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The Michigan State Spartans take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs in the Armed Forces Classic. Check out our college basketball odds series for our Michigan State Gonzaga prediction and pick. The college basketball season began on Monday, Nov. 7, but Friday, Nov. 11 feels like the real opening day, with showcase games such as this one […]

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green is well on his way to becoming a basketball Hall of Famer, but before that, Michigan State basketball is making sure they give him that honor first. On Friday, the Michigan State Spartans gave the Warriors forward the ultimate honor by inducting him into the MSU Athletic Hall of […]

Ever since Tom Izzo was hired by Michigan State basketball back in 1995, the Spartans have done nothing but enjoy success. Eight Final Four appearances and a National Championship later, it’s safe to say that the Spartans made the right choice hiring Izzo. They made a wise choice concerning the Big Ten’s winningest head coach […]

The Michigan State Spartans’ basketball program lost one of their own on Monday. Former star Adreian Payne, who played four years in East Lansing before becoming a first-round pick in the 2014 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks, has tragically passed away at just 31-years-old. Via Chris Solari: Confirmed the former MSU star big man […]

Michigan State and Duke are set to face off in the round of 32! It’s time to continue our march madness odds series with a Michigan State-Duke prediction and pick. No. 7 Michigan State just barely snuck past 10-seeded Davidson on Friday night. The Spartans won 74-73 in a battle between two teams fighting to […]

Tom Izzo and his Michigan State Spartans are still dancing in the 2022 NCAA Tournament after passing a tough test in the first round.  The seventh-seeded Spartans avoided an upset Friday by defeating the 10-seed Davidson Wildcats to the tune of a 74-73 score, which means that Michigan State is on a collision course with […]

In a battle between two blue bloods of the Big Ten Conference, the Michigan State Spartans take on the Wisconsin Badgers on Friday afternoon for a chance to advance to the semifinals of the conference tournament. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our college basketball odds series, which includes our Michigan State-Wisconsin […]

The Michigan State Spartans are having a bit of a down year this year. Entering Tuesday, the Spartans were 9-6 in Big Ten play, and 18-8 overall. They traveled to Iowa to square off with the #25 ranked Hawkeyes and were handed a brutal 86-60 loss. After the game, ESPN college basketball announced and legend, […]

The Michigan-Wisconsin fight resulted in the suspension of Wolverines head coach Juwan Howard, a punishment that was announced on Monday. Earlier that day, Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo, one of the more well-respected coaches in the NCAA, spoke out on the incident, via USA Today. “When I watched it on a big screen […]

Friday night in the NCAA will showcase this elite Big Ten matchup! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Michigan State-Wisconsin prediction and pick. Michigan State is the No. 14 team in the country with a 14-3 record. The Spartans have a 5-1 conference record which puts them in third behind […]

ESPN analyst David Pollack shared his thoughts about who should win the Heisman Trophy. Pollack believes that it’s Michigan State running back Kenneth Walkers’ award to lose. With the college football season already being in week 12, the Heisman Trophy winner will be announced somewhat soon. David Pollack had this to say, “I think Michigan […]

Draymond Green exploded for a near triple-double against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, and the Golden State Warriors have the Michigan State Spartans to thank for that. Apparently, watching his alma mater’s football team destroy the Michigan Wolverines to stay undefeated and improve to 8-0 in the current college football season motivated Green even […]

Former Michigan State star Keith Appling was arrested Monday by Michigan State Police after being named a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old man over the weekend in Detroit, according to Miriam Marini of the Detroit Free Press. The 29-year-old Appling reportedly got into a verbal altercation with the victim on Saturday night. […]

Former Bruin Russell Westbrook showed some school pride the other night when UCLA took down Michigan State in one of the First four games in the NCAA tournament. Cassius Winston, a former Michigan State Spartan, and a Washington Wizards rookie was forced to wear a Bruins outfit after the defeat. Russ got Cassius Winston wearing […]

With all of social media abuzz over the confrontation between Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo and forward Gabe Brown in the tunnel heading into the team’s locker room on Thursday night against UCLA, Spartan alumnus Draymond Green took to Twitter to shrug off the incident. As a player known for operating with a high […]

A first-four matchup between the UCLA Bruins and the Michigan State Spartans sees two top-25 preseason ranked teams fighting for their lives on Thursday night. Among other things in this NCAA odds post, we’ll be making our UCLA-Michigan State prediction, pick and so much more ahead of this daring March Madness game. It’s hard to […]

In a year where regions don’t really matter because all March Madness games will be played in and around Indianapolis, it is still pleasant to the eye to have the bracket split up into four different mini brackets of sorts, separated by regions. In the east, the Michigan Wolverines are the number one seed and […]

It’s a March Madness “Battle of the Blue Bloods” for two programs that had no expectation of playing in the First Four when the season began. Michigan State and UCLA are two of the most successful programs of all time. Tom Izzo and Mick Cronin will have to fight tooth and nail to prove that […]

Emoni Bates is projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft and is viewed by some as the best prospect since LeBron James. Instead of suiting up for Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans as initially expected, many believe he will take the G League route in a bid to […]

The Michigan State Spartans came up with a huge win against the Duke Blue Devils on Tuesday, and there were more than a few folks who were tuned in to the high-octane matchup. Former Golden State Warriors teammates Quinn Cook and Draymond Green were just a couple of the thousands who were invested in the […]

