Pat Caputo: Spartans Back To Playing In Izzo's Image
It was an ugly win. But isn't that what Michigan State does best? Win ugly?
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It was an ugly win. But isn't that what Michigan State does best? Win ugly?
Draymond Green had 23 points and 12 rebounds and made some timely shots to help the 11th-ranked Spartans pull away from the Nittany Lions in a 77-57 win Wednesday night.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo consistently has praised the depth of the Big Ten in recent seasons.
Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis says his peers in the Big Ten are comfortable exploring the possibility of a four-team playoff for the national championship.
Michigan State has gotten back to what made its basketball program successful.
Michigan State's Draymond Green made good on his guarantee against Michigan with the best game of his career in the series.
There must have been a lot of interesting give-and-take when the Big Ten football coaches met at the conference offices on Friday.
It appears that the grace period for new coaches in the Big Ten lasts for 65 days or only one National Signing Day.
Just a little more than a year.
Michigan State forward Draymond Green has been diagnosed with a sprained left knee.
Tuesday night was an action packed sports evening where the Wings beat the Flames on the road 3-1, the Pistons got smoked in the Big Apple 113-86 at the hands of the Knicks and Michigan State lost a tough one in Champagne Urbana to Illinois 41-40.
Down two points with 14 seconds to play Tuesday night, Michigan State center Derrick Nix had a chance to tie Illinois and give the ninth-ranked Spartans a shot a stealing a win that would give them a share of the Big Ten lead.
It came down to the final shot but the Michigan State Spartans fail to connect and lose to the Fighting Illini of Illinois 42-41 on Tuesday night.
It wasn't long ago that Michigan State and Illinois shared the lead in the Big Ten.
The players bounced into the postgame news conference, giddy after an historic night.
College football recruiting is increasingly being viewed as science rather than art.
Earlier in the week, Tom Izzo downplayed what his 400th victory would mean to him.
Michigan State is trying to regain a share of first place in the Big Ten, while looking to further erase the memory of recent back-to-back losses.
Before I get to the heart of the matter here, I just felt I should admit that I love heckling!
Penn State shocks Illinois. Nebraska knocks off Indiana. Minnesota wins at Indiana. Northwestern beats Michigan State. Iowa stuns Michigan.
OK. It is time to make fun of Spartans today.
Michigan State center Derrick Nix has slimmed down and stepped up for the ninth-ranked Spartans.
An interesting situation took place today in Kalamazoo, at the Michigan High School Football Coaches Winners Circle Clinic, where both Michigan and Michigan State were represented.
After two straight road losses, Michigan State should be eager to return home - even with a Purdue team it has not beat at the Breslin Center in almost three years waiting there.
