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Men’s Basketball Preview: UCLA

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 […]

Women’s Basketball Falls at UM, 86-65

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 […]

Michigan State blown out by the Badgers in Madison

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 […]

Game Thread: Michigan State @ Wisconsin

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 […]

The Week Ahead In MSU Sports

Happy Friday. And for those of you in lower Michigan (and anywhere else this applies), I hope you enjoy temperatures getting into the 40s this weekend. This was a rough winter, but we are starting to get it behind us. But don’t spend all your time outside because we still got Spartans on the television. […]

Men’s Basketball Preview: Wisconsin

Michigan State is coming off a huge home win against Illinois but their last road trip was a disaster. The Spartans struggled terribly for 37 minutes at Minnesota on February 4 before a comeback effort in the last few minutes ultimately fell short. This week, MSU travels to the Kohl Center in Madison, WI to […]

Who Will Hang a Banner? A Closer Look at the 2026 Big Ten Title Race

Right around this time last year, Jaden Akins, Jase Richardson, and the Michigan State Spartans were gearing up for a dominant seven game win streak to close out conference play and secure the Big Ten Title by three whole games. While this season’s push for the B1G Regular Season Championship is far from over, it’s […]

MSU Reacts Survey

Survey time for TOC Nation. We are looking at both our basketball teams with this week’s questions. First up, there is the question facing Tom Izzo and his staff on what to do about the point guard rotation since the injury to Divine Ugochukwu. Jeremy Fears played an (assumedly) unsustainable 43 minutes against Illinois. How […]

Spartan Hockey Takes over B1G

The Spartans headed into the weekend with big possibilities and equally large expectations and managed to take 4 of the 6 points available to put them ahead in the conference by one point with 6 games remaining. The frustrating fact is they had 6 completely within reach and let it slip away. Over the two […]

Game Thread: Michigan State Vs. Illinois

Alright TOC Nation, it’s time for us to pump some good vibes into our basketball team to help Izzo’s squad avoid a third consecutive defeat. The #5 Illini invade the Breslin Center and it feels a little like our last chance to get a resume-building win, as our two remaining games against ranked opponents will […]

Michigan State Reacts Survey Results

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 […]

The Week Ahead In MSU Sports

Happy Friday. Okay so it was not a good past 7 days for our two basketball programs. Fortunately, the hockey team represented Sparta with a pair of road wins at Penn State. This week, the hockey team has another pair of games away from Munn against a highly rated opponent. And our basketball teams are […]

MSU Hockey Preview/Game Thread: Michigan

This weekend is set up to be quite a weekend on the ice as #1 Michigan will face the #2 Spartans on Friday night at 7pm at Yost Ice Arena. Friday’s game will be available on FS1. Saturday is the Duel in the D at Little Caesars Arena at 6:30pm on BTN. If the Spartans […]

Michigan State falls to Minnesota 76-73, loses second straight

In case you missed the news, I’ve joined the team at The Only Colors as writer number five. It’s great to officially write my first official TOC article. Jokes on me that I picked to write the recap for the Minnesota game, right? Tom Izzo decided to go with a new starting lineup and gave […]

A Way-Too-Early Look at MSU Football’s 2026 Schedule

While our great winter sports teams here at Michigan State have commanded most of the attention for these past few months, with spring sports just around the corner, it is never too early to take a peek ahead to warmer days in the early fall of 2026. We are just about 30 Saturdays away from […]

Michigan State Reacts Survey

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 […]

Basketball Preview: Minnesota Golden Gophers

After a frustrating and disappointing home loss to Michigan on Friday, Michigan State needs to get back on track Wednesday in Minneapolis. The Spartans currently sit in a tie with Nebraska for third place in the conference standings at 9-2, one game behind 10-1 Michigan and Illinois, who MSU will host Saturday night. So, after […]

Writer Number 5

Hey TOC Nation, we have some news from headquarters. Hope you guys are ready for even more articles. The Only Colors is adding yet another writer to our team. Robbie Bettelon is the new guy in town and he has shared a little bit about himself. I grew up in Troy, Michigan, and graduated from […]

Spartan Hockey Takes 2 From Penn State

MSU took 5 of 6 points from Penn State in a crucial matchup this weekend to put MSU’s chance at a B1G three peat into their own hands. Friday night saw the Spartans take care of business on a 6-3 win with an Anthony Romani hat trick as Saturday Charlie Stramel hit the hat trick […]

Michigan State Falls 83-71 To Rivals

The game started well enough as there were a number of highlight plays in the opening segment. Michigan State got a defensive stop to get things going and Jeremy Fears drew a foul on Michigan’s 7-3 center, Aday Mara, but he would then turn it over passing to Kohler when play continued. Mara would get […]