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We Spartans are in desperate need of something to wash the taste of last night’s basketball game out of our mouth. Cue our hockey team! They get their Big Ten Tournament started tonight on their home ice, Munn Arena. The opponent is the Buckeyes who, as Steve mentioned in the preview, took 2 of 4 […]
The postseason begins now for our Spartans. After receiving a triple-bye, we will be the last team jumping into the Big Ten Tournament, and our quarterfinal opponent is one we defeated by 23 points a month ago. Can the Bruins make this one more competitive or will Michigan State have a cakewalk on the way […]
Here we go, TOC Nation. Our Men’s Basketball Team and Hockey Team are starting postseason play today and tomorrow, respectively. We asked you this week to predict each’s Big Ten Tournament performance. On the hardwood, 65% believe we will make it to Sunday. 22% say we will win the BTT. Over at Munn Ice Arena, […]
The current odds show Brad Underwood’s hardcourt warriors as a +450 (18%) chance to win the B1G men’s basketball tournament. Michigan is the favorite at -125 to win. (Michigan State is at +625, and Purdue is at +725) The Illini is a +1,100 to +1,800 (5%-9%) to take home the NCAA title. The reasons are […]
Welcome to Conference Tournament week! As the 2025-2026 regular season has now come to an end for Michigan State Men’s Basketball, it comes time to not only look forward to the big dance, but also take a look back at the year in review. The 25-6 (15-5) Spartans compiled an impressive resume, complete with blowout […]
Jon Rothstein tweeted it and Ben Steele of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel confirmed it, so it’s as real as it can get: Marquette men’s basketball will start a home-and-home series with Michigan next season. The 2026-27 season game will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while the 2027-28 season game will be in Milwaukee. The contracts […]
Tom Izzo has sent out the warning shot. “We’re going to show up Sunday.” And who am I not to believe Coach. So I am expecting Michigan State to come out focused, playing some lock-down defense, pushing the pace on offense, and not letting the inevitability of the challenge crew turning this game into a […]
135 days ago, the Michigan State Basketball Spartans took to the Breslin Center court to open the 2025-26 season in an exhibition match against the Falcons of Bowling Green State University. MSU won, in a surprisingly close game, by only nine points, 75-66. Back in mid-October, in the preseason polls, Michigan State was predicted to […]
Happy Friday, TOC Nation. Here are the results of our latest survey questions. In our first question, I asked you to predict the record of the Men’s Basketball Team over the final two regular season games. A whopping 98% correctly called for a victory over Rutgers last night, though it ended up much too close […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois found a way to survive. In a game that felt messy early and much more tense late, the No. 10 seed Illini held off No. 7 seed Michigan State 71-69 Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Illinois leaned on a huge first half from Cearah […]
Rutgers fans, it’s game day! The Scarlet Knights are out in East Lansing, MI, to take on Michigan State in their last road game of the regular season. Both teams are coming into this game after winning their last game. Rutgers will look to put up a good fight in this game against a Spartan […]
It wasn’t smooth all the way, but the Illini got the job done on Wednesday night against Wisconsin. The 82-70 win over the Badgers sets up an electric rematch with Michigan State on Thursday. The Spartans bested the Illini back in January, despite a late Illinois comeback; the Spartans went on to win 81-75. What […]
Just like they did in late January, Michigan State will tip it off against Rutgers prior to a rivalry game with Michigan. Last time, it was Rutgers on the road before hosting the Wolverines. This time, Rutgers comes to the Breslin center on Thursday (8 PM – FS1) before MSU closes out the Big Ten […]
Duke (East), Michigan (Midwest), Arizona (West), and UConn (South) remain the four No. 1 seeds in the first bracket of the Month of Madness, but that seed line is just about the only stable one at the moment. And even it may not remain so, given how Florida (in particular), Michigan State, and Houston are […]
Time for the last surveys of the regular season. This week, we are asking you to predict the results of the final two games of the season for the men’s basketball and hockey teams. Let’s see if you get these right. Want more surveys in your life? Sign up here to participate in the weekly […]
On Sunday, the No. 13 Ohio State women’s basketball team traveled to East Lansing, Michigan, and nearly ran the No. 15 Michigan State Spartans out of their own gym. The victory gave the Scarlet and Gray much-needed momentum and an edge over a team ranked two spots ahead of them in the NCAA Tournament committee’s […]
IU basketball dropped its fourth-straight game, falling 77-64 to Michigan State on Sunday at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Here are five takeaways from the loss to the Spartans: Another poor defensive effort With the Big Ten schedule now 90 percent ... The post Five takeaways from IU basketball’s loss to Michigan State appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
With slumped shoulders and the bottom of his jersey clenched in his teeth, a dejected Lamar Wilkerson trudged toward the Indiana locker room. His team had fallen short again, losing its fourth straight game — a 77–64 home defeat to ... The post IU basketball’s effort “just not enough” in home loss to Michigan State appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
It certainly wasn’t a finale to remember. The MSU Women’s Basketball Team hosted Ohio State on Sunday on the last day of the Big Ten season. Unfortunately, they decided to copy the strategy of the Men’s Team in their recent matchup against the Buckeyes, that being not showing up in the first half. For a […]
Check out 29 photos by Jamie Owens from Indiana’s 77-64 loss to Michigan State at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Purchase prints from J. Scott Photography. The post Photo Gallery: IU basketball vs. Michigan State appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
Indiana men’s basketball entered February with about as much momentum as it could’ve had, looking every bit like a team making a push to reach the NCAA Tournament in head coach Darian DeVries’ first season at the helm. It’s entered March having lost four consecutive matchups, with Sunday’s loss to Michigan State being the latest. […]
Quick thoughts on a 77-64 loss to Michigan State: How it happened It was another disastrous defensive performance for Indiana in the first half against Michigan State on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans lit up the Hoosiers for 45 points on ... The post At the Buzzer: Michigan State 77, Indiana 64 appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
IU basketball returns to action against Michigan State this afternoon at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers are 17-11 and 8-9 in Big Ten play, while the Spartans are 23-5 and 13-4 in conference games. Today’s meeting with Michigan State ... The post Open Thread: IU basketball hosts Michigan State appeared first on Inside the Hall | Indiana Hoosiers Basketball News, Recruiting and Analysis .
After 17 Big Ten regular-season games, No. 13 Ohio State women’s basketball traveled to East Lansing, Michigan on Sunday to finish up the conference schedule against the No. 15 Michigan State Spartans. On the line was not only Big Ten Tournament seeding but turning around a run of form with three losses in the last […]
On Sunday, the Big Ten women’s basketball regular season comes to a close. Even though the regular season championship-winning UCLA Bruins already received their trophy, Sunday comes with an air of importance thanks to the Big Ten Tournament, specifically, where each team will fall in the 15-team bracket. For No. 13 Ohio State women’s basketball, […]