old Dominion on Sunday.
After watching Missouri beat Kansas last weekend, I proposed this question to those who watched the game with me: Who is the Heisman Trophy favorite?
MSU freshman guard Durrell Summers cut behind a defender, caught a backdoor bounce pass, leapt and went under the basket while kissing a reverse layup off the backboard. He rolled across the floor to the sideline after being fouled while the ball bounced around in the cylinder before dropping in.
It’s been almost 18 years since the two teams last met, but the No. 20 MSU women’s basketball team is still looking to even up the score against Clemson.
After failing to meet personal expectations each of the past two seasons, Nicole Bush brought a new mind-set into this year.
The last time the MSU men’s basketball team played N.C. State, the game ended with the Spartans sent home packing after the first round of the NCAA tournament.
Thanks to senior guard Courtney Davidson, the MSU women
The past two weeks have been a lesson in frustration for the MSU hockey team.
The MSU volleyball team will head to Dayton, Ohio to face Kentucky in round one of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.
At his Monday press conference, men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo said there’s nothing to worry about in regard to the Spartans’ chemistry off the court — it’s the on-court chemistry that needs work.