It’s a short week for the Spartan Icemen as they look to regain their swagger after getting swept by Wisconsin and losing their number 1 ranking to that other school. The Colgate Raiders come to East Lansing and look to give MSU something to be thankful for with a 7pm game Wednesday, November 26 and […]
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If you were (un)fortunate enough to be able to watch the entirety of Michigan State’s 20-17 loss against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday, you were blessed with an interesting case study of the Jonathan Smith era at Michigan State University. On paper, Iowa is a team that is just a few plays away from being […]
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Hello TOC Nation. We have a couple more survey questions for you this week. As it is Thanksgiving week, we are going to keep this on the positive side. We’d like to know which MSU players you are giving thanks for. You may notice that the football team is not included in this survey. We […]
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Michigan State faced East Carolina in the first of two games in the Fort Myers Tip-Off where the Spartans were able to roll to victory after a somewhat slow start. MSU led 8-3 at the first media timeout, which came with 14:30 remaining. The Spartans were able to get their running game going early with […]
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Game 1 of the Ft. Myers Classic gets underway today as the Michigan State Spartans, now ranked #11 in the AP Poll, take on the East Carolina Pirates. Michigan State is going for 6-0 while ECU tries to get to 3-3. The results of the game do not affect the next game in the Ft. […]
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Michigan State will face East Carolina tomorrow and North Carolina on Thanksgiving Day in the Ft. Myers Classic. The Spartans head to Florida with a 5-0 record which includes impressive wins over Arkansas at home and Kentucky in the Champions Classic. Michigan State is coming off a 84-56 win against Detroit Mercy on Friday. Though […]
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After a nine game win streak and number one ranking the Michigan State Spartans hockey team was riding high and looking good. When the number 7 ranked Badgers arrived in Munn this weekend they managed to sweep the Spartans and knock them back to reality some. The Spartans were bound to lose more games, it […]
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Normally, TOC kicks out an article right after a game with a full recap of the action. Yesterday, I made the choice not to do that. I had an internal debate on whether replaying all the action was necessary, or if I should just get to my big talking point from the game. I am […]
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I greatly admire your fandom if you are still sitting down and watching this game and supporting the MSU football team. Game is at 3:30 PM ET and will air on FS1. Y’all know what to do.
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Happy Saturday. We’ve got the results of the two survey questions I asked you this past week, and I am also going to share the results of a survey that was ran on another school’s page which I think you will all enjoy seeing the results of. First up, we have a football game this […]
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Everyone is surely familiar with MSU’s last game – a thoroughly impressive win against Kentucky at the Champions Classic on Tuesday. That win, however, was preceded by a less than impressive second half last Thursday against San Jose State. Michigan State came out on top but the second half letdown had Tom Izzo fuming. The […]
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Top ranked Michigan State Hockey is back home at Munn this weekend against the pesky #7 ranked Badgers of Wisconsin. This is cancer awareness month and you’ll see purple ribbons on the coaches and players. Friday’s game is at 8:30 and Saturday is at 7pm. both games are on B1G+. MSU has a nine game […]
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It’s an in-state battle as the Titans of Detroit Mercy head up to East Lansing for a Friday night tilt against our 4-0 Spartans. It has been a rough start to the season for UDM. They have one win against some school named Cleary (I have no idea where that is), but the Titans have […]
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Happy Friday, TOC. Just two more weeks of our season as we are officially not going bowling, though most of us already knew that would be the case. The final true road game of 2025 takes the Spartans to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes. Here is what the TOC writers are predicting […]
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We got a jam-packed schedule over the next 7 days. Let’s get to it. Friday, November 21 Men’s Basketball: Michigan State Vs. Detroit Mercy When: 6:30 PM ET Where: Breslin Center; East Lansing, MI Records: MSU (4-0); Detroit Mercy (1-3) TV/Stream: BTN Bet: MSU -30.5; over/under 148.5 (FanDuel) Game Thread: Will go live 2 hours […]
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Alright TOC Nation, this article is going to serve as our entire preview for this game. The four of us are more interested in focusing on any sport other than football at this point, so I figured I would just have someone else tell us what we need to know. Jonah Parker from Black Heart […]
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After a comfortable 4-1 victory in their NCAA Tournament opener, the Women’s Soccer Team will once again take the field at DeMartin Stadium on Thursday evening. This time, the challenger is the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. The game will air at 6 PM ET on ESPN+. In their first game, MSU used a second half […]
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If you have not yet, please check out Tom Izzo’s post-game press conference from Tuesday night. He speaks for the first two minutes and then takes questions. That first question is a great one. The big talking point after our third game, the victory over San Jose State, was that MSU eased up in the […]
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The Film Room: Penn State Edition This past Saturday, your Michigan State Football Spartans lost their 7th straight contest. This also marks 67 days (for those of you reading this article on its’ release date of Wednesday, November 19) since MSU’s last win- the Youngstown State game. What else was going on back on September […]
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Hey TOC Nation, we got two more survey questions for you this week. First up, we want to know how well you think the Spartan offense will perform this Saturday at Iowa. Not going to go so far as to ask if you think we will win because, well, we all know what that survey […]
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It was a fast-paced, back and forth start to the game, as Michigan State hung in early, surprisingly, from the three point line. Kentucky won the opening tip and a Collin Chandler back cut and layup put the Wildcats up 2-0. Chandler hit a three to extend it to 5-0. MSU responded with threes from […]
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It is time for our annual appearance in the Champions Classic. This year’s event returns to Madison Square Garden and our opponent are the Kentucky Wildcats. The Spartans are looking to stay undefeated and pick up a 2nd win against a ranked opponent (Kentucky is #12), while the Wildcats are looking to avoid an early […]
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Michigan State Women’s Basketball is approaching the midpoint of their non-conference schedule and are off to a dominant start to the 2025-26 season. The out-of-conference games haven’t yet presented a real challenge to the team, although the upcoming Big Ten schedule will provide plenty of opportunities for close games. MSU also hasn’t left the confines […]
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MSU heads to the big stage once again on Tuesday in Madison Square Garden to face one of the preseason contenders, Kentucky Wildcats. MSU enters the contest undefeated and 5.5 point underdogs. Izzo has made it very clear that he has not been happy with his teams output thus far this season. Kentucky comes in […]
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