The No. 5-seed MSU men’s basketball team, with three players (junior guards Chris Allen and Kalin Lucas and sophomore forward Delvon Roe) suffering leg injuries, are hurting. No. 9-seed Northern Iowa battled its way to an upset of No. 1 overall seed Kansas, an easy pick for a national title winner.
One team came out of its last game with three injured players and a fourth with a chipped tooth, while the other has nine healthy players averaging 11 minutes or more per game. So who’s the favorite?
Kelly Beaton covers Northern Iowa for the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Beaton is in his first season covering the Panthers and on Thursday spoke with The State News about Friday’s game with the Spartans.
Don’t call the No. 9-seed Northern Iowa Panthers an underdog.
This isn’t the demeanor expected from the MSU men’s basketball team’s two freshman centers who have never played this much basketball in their lives.
With time winding down in the MSU men’s basketball team’s first-round NCAA Tournament game against New Mexico State last week, it felt like every Spartan and their next of kin was in dire foul trouble when MSU needed some big rebounds. Enter Draymond Green.
Granted, conference play hasn’t started yet. But the MSU baseball team is off to a 12-4 start, the team’s best since the 2002 season when it posted a 14-2 record through its first 16 games.
As the No. 25 MSU women’s gymnastics team prepares for this weekend’s Big Ten Championships, it enters with plenty of good news and a little bit of bad news.
After being on the road for its first 27 games, the MSU softball team returned to East Lansing on Wednesday afternoon and defeated Western Michigan, 5-3, in the team’s home opener at Old College Field.__
Starting Friday, freshman Jacob Jarzen will compete in one butterfly and two backstroke events at the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio, looking to use the experiences of a successful freshman season to put together a good showing as the first Spartan to qualify for the championships in five years.
The MSU softball team is more than ready to come home. After being on the road for 27 straight games dating back to Feb. 12, the Spartans will play their home opener at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Western Michigan at Old College Field.
Fifteen years ago, Kordell Stewart made waves with his athleticism as a multiple-weapon threat with the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers. On Tuesday, the opening day for MSU football spring practice, head coach Mark Dantonio seemed convinced the Spartans have found their own “Slash.”
Louisville, Ky. – After a physical first half, No. 4-seed Kentucky’s aggressive, relentless attack was too much for the No. 5-seed Spartans to handle as fatigue took over and the Wildcats cruised to a 70-52 win Monday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Freedom Hall.
The most popular way to spell consistency for the MSU men’s basketball team is to denote the Spartans’ impressive five Final Fours in the last 11 seasons — something no other program has done in that time.
Annalise Pickrel and Madison Williams met at halfcourt Saturday at Breslin Center, each looking to cap their high school basketball careers with a state championship.
Saturday at Breslin Center, Klarissa Bell and the East Lansing High School girl’s basketball team finally got the one trophy that had eluded them.
Already a 2009 state champion and a 2010 McDonald’s All-American, Keith Appling can add another award to his mantle.
Spokane, Wash. — With junior guard Kalin Lucas injured on the bench for the second half of the MSU men’s basketball team’s NCAA Tournament game Sunday, junior guard Durrell Summers picked up the slack for his childhood friend — and then some.
It’s been four seasons since MSU and Kentucky met in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. That game, played in Chicago, saw the Spartans advance to their second straight Sweet 16 with a 67-63 win.
If the MSU women’s basketball team were to stare at Kentucky in the mirror, it would notice its exact opposite.