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BASKETBALL

Help wanted

Joey Nowak
February 17, 2008

The MSU men’s basketball team traveled to Indiana for a Big Ten slugfest with its rear end on the line and got its butt kicked. The Spartans, in desperate need of a key road win to maintain any hope for a conference title, came out on fire before a pumped-up Hoosiers squad extinguished the flame, en route to the Spartans’ worst loss of the season — an 80-61 trouncing Saturday night at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind.

ICE HOCKEY

Icers buck Broncos, sweep series

Kristi Jourdan
February 17, 2008

For five years, Lawson Ice Arena in Kalamazoo perplexed the MSU hockey team. Saturday’s game would hold the answer to the riddle for the Spartans, who defeated Western Michigan 4-2 — the first win on the Broncos’ ice since 2003.

BASKETBALL

Turnover turmoil

Sean Ely
February 17, 2008

Bloomington, Ind. — Problems are not being corrected. Nineteen turnovers, 9 assists — not exactly a statistic MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo can stomach anymore.

BASKETBALL

Merchant searches for winning formula

Allison Grant
February 14, 2008

Women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant is having an interesting first year at MSU. Untimely injuries, combined with early departures and inconsistency, has left the Spartans floundering at the middle-to-bottom of the Big Ten.

BASKETBALL

Injuries - not Merchant - to blame for rough 1st year

Take it to the bank: Suzy Merchant will succeed as MSU women’s basketball coach. Although some have criticized MSU’s first-year head coach for her team’s tough season, a lot of what’s contributed to the rough start thus far has been out of her control.

BASKETBALL

Big Ten Roundup: Minnesota excelling on court, in classroom

Cash Kruth
February 14, 2008

Being a Division I athlete is hard enough, but when you throw in the fact that they’re also students, it gets even tougher. Well, it doesn’t seem to be too difficult for the Minnesota women’s basketball team, as the Golden Gophers landed four players on ESPN The Magazine’s Academic All-District team.

SPORTS

Prognosticators

The prognosticators are at it again! Those sly dogs! Read up on their latest predictions for hockey and basketball.

BASKETBALL

Shades of Gray

Joey Nowak
February 14, 2008

Toward the end of the national anthem before basketball games, Marquise Gray raises one finger to the sky. The moment is one of solitude, thought and dedication for the junior forward, and it has special significance — both for Gray’s immediate family and for his Spartans family.

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Rebound battle crucial to Spartan victory

Allison Grant
February 13, 2008

Like a broken record, the MSU women’s basketball team’s rebounding problems are happening again and again. MSU head coach Suzy Merchant said rebounding will be one of the big keys to beat Indiana tonight — especially after being outrebounded by 12 the first time the two teams met on Jan. 20. The Spartans dropped the game, 70-56.