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Kirby Lee-Imagn Images MSU had their chances to take down #1 UCLA but crucial fourth quarter offensive rebounds save the Bruins By all accounts, Robyn Fralick has Spartan Women’s Basketball on the right track. After a couple of years of MSU hovering around .500, Fralick came to East Lansing last year and led the Spartans back to the NCAA tournament. MSU finished 22-9, … [Read more...] about Women’s Basketball Instant Recap: Spartans push UCLA to the Brink but fall in LA

Ron Johnson-Imagn Images Massive Big Ten Battle at Breslin With Tom Izzo’s 354th conference victory finally secured, hopefully Michigan State can turn their full focus to a regular season Big Ten title. It will be a demanding final stretch, however, as MSU faces five ranked teams in their final six games, beginning Tuesday with Purdue in the Breslin Center (7 PM, … [Read more...] about Men’s Basketball Preview: The Purdue Boilermakers

Dale Young-Imagn Images Can the Spartans get back on the right track and sweep the Illini? It’s gameday for Michigan State and this one really feels like a must win. MSU has suddenly dropped 3 of its last 4 games and has surrendered the Big Ten lead that it had built after starting conference play 9-0. Now they head to the Land of Lincoln for a rematch with one of the … [Read more...] about Game Thread: Michigan State @ Illinois

Tom Izzo gets the record! At this point, I just have to believe that Tom wants his team to fall behind big at the start of games. I really have no other explanation for how this team, with all its apparent talent, consistently comes out so flat at the beginning of each contest. In this one, Illinois jumped out to a 6-0 lead while MSU had two turnovers and a horrible looking … [Read more...] about MSU Battles Back To Defeat Illinois, 79-65

Dale Young-Imagn Images The Men visit Sham-Pain, The Women to LA Tomorrow night, the 11th-ranked Spartans return to the State Farm Center in Champaign - that sounds like a place made for the MSU Spartan (once Aggies) to win. At 19-5 overall and 10-3 in Big Ten play, Michigan State has put itself in decent position heading into the back half of an increasingly … [Read more...] about MSU Basketball vs Illinois & UCLA