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Yesterday, Jeremy Fears Jr. led MSU to an opening round win against the Bison of North Dakota State. Tonight, Kennedy Blair leads the Women’s Team up against the Rams of Colorado State looking to do the same. Just like the men, the women of Sparta are big favorites, per FanDuel, with a -17.5 betting line. […]
Despite someone (it doesn’t matter who) picking USF to advance and face the Spartans on Saturday, it will be MSU tipping off with the Louisville Cardinals in Buffalo, NY, at 2:45 PM on CBS. Per FanDuel, Michigan State is a slight favorite at -4.5. The over/under is 150.5. Louisville lead by as much as 23 […]
Louisville just won an NCAA Tournament game for the first time in nine years. We discuss that, as well as Saturday’s showdown with old March rival Michigan State. Direct link here.
The four No. 1 seeds are all set. One-hundred percent.How is this possible? Well, three of the four teams are done playing before selection day — North Dakota, Michigan State and Western Michigan. Therefore, none of their NPIs will move very much over the next week, and there's enough of a gap between them all that it won't matter. Michigan, which has moved back to No. 1, has just one game remaining...
Louisville’s fourth NCAA Tournament game against Michigan this century will tip-off at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, serving as the second standalone game on CBS. Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson and Allie LaForce will be on the call. Here’s the full lineup of Saturday tip times: Let’s do it with the whole country watching.
As soon as the ball was tipped, it was an instant back-and-forth battle. Jeremy Fears and Jordan Scott had two early contested midrange jumpers that I didn’t like as they needed to be more patient to find a better shot. The offense was driven by a Jaxon Kohler three and a nice pass from Coen […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The NCAA Tournament is now underway and you hopefully have taken the day off of work to catch all the early action. Our Spartans get started on the road to the Final Four at 4:05 PM ET when they take on the North Dakota State Bison. The […]
Happy Madness Eve, TOC Nation. This week we asked for your predictions on the Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams results for the opening weekend of their respective tournaments. Ladies first, even though they will start tournament play a day later. Impressively, 58% believe Robyn Fralick’s squad will pick up two wins, the second of which […]
For the 3rd season in a row, the Michigan State Women’s Basketball Team is going dancing. This is the most consecutive trips for the Spartans since they made six straight appearances under former coach Suzy Merchant from 2008-09 through 2013-14. This team has not made it out of the first weekend since the first year […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Or, as it is known in certain parts of the world, particularly in Spartan Nation, Happy Wear Green Day. Time for this week’s survey questions. The NCAA Tournament begins for the Men’s Basketball Team on Thursday and for the Women’s Team on Friday. Pretty straight forward this week; let’s see what […]
Okay TOC Nation, so the Big Ten Tournament did not go the way we had hoped and expected. But we know Tom Izzo and company have already put that behind them, so we must do the same. Today, we find out our spot in the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Who our first-round opponent will be, where […]
We Spartans are in desperate need of something to wash the taste of last night’s basketball game out of our mouth. Cue our hockey team! They get their Big Ten Tournament started tonight on their home ice, Munn Arena. The opponent is the Buckeyes who, as Steve mentioned in the preview, took 2 of 4 […]
The postseason begins now for our Spartans. After receiving a triple-bye, we will be the last team jumping into the Big Ten Tournament, and our quarterfinal opponent is one we defeated by 23 points a month ago. Can the Bruins make this one more competitive or will Michigan State have a cakewalk on the way […]
Here we go, TOC Nation. Our Men’s Basketball Team and Hockey Team are starting postseason play today and tomorrow, respectively. We asked you this week to predict each’s Big Ten Tournament performance. On the hardwood, 65% believe we will make it to Sunday. 22% say we will win the BTT. Over at Munn Ice Arena, […]
The current odds show Brad Underwood’s hardcourt warriors as a +450 (18%) chance to win the B1G men’s basketball tournament. Michigan is the favorite at -125 to win. (Michigan State is at +625, and Purdue is at +725) The Illini is a +1,100 to +1,800 (5%-9%) to take home the NCAA title. The reasons are […]
Welcome to Conference Tournament week! As the 2025-2026 regular season has now come to an end for Michigan State Men’s Basketball, it comes time to not only look forward to the big dance, but also take a look back at the year in review. The 25-6 (15-5) Spartans compiled an impressive resume, complete with blowout […]
Jon Rothstein tweeted it and Ben Steele of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel confirmed it, so it’s as real as it can get: Marquette men’s basketball will start a home-and-home series with Michigan next season. The 2026-27 season game will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while the 2027-28 season game will be in Milwaukee. The contracts […]
Tom Izzo has sent out the warning shot. “We’re going to show up Sunday.” And who am I not to believe Coach. So I am expecting Michigan State to come out focused, playing some lock-down defense, pushing the pace on offense, and not letting the inevitability of the challenge crew turning this game into a […]
135 days ago, the Michigan State Basketball Spartans took to the Breslin Center court to open the 2025-26 season in an exhibition match against the Falcons of Bowling Green State University. MSU won, in a surprisingly close game, by only nine points, 75-66. Back in mid-October, in the preseason polls, Michigan State was predicted to […]
Happy Friday, TOC Nation. Here are the results of our latest survey questions. In our first question, I asked you to predict the record of the Men’s Basketball Team over the final two regular season games. A whopping 98% correctly called for a victory over Rutgers last night, though it ended up much too close […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Illinois found a way to survive. In a game that felt messy early and much more tense late, the No. 10 seed Illini held off No. 7 seed Michigan State 71-69 Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Illinois leaned on a huge first half from Cearah […]
Rutgers fans, it’s game day! The Scarlet Knights are out in East Lansing, MI, to take on Michigan State in their last road game of the regular season. Both teams are coming into this game after winning their last game. Rutgers will look to put up a good fight in this game against a Spartan […]
It wasn’t smooth all the way, but the Illini got the job done on Wednesday night against Wisconsin. The 82-70 win over the Badgers sets up an electric rematch with Michigan State on Thursday. The Spartans bested the Illini back in January, despite a late Illinois comeback; the Spartans went on to win 81-75. What […]
Just like they did in late January, Michigan State will tip it off against Rutgers prior to a rivalry game with Michigan. Last time, it was Rutgers on the road before hosting the Wolverines. This time, Rutgers comes to the Breslin center on Thursday (8 PM – FS1) before MSU closes out the Big Ten […]
Duke (East), Michigan (Midwest), Arizona (West), and UConn (South) remain the four No. 1 seeds in the first bracket of the Month of Madness, but that seed line is just about the only stable one at the moment. And even it may not remain so, given how Florida (in particular), Michigan State, and Houston are […]