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SPORTS

Breslin center stage

Joey Nowak
March 19, 2009

The madness is coming to East Lansing. Breslin Center will shed its green and white in favor of NCAA blue this weekend as MSU plays host to four teams, hundreds of media members and thousands of screaming fans for the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. No stranger to postseason play, Breslin Center was home to MSU’s deep WNIT run last season and the Spartans’ first-round NCAA Tournament win in 2007, making it the third consecutive year East Lansing will play host to a title dream.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

The Wild Card

Alex Altman
March 19, 2009

Step right up and take your shots at Raymar Morgan. You won’t be the first. Call him too sensitive — it’s not like the junior forward hasn’t heard that one before. Compare his up-and-down play to the stock market, a jab taken at him by a TV commentator earlier this year. Even snicker that he has invented “new ways to travel,” a quip authored by a Sporting News reporter before the season even started. Say whatever you want — just don’t expect Morgan to listen to you.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

McCallie does not deserve warm welcome

Finally, Joanne P. McCallie has come back to East Lansing. It’s been exactly two years since the former MSU women’s basketball coach has been on the public stage in East Lansing. That was following her team’s loss to Rutgers in the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

For band and basketball

Jacob Carpenter
March 18, 2009

For 17 years of MSU basketball games, Barry Greer has directed the Spartan Brass, jeered opponents with the Izzone, given high fives to players before games and offered coaching tips in the locker room after the buzzer. And he does it all with Down syndrome, a genetic condition that causes a mental disability.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

No tears this year

A collective cheer took a year’s worth of grief off the shoulders of the MSU women’s basketball team. After being left out of the NCAA Tournament last season, the Spartans were awarded a No. 9 seed this season and will play No. 8 Middle Tennessee State in the first round of the tournament.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Seeding keeps MSU close to home

Cash Kruth
March 16, 2009

The highs, lows and inconsistencies of the MSU men’s basketball team’s regular season are in the past. All that matters now is that the Spartans (22-6) are officially in one-and-done territory, learning Sunday evening they earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional, drawing No. 15 seed Robert Morris in the first round on Friday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis.

ICE HOCKEY

Few positives for Icers in tough season

This was a season the MSU hockey program would like to forget. After one of the worst regular seasons in program history, the Spartans were eliminated from postseason play in the first round of the CCHA playoffs.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Many factors led to loss to Ohio State

With the Big Ten Tournament done and the NCAA Tournament on the horizon, men’s basketball reporter Cash Kruth examines four questions surrounding the Spartans as they look to rebound from a disappointing conference tournament with a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

MEN'S BASKETBALL

Big Ten letdowns

Alex Altman
March 15, 2009

After his team’s season-ending victory against Purdue, MSU senior guard Travis Walton made a bold guarantee during the Senior Day celebration. “We’re gonna raise another banner up in here,” said Walton, moments before the team hoisted its 2008-09 regular season championship banner into the rafters.

BASKETBALL

Cold shooting day dooms Spartans

Alex Altman
March 14, 2009

Indianapolis — For the second straight game, the MSU men’s basketball team was beat at its own game. This time, however, the Spartans couldn’t get away from a subpar performance, falling to Ohio State 82-70 at Conseco Fieldhouse