The regular season is behind us. The Big Ten Tournament is this week. For Michigan State Men’s Basketball, there is still a bit of uncertainty as to where we will land in this year’s field. Are the Spartans a 3-seed? A 2-seed? Could winning the BTT, along with some help elsewhere, vault us to the […]
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We are on to the Big Ten Tournaments for both the hockey and men’s basketball team. Both teams have earned byes in their respective tourneys, so at this point we do not know each team’s first opponent. Still, we are asking you to predict how each team will do in their conference tournaments. Please take […]
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What up, TOC Nation! It is officially sports betting season. This article is about betting, so if you are not interested in this topic, please skip this article. There will be several of these as we go through March Madness, but I will do my best to make it clear in the title if it […]
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We are well into the month of March, and if you are a Michigan State Spartans fan, this could be shaping up to be one of the best Marches we’ve had. Our Women’s Basketball Team is heading to the NCAA Tournament looking to improve on last year by getting to the 2nd weekend. Our Men’s […]
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The Spartan defense was locked in early and a Jordan Scott blocked shot led to a runout and a Jeremy Fears to Carson Cooper alley-oop for the games first bucket on MSU’s 2nd possession. Fears would hit a triple on the next trip, and Cooper added a turnaround jumper over Aday Mara a short while […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Thursday night saw Spartan Hockey back to looking like themselves again. The Spartans dominated in all facets of the game and came out looking to make a statement on a national level. A 7-1 punch in the face to clinch the first ever conference three peat for the program. A message to the other top […]
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Thursday night was Senior Night in the Breslin Center, an annual event which promises to be filled with emotion above any ordinary basketball game. For me, this one felt extra special. This year’s seniors, at least the ones who were four-year members of the MSU program, were freshmen when I first began working for The […]
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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 […]
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It was only fair this one kicked off with senior Carson Cooper scoring the first two points and allowing the Izzone to pop their paper bags. Rutgers knocked down two early threes to take an 8-6 lead at the first TV timeout. Cam Ward brought his energy on the offensive end. After grabbing multiple consecutive […]
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A monster effort from Kennedy Blair was not enough to save Michigan State tonight. Despite 30 points from Blair and a fourth quarter rally, the 7th-seeded Spartans fell 71-69 to #10 Illinois in their opening – and now only – game of the Big Ten tournament. The game started well enough for Michigan State. They […]
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It’s Senior Day in East Lansing, my favorite game of the year. For this year’s edition, the Spartans are hosting the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, a team we defeated on the road earlier this season, 88-79. This year’s seniors are: The game gets underway at 8 PM ET and is showing on FS1. What do you […]
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It is going to be a jam-packed evening later today as all three of our teams that we regularly cover will be in action. And it all begins with the Women’s Basketball Team kicking off their Big Ten Tournament schedule. Here on TOC, we are going to have concurrent game threads up on the home […]
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The Spartan hockey regular season ends this weekend as they head to Minnesota. This week’s games are on Thursday and Friday, both have 8pm puck drops and both are on B1G+. MSU needs 3 points this weekend to secure an outright three peat and 2 points to secure a tie. MSU doesn’t want either of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Happy Monday, TOC Nation. I am moving this article to the beginning of the week. This will be the last of these articles for this season. Moving forward, game info articles will be published as the information becomes available. This week is the final week of the regular season for both hockey and men’s basketball, […]
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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 […]
9 days ago | 1 read
Michigan State really needed a victory today in Bloomington, IN to keep the shine on their big win at Purdue on Thursday. The Spartans got the W, despite every effort from Indiana’s Lamar Wilkerson and Tucker DeVries, and now sit in third place in the Big Ten at 14-4. Michigan State got the start they […]
9 days ago | 1 read
Well, it’s the first day of March and what more appropriate way is there to mark the start of this page of your calendar than by watching a bunch of Michigan State basketball. Ladies first, as is tradition. It will be Senior Day at Breslin as the Women’s Basketball Team plays their final regular season […]
9 days ago | 2 reads
The Spartans managed to survive a very odd weekend and come out with 2 points. The team looked sluggish, sloppy and filled with mental errors. They struggled with puck control and just didn’t seem themselves. They now sit 3 points away from a three peat as they head to Minnesota to close the regular season. […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
Ladies and gentlemen of TOC Nation, March is nearly upon us. As the calendar flips to the month of madness, Michigan State basketball will continue their two-game campaign on the road in the Hoosier State. Just this past Thursday night, Tom Izzo’s Spartans picked up a monumental road win against Purdue, good for MSU’s first […]
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The Buckeyes of Ohio State come to Munn this weekend in the final home stand of the regular season. Friday night is an 8:30pm puck drop and Saturday is at 8pm. Both games are available on BTN. MSU sits atop the rankings in both polls and in the conference. Winning all remaining games will set […]
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You could argue that Michigan State’s win over Purdue on Thursday night was the Spartans’ biggest win of the season. No, it wasn’t the highest ranked team we’ve beaten; that was Illinois. No, it wasn’t one of the early-season neutral-site games that we normally struggle in as it takes us longer to fall into form; […]
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