MSU-UM Vie For NCAA Tournament Bid
NCAA tournament berths on the line for both the Spartans and the Wolverines as they meet for the final game in regular season play.
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NCAA tournament berths on the line for both the Spartans and the Wolverines as they meet for the final game in regular season play.
Porsche Poole scored 11 points, and No. 11 Michigan State turned in a record-setting defensive performance to defeat Northwestern 56-25 in the Big Ten tournament quarterfinals Friday.
After Michigan State beat Iowa on senior night Tom Izzo took the mic and talked to the fans.
Michigan State got 42 points from its bench Wednesday night, with 18 from Keith Appling, nine from freshman C Adreian Payne and eight from sophomore C Derrick Nix, to rout Iowa 85-66.
Michigan State came out flat against No. 8 Purdue and lost 67-47 to the Boilermakers in East Lansing Sunday.
Purdue will need help if it is going to win a Big Ten regular-season title, but it certainly is doing its part to make the race competitive.
MSU women's basketball win the Big Ten Championship despite a loss to Ohio State 54-53 Thursday at Breslin.
Delvon Roe did a great job on Purdue star JaJuan Johnson in the first meeting, and now the question is whether Roe's right knee will allow him to do the same this time around.
Michigan State's Durrell Summers gained some notoriety recently by trending on Twitter.
Kalin Lucas scored 18 points for Michigan State, and the Spartans harassed Minnesota into a season-low score by outlasting the Gophers 53-48 on Tuesday night in a matchup of two Big Ten teams sitting squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble.
Spartans get a much-needed win over Illinois Saturday night beating the Fighting Illini 61-57 in East Lansing.
The Spartans may use freshman defensive stopper Keith Appling on Brandon Paul, who killed MSU in the teams' first meeting.
Ohio State did its best to forget its only loss. Michigan State served notice that, as is annually the case, it might just be a force to be reckoned with in the postseason.
