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Michigan State women nearly hit century mark in win over Indiana

The Michigan State women’s basketball team got off to a fast start in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday night. The No.5-seeded Spartans (20-10 overall) dominated No. 12-seeded Indiana (6-24) en…Read More

Michigan State falls two spots in ESPN’s Power Rankings

As expected, the Michigan State Spartans fell a little bit in ESPN’s recently released power rankings. On the heels of a road loss to Indiana, MSU is now ranked No. 6 by the Worldwide Leader. Other…Read More

Spartans play at Indiana tonight for outright Big Ten title

This is what it’s all about at Michigan State, or is it? The Spartans take on No. 18 Indiana tonight in Bloomington for the outright Big Ten title. The No. 5-ranked Spartans (24-5 overall, 13-3…Read More

Five reason why Michigan State will make the Final Four

Michigan State is probably the most overachieving team in college basketball this season, after all, it was not even ranked when the season started. And unlike last season, when the Spartans were the…Read More

Michigan State makes comeback against Minnesota on the road, still in first place in the Big Ten

Somehow, someway, Michigan State walked out of Williams Arena with a win Wednesday night. Minnesota led by as many as eight points with a shade more than 8 minutes to play, but MSU (23-5, 12-3 B1G) won…Read More

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Another road win lands Michigan State all alone in first place

Michigan State is now one full game in first place in the Big Ten. Wow! The Spartans took care of Purdue…Read More

Draymond Green’s legacy starts/ends today against Michigan

We all know Michigan State’s Draymond Green is a leader and we all know that this is his team. But…Read More

Porsche Poole named Big Ten Player of the Week

Senior Porsche Poole was named Big Ten Player of the Week, announced by the conference office on Tuesday.…Read More

Izzo adds Lansing Sexton guard to 2012 class

Tom Izzo received yet another verbal commitment today, this time for his 2012 recruiting class. Giving…Read More

Spartan Recruiting News: MSU lands big verbals in Basketball and Football

Michigan State has been hot on the recruiting scene in the past few weeks in football and while Mark…Read More

Spartan News & Notes: Lang Commits and Raymar signs with Washington

Following a nice showing at the Spartan Elite Camp, tight end Paul Lang (Mt. Lebanon, PA) decided to end his recruitment and become the sixth verbal-commit for MSU’s 2011 recruiting class. The 6’5″,…Read More

Izzo’s indecision warrants no apology

For a confident man seemingly always assured of  his abilities,  Tom Izzo struggled with his own emotions. For nine agonizing days, Izzo contemplated a lucrative offer from Cleveland Cavaliers owner…Read More

MSU Unveils New Uniforms for All Athletic Squads

AD Mark Hollis introduced a new brand and identity program today that features new jerseys for all of Michigan State’s athletic teams. These changes come just a couple months after Hollis met a great…Read More

Interview with Lansing State Journal MSU beat writer, Joe Rexrode

During my time at State, I was fortunate enough to work with some great people for a couple years at The Lansing State Journal. Aside from learning a ton about writing — my first published clip…Read More

Campus Life: Thoughts on Summers to NBA; D-man signs with Edmonton

“Campus Life” is a feature which will run every Monday with links to Michigan State Spartans coverage from around the Internet. The main goal is to update you folks on every sport on the banks…Read More

Season Review: Up-and-down year ends with loss in Final Four

It’s fitting, really. An often frustrating season ended with a frustrating 52-50 loss to Butler in the National Semifinals. Despite the lows and inconsistency, the Spartans earned their second…Read More

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