The Washington Wizards got their hands on quite a prospect in Cassius Winston as the 53rd overall pick in the draft. Winston came in the way of the Oklahoma City Thunder, who themselves decided to trade the former Michigan State standout to the Wizards. Another former Spartan had some high praise for Winston, and this […]

The college basketball world took a hit on Monday, with Michigan State Spartans head coach Tom Izzo announcing a positive COVID-19 test. The legendary Big Ten coach released a statement on the matter: “This morning I tested positive for COVID-19,” stated Izzo. “Although I have some minor symptoms, I remain in good health … Technology will […]

Draymond Green dropped a peculiar nugget about his collegiate career after his jersey was retired at Michigan State. The Golden State Warriors forward and proud Saginaw native remembers looking up to Flint natives Morris Peterson, Mateen Cleaves, and Charlie Bell, who led MSU to a national title in 2000, but his career almost started with […]

Before he was an All-NBA forward, 2017 NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a three-time NBA Champion with the Golden State, Draymond Green was a Michigan State Spartan. Green spent four years in East Lansing from 2009-2012 where he helped the Spartans reach the NCAA Final Four as a freshman and sophomore. Before he […]

Draymond Green is head over heels as his No. 23 jersey is slated to be retired on Tuesday at Michigan State University. The Golden State Warriors star, however, didn’t expect head coach Steve Kerr to attend the ceremony in the midst of a busy NBA regular season. Kerr explained why he’s going to be in attendance: […]

The Michigan State basketball program produced several notable NBA stars from the likes of Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Scott Skiles, and Stephen Smith, among others. Apart from having spectacular careers in the pros, these amazing players were also among the select few who got their jerseys retired by the program. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star Draymond Green is set to be presented with one of the highest honors a collegiate player can receive, as Michigan State is planning to retire his No. 23 Spartans jersey. Spartans head coach Tom Izzo revealed that Michigan State will hang Green’s jersey from the rafters inside the Breslin Student Events […]

The Michigan State Spartans have been picked to finish atop the Big Ten, but there are some factors that could keep them from attaining that goal. There’s a major injury they will have to work through for possibly the majority of the season, as well as conference competition that is beefing up this season. Here […]

Michigan State Spartans star Cassius Winston is one of the very best players in all of college basketball. The team he plays for is pegged as the best team in the country. Both are preseason projects so widely talked about that it’s become accepted as fact. However, according to Winston, the Spartans still need to […]

In this episode of the Cutting the Net college basketball podcast, the guys discuss why people overreact to preseason polls and the value of them in the grand scheme of the season. https://soundcloud.com/user-255381604-824003950/preseason-polls-all-time-favorite-players-and-more They also gave their picks for the players they’ve most enjoyed watching in college basketball throughout the years, including some Big East […]

The Michigan State Spartans are projected as the No. 1 team in college basketball in Ken Pomeroy’s preseason rankings for the 2019-20 season. With college basketball season just around the corner, KenPom’s first set of ratings posted on Sunday morning with Tom Izzo’s squad sitting at the top. Kentucky, Duke, Louisville, and Virginia rounded out […]

Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans facing lofty expectations ahead of any college basketball season isn’t exactly new or stunning. That being said, the legendary coach is not exactly shying away from those who believe the Spartans to be the very best team in the country. “I’m still proud of where we are, happy […]

AJ Hoggard, a four-star points guard prospect out of the 2020 recruiting class, has committed to play for the Michigan State Spartans. The young man made the announcement himself early on Sunday afternoon. He gave Rivals the scoop. Hoggard is an interesting prospect for several reasons, but one of the bigger things is his rise […]

The Michigan State Spartans don’t have time to playing games on the mean streets of Twitter with the college basketball season basically here. Tom Izzo seems happy about it, too. How do we know this? Well, I’m glad you asked; though, to be clear, it’s mostly because they literally told us. Over the summer, several […]

ESPN college basketball bracketologist Joe Lunardi has released his Oct. 3 bracketology for the 2020 NCAA Tournament, with some familiar teams leading the way with No. 1 seeds. Michigan State, Louisville, Florida, and Kansas are at the top of the seeding list, and all four teams have national title expectations heading into the season. The […]

Tickle no one shocked and fail to paint them fancy over the idea of Michigan State Spartans coach Tom Izzo claiming ignorance and confusion while talking about potential name, image and likeness rights being granted to student-athletes. At Big Ten Media Day, Izzo was naturally asked about the concept. In response, he began with the […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was one of the thousands who celebrated Michigan State’s upset victory against tournament favorite Duke. Green, who himself spent four seasons with the Spartans, was one happy man following Michigan State’s razor-thin 68-67 victory against Zion Williamson and company on Sunday night. Green was so pumped about the win […]

The Golden State Warriors clinched the Pacific Division title for the fifth straight year under head coach Steve Kerr thanks to a 137-90 landslide win over the Charlotte Hornets. Needless to say, Draymond Green celebrated, but Steve Kerr knows his oomph had a lot more to do with Michigan State taking down Duke to move […]

For Los Angeles Lakers president and Michigan State product Magic Johnson, ‘college basketball’ won after his alma mater’s upset victory over Duke. Michigan — a team filled with junior and senior players who are not expected to head on to the NBA after their college career — beat a star-studded Duke team filled with five-star NBA […]