Iowa City - If a Spartan found himself on the bench in No. 25 MSU's 68-64 loss to Iowa on Saturday, chances are it was a short-lived rest. The Spartans (9-5 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) substituted players 27 times Saturday, shuffling players in and out to reconfigure the lineup 39 times.
Iowa City - Throughout the 2002-03 season, the MSU men's basketball team has been consistently inconsistent. Those inconsistencies were highlighted Saturday afternoon as the No.
It was tough, physical and at times downright sloppy during No. 25 MSU's grinding win against Ohio State on Thursday at Breslin Center. The Spartans (9-4 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) outlasted the Buckeyes (7-5, 0-1) 66-55, halting a two-game losing skid.
Iowa might not have big names on its roster. But the Hawkeyes pose some problems for the MSU basketball team.Because the Spartans hadn't concluded their game with Ohio State at the time of print, they were null to talk about their matchup with Iowa (9-3, 1-0 Big Ten). And unless they remember much from their games a year ago, MSU players were in the dark about the Hawkeye team."To tell you the truth, we haven't even looked at film on them yet," junior forward Adam Wolfe said following Tuesday's practice.
This past NFL regular season, millions of football fans were treated to the second coming of one of the greatest athletes of all time. For 15 games, Mike Vick electrified sold-out stadiums and national television audiences with his fleet-footedness and wrist-flicking throwing technique with the same flair of another great athlete. Randall Cunningham?
If last season's performance is any indication, the MSU women's tennis team is poised to break through to the next level in 2003.The team is confident it can improve on last season's 11-12 record and the school's first-ever national ranking, finishing 62nd in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings."I think we're looking really good for this time of year," MSU head coach Tim Bauer said.
It's no longer just paranoid conspiracy theory. It's now in the realm of a full-fledged phenomenon. This year's MSU hockey team is 2-6-1 in the first game of a series and 7-2-0 on the second night.
Baseball to hold 2 camps next month Two camps hosted by the MSU baseball team will take place early next month. The camps will run a week apart, leading off with the pitching and catching portion Feb.
One game past the halfway point of the season, the MSU hockey team has a .500 record (9-9-1 overall, 5-6-0 CCHA). For a team that hasn't had a losing season since 1991, the players and coaches agree it's a mark teetering on the edge of unacceptability. Dissecting MSU's problem is a continuous process for head coach Rick Comley.
Heading in to their 53rd season of Big Ten men's basketball, No. 25 MSU is looking for a little charity - from the stripe, that is.After shooting 77.7 percent from the foul line in the first seven games of the season, MSU (8-4) has only shot 67.5 percent in the last five, which is below head coach Tom Izzo's standards.Izzo said missed free throws have "really cost us the last two games, as much as anything."Despite MSU's shooting woes, the Spartans are currently tied for fourth (72.8 percent) among Big Ten teams.
Brandon Warner, a 6-foot, 170-pound defenseman from Huntertown, Ind., verbally committed to the MSU hockey team Wednesday.Warner has four goals, nine assists and 54 penalty minutes in 32 games this season for the Pittsburgh Forge of the North American Hockey League.
Though all the historical information shows the Spartans should have no problem winning their Big Ten opener, they know Ohio State can't be overlooked.The No.
The MSU women's basketball team has battled inconsistency so far this season, however, this is not new to the Spartans.Last season MSU headed into conference play with a 9-1 record, and then finished tied for ninth in the conference.
It's that magical time of year. It's the Big Ten basketball season once again. No.
After loaning out the Big Ten Championship trophy for a season, the Spartans will face tough tests in their quest to bring the prize back to MSU for a fifth time in six seasons. From the top to bottom of the conference, there isn't a clear cut championship favorite.
By nature, Steve Clark is usually quick with a quip. And the talkative senior hockey player apparently amused head coach Rick Comley with a comment during a game this weekend at Lake Superior State. "We all laughed because he said he played more that particular night than he did his first three years here," Comley said with a chuckle. Of course, that's a huge hyperbole on Clark's part.
Despite witholding information about run-ins with police officers, university officials denied reports Monday that embattled athletes receive special treatment. The State News reported Monday All-American wide receiver Charles Rogers allegedly pushed an MSU parking enforcer and had a verbal argument with the same officer last fall.
Senior defenseman Brad Fast is one of 15 finalists for the eighth annual Hockey Humanitarian Award, which will be awarded at an April 11 ceremony at the Frozen Four in Buffalo, N.Y. The award recognizes college hockey's "finest citizen" for his or her contributions to society.
With the Big Ten season kicking off Thursday against Ohio State, men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo knows this year's Spartan squad has its work cut out for them.No.
Cocky. adj. LeBron James sporting NBA logo sweatbands during his high school's nationally televised regular season game. Justified.