What games are coming up this week for the hockey, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball teams?
What up, TOC? Glad to see you guys like this new format. Last week saw mostly positive results for our Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Hockey teams. Izzo’s squad won both games and climbed to #12 in the AP poll. Robyn Fralick’s crew went 1-1 on the week but fell two spots to #22. And Adam Nightingale took his top-ranked program to Happy Valley over the weekend where they won one game and lost one in a shootout. They remained at #1 with 48 of 50 first-place votes.
Please note that sometimes some information is not available when I publish this on Monday, such as radio and betting lines. In those cases, I will update this article when that info becomes available or add it to the game watch articles.
I also want to point out that my score prediction for yesterday’s game at NW of 77-70 came very close to the actual outcome of 78-68.
Here are the games for January 13-19:
Wednesday, January 15
Women’s Basketball: MSU @ Rutgers
When: 7 PM EST
Where: Jersey Mike’s Arena; Piscataway, NJ
Records: MSU (13-3; 3-2); Rutgers (8-9; 0-6)
TV: BTN+
O’s Prediction: MSU 78 – Rutgers 64
Men’s Basketball: MSU vs. Penn State
When: 7:30 PM EST
Where: Breslin Center; East Lansing, MI
Records: MSU (14-2; 5-0); Penn State (12-5; 2-4)
TV: BTN
O’s Prediction: MSU 84 – Penn State 62
Friday, January 17
Hockey: MSU @ um
When: 7 PM EST
Where: Yost Ice Arena; ann arbor, MI
Records: MSU (18-2-2; 9-1-2); um (13-8-1; 7-5-0)
TV: BTN+
O’s Prediction: MSU 3 – um 2
Saturday, January 18
Hockey: MSU vs. um
When: 7:30 PM EST
Where: Munn Ice Arena; East Lansing, MI
Records: MSU (18-2-2; 9-1-2); um. (13-8-1; 7-5-0) *will be different by game time
TV: BTN
O’s Prediction: MSU 4 – um 0
Sunday, January 19
Men’s Basketball: MSU vs. Illinois
When: 12 PM EST
Where: Breslin Center; East Lansing, MI
Records: MSU (14-2; 5-0); Illinois (12-4; 4-2) *will be different by game time
TV: CBS
O’s Prediction: MSU 82 – Illinois 76
Women’s Basketball: MSU @ Illinois
When: 3 PM EST
Where: State Farm Center; Champaign, IL
Records: MSU (13-3; 3-2); Illinois (12-4; 2-3) *will be different by game time
TV: BTN+
O’s Prediction: MSU 70 – Illinois 67
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Special Mention – We know typically we’re just covering the televised sports here, but this Friday, January 17th, defending B1G Women’s Gymnastics Champions and 6th-ranked nationally, MSU hosts #20 umich at the Breslin Center at 6pm. If you’ve never been to one of these competitions under the massively upgraded coaching staff, they are incredible. And this one against the folks down the road will be intense. Come out and support our incredible team if you can. It probably won’t even be that creepy if some of you old dudes show up, really. Just, don’t linger around the post-meet autograph tables too long.