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Another week, another new #1. Michigan’s reign atop the world was short-lived, as #3 Duke was on their schedule and usurped the throne with a 68-63 win in Washington, D.C. The Blue Devils are 25-2 now with wins over Michigan, Kansas, Arkansas, Florida, and Michigan State, and losses to only Texas Tech and North Carolina. […]
From A Sea Of Blue | 10 days ago | 2 reads
Before every Ohio State men’s basketball game, Connor Lemons gets you ready for that day’s action with key stats, players to know, and prevalent storylines for that day’s game on the “Good Hoops Morning” podcast. Listen to the episode and subscribe: Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Ohio State Buckeyes at No. […]
From Land-Grant Holy Land | 11 days ago | 2 reads
Michigan State had a convincing home win on Tuesday night and looks to make it two in a row on Sunday. The Spartans are hosting our southern neighbor, the Ohio State Buckeyes. The game is scheduled for 1 PM ET and will air on CBS. OSU Overview The Buckeyes come into this one as a […]
From The Only Colors | 12 days ago | 2 reads
With Big Ten Tournament hopes hanging on by a thread, Northwestern (8-18, 2-13 B1G) suffered a lopsided 104-68 defeat to No. 18 Michigan State (21-6, 10-6 B1G). The Spartans pulled away in the second quarter, outscoring the visiting Wildcats 32-14 after a back-and-forth first ten minutes. Grace VanSlooten led the way for Michigan State, pouring […]
From Inside NU | 14 days ago | 2 reads
Northwestern (8-17, 2-12 B1G) travels to East Lansing to face No. 18 Michigan State (20-6, 9-6 B1G) with its Big Ten Tournament hopes on life support. Since winning two straight against Rutgers and Wisconsin, the ‘Cats have lost seven straight. That losing streak has included two double-digit road losses to Indiana and Penn State, who […]
From Inside NU | 15 days ago | 2 reads
After a frustrating loss at Michigan State last week put some distance between Illinois and the 1-seeds last week, a truly deflating loss at home to Wisconsin threatened to drop the Illini down to a 3-seed. Fortunately for the Illini, Kylan Boswell came back and a stifling defensive performance against Indiana righted the ship. Also, […]
From The Champaign Room | 16 days ago | 5 reads
Michigan State is coming off an embarrassing showing in Madison as the Badgers absolutely dominated every aspect of the game. This week, MSU is back home to take on the Bruins, Feb 17 at 8:30pm on Peacock. UCLA Overview Valentine’s Day had no love for the Bruins as they were manhandled by 30 points in […]
From The Only Colors | 17 days ago | 4 reads
When Canada lost to Czechia in the semifinals of the World Junior Championship, Michigan State head coach Adam Nightingale texted Spartan forward Porter Martone...
From In the Pressbox | 17 days ago | 4 reads
Michigan State Women’s Basketball traveled to Ann Arbor today for a rematch with #7 Michigan. The Spartans entered the game at 20-5 overall and 9-5 in the Big Ten, which put MSU in sixth place in the Conference. Michigan came in at 21-4 overall and second in the Big Ten at 12-2. How we got […]
From The Only Colors | 17 days ago | 3 reads
Here are the results of this week’s survey questions, and we have already seen at least some of the results to what we asked you to make a call on. In last night’s game vs. Wisconsin, Denham Wojcik played 8 minutes in relief of Jeremy Fears. To the best of my memory, no other player […]
From The Only Colors | 19 days ago | 1 read
That was not the performance you wanted after your most recent Illinois win. Wisconsin showed up ready to shoot – they hit back-to-back threes to start the game, but Coen Carr responded with a three-pointer and five points of his own. Michigan State followed that up with four consecutive misses by Jeremy Fears and Carson […]
From The Only Colors | 19 days ago | 4 reads
It has been a full six days since the Spartans took to the court. Hopefully that layoff has the team recharged and ready to make a run down the stretch to contend for the conference crown. It starts tonight with a roadie against the Badgers. Are we in store for another nailbiter or can MSU […]
From The Only Colors | 20 days ago | 4 reads
With the NFL season now coming to a close, sports fans were treated to an excellent showcase of college basketball, with thrillers across the country in both men’s and women’s play. Packed with ranked matchups and overtime drama, the Big Ten delivered some of the week’s best moments — from Michigan State’s statement win over […]
