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The NCAA tournament brackets were revealed Sunday evening, and after both Florida and Michigan lost in their respective conference tournaments, the choice for the #1 seed came down to Duke and Arizona. And since Duke had it coming in to the weekend, and won the ACC Tournament without two of its normal starters, guess what: […]
Penn State’s Big Ten Tournament run came to an end with a 5-2 loss to Michigan on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions made a bevy of mistakes that directly led to Michigan goals, and it was too much to overcome against the top team in the country on the road. Penn State will now wait […]
While the Big Ten Tournament underwent a major change over the offseason — shifting the first round from a three-game series to single-game elimination — the mindset for each team remains the same.Three out of the four teams in this year’s semifinals qualified last year. Michigan State, who is seeking its third consecutive Big Ten Tournament crown, will battle against Ohio State for a rematch...
First Team All-Big Ten Cuscago Ty: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan *Big Ten Player of the Year Keaton Wagler, Illinois Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Bruce Thornton, Ohio State Braden Smith, Purdue Robby Nardini: Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan * Big Ten Player of the Year Keaton Wagler, Illinois Jeremy Fears, Michigan State Braden Smith, Purdue Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska How […]
Under a bright blue sky and beautiful sunshine, the setting for today’s game between our Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Spartans from Michigan State couldn’t be any more perfect other than the fact that it was a chilly 47-degrees at first pitch. The cool temps seemed to have an effect on the bats of both teams […]
One thing we know about a Steve Pikiell-led team is that it will not quit. Rutgers fell behind by as many as 19 in the second half against Michigan State, and 15 with just over a minute remaining. The Scarlet Knights made their final nine shots, scoring 21 points in the final 79 seconds, and […]
It’s Senior Day in East Lansing, my favorite game of the year. For this year’s edition, the Spartans are hosting the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, a team we defeated on the road earlier this season, 88-79. This year’s seniors are: The game gets underway at 8 PM ET and is showing on FS1. What do you […]
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 […]
No change in the top three, as Duke, Arizona, and Michigan had dominant 2-0 weeks where they beat strong competition. The Blue Devils rolled past Virginia, the Wildcats clobbered Kansas, and the Wolverines romped past Illinois 84-70 on the road. Below them, UConn and Florida impressed in the battle for the fourth 1-seed, with the […]
CHAMPAIGN — Kylan Boswell sat at the podium while emerging from a flashbang. As the mist subsided, the irritation in his eyes grew. It was like he had seen a ghost. “I feel like I let us down tonight. I can’t afford this type of stuff for the team,” Boswell said after No. 10 Illinois’ […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — With all the hope in the world, Illini fans were let down Friday night. Despite a sold out State Farm Center crowd and a sense of hunger to take home a victory, No. 10 Illinois couldn’t hold off the most athletic team in the nation, falling 84-70 to No. 3 Michigan. The […]
Yeah, so this caused a firestorm of controversy. The concept of rivalry in college athletics can be a headscratcher. In college football, Michigan State fans view Michigan as their rivals. Michigan fans view Michigan State as their intramural sparring partner because of their far greater concern with the team down south. Meanwhile, in basketball, Ohio […]
Game 1: Relatively Competitive with ranked Michigan Game 2: Relatively competitive with ranked Notre Dame Game 3: Bit of a struggle with Cleveland State, rallied and won Game 4: Handled Detroit Mercy fairly easily two days after the CSU game Game 5: What will happen when Marquette men’s lacrosse has to deal with a Harvard […]
You could argue that Michigan State’s win over Purdue on Thursday night was the Spartans’ biggest win of the season. No, it wasn’t the highest ranked team we’ve beaten; that was Illinois. No, it wasn’t one of the early-season neutral-site games that we normally struggle in as it takes us longer to fall into form; […]
While Indiana and Purdue is the rivalry in the state of Indiana, there might not be a better rivalry in the Big Ten in the last two decades than Purdue and Michigan State. Matt Painter and Tom Izzo are living legends and will have claims for best coaches in conference history when their careers are […]
The Spartans get back on the road after notching a couple home wins last week. We have matching 22-5 (12-4 Big Ten) records going up against each other in West Lafayette. The game gets underway at 8 PM ET and is streaming on Peacock. According to last week’s survey, 55% of you will be able […]
The Big Ten is lost. Michigan officially locked up at least a share of the conference last night with three games to go, and unless they lose at Illinois, at Iowa, and at home against Michigan State Purdue will have to wait another year for that elusive 27th Big Ten championship that was almost considered […]
The victims of Sunday afternoon’s top-10 upsets slid a combined seven spots in the latest AP Top 25 poll, with Michigan and Louisville clinging to their top-10 statuses at No. 8 and No. 10, respectively, as Duke dropped three spots to No. 12. Here’s how the rest of the top 25 shook out, with first-place […]
Hey TOC Nation, here are the results of our latest survey questions. In our first question, I asked you to predict how Michigan State would fare in their final five games. Exactly half predicted a 3-2 record down the stretch. I would presume then that the most popular belief is that MSU will win the […]
Next up for Duke is a very tough matchup in Washington, D.C. with #1 Michigan, and that game is going to be a really big challenge. To an extent, these teams mirror each other. For one, Jon Scheyer and Dusty May have no interest whatsoever in Small Ball. They’ve both gone big. Scheyer started his […]
Welcome to this week’s survey. One real simple question for you all. I want to see how you think MSU fares in its final five regular season games. Oh yeah, I also want to see how many of you are missing games when they are on Peacock. Want more surveys in your life? Sign up […]
We’ll get more into this when it gets closer to game time obviously, but as you probably know, Duke and Michigan are set to play on Saturday. With Michigan #1 and Duke #3 and the amount of attention both programs get, but especially Duke, ticket prices were never going to be cheap. Capital One Arena seats […]
Michigan State started this one off with strong defense and forced UCLA into some tough midrange shots that they somehow got to fall early before a Jordan Scott three got the Spartans on the board. Coen Carr welcomed Xavier Booker back to the Breslin Center with a quick baseline dunk with an assist from Jaxon […]
The Wisconsin Badgers are facing off against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Tuesday night. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. on FS1. The Badgers are coming off a memorable weekend, where they beat the No. 8 Illinois Fighting Illini on the road and the No. 10 Michigan State Spartans at home. The two wins got […]
We have a new #1. Arizona is undefeated no more, and that means Michigan has snatched the throne at 24-1. They’ve won nine Quad 1 games, pounded the majority of their competition, and seem to be showing no signs of slowing down as March nears. Behind them sits Houston, who’s only lost once in Big […]