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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With the addition of EthanTaylor on Friday, Michigan State’s 2026 four-member basketball recruiting class moved to #1 in the nation, according to 247Sports. Three athletes have already signed, and Taylor will hopefully have his paperwork in soon to make it official. The class is well diversified across the positions with point guard Carlos Medlock Jr., […]
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At least there has been one team worth watching on Saturday besides Spartan Football. MSU hockey continues to roll as they complete a sweep over Notre Dame in South Bend. MSU won 4-1 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday to make their win streak hit 9 and 4-0 in B1G. MSU did a better job […]
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The game started about as good as we could have hoped for. Michigan State kicked off and immediately forced a three-and-out after a Penn State fumbled snap led to a ten-yard loss on 3rd. The Spartans took over at their 43 after the punt, and on 1st down, Elijah Tau-Tolliver found a hole on the […]
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Okay TOC Nation, we only have three more games to get through this season. Our Spartans are taking on another team on a six-game losing streak. Penn State comes to town having already fired their coach this season. This will be the last game at Spartan Stadium this year. The game kicks off at 3:30 […]
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Hey everyone, here are the results of the two survey questions we posted earlier this week. First up, we wanted to gauge how optimistic we are on our chances this weekend against Penn State. Turns out, not very optimistic at all. Just over 1 in 5 think MSU will finally get a Big Ten win. […]
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We got some great news on Friday afternoon. Ethan Taylor, one of the top players in the 2026 recruiting cycle announced he would be attending Michigan State University next season. Standing over 7 feet tall, Taylor is widely considered the #2 center in the class, that according to both 247Sports and Rivals. Rivals has him […]
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Happy Friday, TOC. We are back with another round of our version of The Price Is Right. Michigan State hosting Penn State tomorrow in the last true home game of the season. Here are our predictions for this game, as well as some picks on the other top games of the week. In the comments, […]
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We usually reserve this article for just hockey, football, and basketball. But since the women’s soccer team is in the NCAA Tournament now, we will include them. We have a lot of games coming up to keep you from ever having to wait long for a Spartan game. Friday, November 14 Women’s Soccer: Michigan State […]
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This was one of those games that was over before it finished. The Spartans were simply a much more talented team than the Spartans, and it was going to very difficult for the Spartans to keep up with the Spartans. Okay, that’s enough of that. I can’t use the word “Spartans” anymore. Here’s a brief […]
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After an exciting victory over Arkansas on Saturday, Michigan State Men’s Basketball returns to the Breslin Center tonight for a 6:30 PM tipoff against the San Jose State Spartans. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. SJSU, of the Mountain West Conference, is coming off a 15-20 season and enters this game […]
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