From Inside NU | 22 days ago | 5 reads
It was a Saturday to remember for the Green & White. The Women’s Basketball Team got it started in the afternoon with a road win at Penn State. In the evening, the Hockey Team finished their regular-season series against our rivals with a dominant win at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. I attended that game […]
From The Only Colors | 25 days ago | 3 reads
You may want to re-read the last paragraph of Lucas’ game preview for this game because that’s what the Spartans did tonight. After a few days of internal debate, Tom Izzo decided to start Jeremy Fears after the Michigan State floor general’s style of play was questioned in the last two games. This probably didn’t […]
From The Only Colors | 25 days ago | 3 reads
This week’s results of our survey questions may be a little skewed as I imagine most of the voting occurred prior to Wednesday evening’s defeat at Minnesota. Certainly, we would have received some different, less positive, results had we dropped these questions on Thursday. That said, here is how TOC Nation voted. Just under half […]
From The Only Colors | 26 days ago | 2 reads
Redshirt sophomore point guard Kennedy Blair’s path to becoming the best player on the No. 12 team in the nation—and the team she grew up rooting for—involved a financial sacrifice and playing-time gamble before her college career began. Blair gave up a scholarship to Bowling Green because she wanted to follow head coach Robyn Fralick […]
From Swish Appeal | 26 days ago | 1 read
During the second quarter of No. 22 Maryland women’s basketball’s clash with No. 12 Michigan State, backup point guard Kyndal Walker crossed the halfcourt line. She picked her head up, scanned the Spartans’ defense and identified Kennedy Blair tentatively stepping toward her, her body perpendicular to the rim. Walker attacked, blowing past Blair before she […]
From Testudo Times | 26 days ago | 4 reads
When the fifth ranked Illinois Fighting Illini arrive at the Breslin Center on Saturday evening, it will have been two weeks to the day since MSU beat the brakes off of Maryland, 91-48, to improve to 18-2 (8-1 B1G) on the season. Vibes were high in East Lansing, with another top-10 squad seemingly destined to […]
From The Only Colors | 27 days ago | 2 reads
Before Wednesday, No. 22 Maryland women’s basketball had hit its lowest point over the past two seasons. But the Terps found a spark and played their most complete game of the season, defeating No. 12 Michigan State, 86-70. Here are three takeaways from Maryland’s massive win. The bench woke up Throughout Maryland’s four-game losing streak, […]
From Testudo Times | 28 days ago | 9 reads
Illinois will search for another top-10 road win Saturday night in East Lansing, and one of Michigan State’s best players may not be on the court (at least to start). Tom Izzo had some choice words for Jeremy Fears’ performance in the Spartans’ Wednesday night to Minnesota. “Jeremy’s gotta grow up a little bit,” Izzo […]
From The Champaign Room | 28 days ago | 4 reads
The Gophers snapped their 7-game losing streak, beating #10 Michigan State 73-76. After frequently leading at the half and collapsing in the second, Minnesota extned their lead and held on against the #10 team in the country. Jaylen Crocker-Johnson led the way for the Gophers with 22 points, but it was a team effort from […]
From The Daily Gopher | 28 days ago | 2 reads
Time for our Spartans to begin a new win streak. MSU heads to the Twin Cities to take on the Golden Gophers. Game tips at 7 PM ET and can be seen on BTN. And if you have BTN+, you can check out the Lady Spartans at 6:30 in a top 25 matchup against Maryland. […]
From The Only Colors | 29 days ago | 4 reads
There are some great what-ifs in Duke Basketball history. What if Bob Verga hadn’t gotten sick just before the 1966 Final Four? What if Duke had played Texas Western instead of Kentucky? Could Mike Lewis have dealt with Big Daddy Lattin? We’ll never know. What if Bob Bender hadn’t had appendicitis during the 1980 NCAA […]
From Duke Basketball Report | 29 days ago | 2 reads
Happy Tuesday everyone. We are back with a pair of questions for you. This week’s inquiries both relate to the MSU Men’s Basketball Team. First up, after a deflating loss to those guys from ann arbor, we want to see how your projections for this season have changed. Hopefully, you think it was just a […]
From The Only Colors | 30 days ago | 5 reads