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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 […]
With the beginning of March Madness, it’s easy to forget that spring football practice has started across the country. After weeks of winter conditioning, new coach Pat Fitzgerald and Michigan State began their spring campaign on Tuesday, March 17. The Spartans’ spring practice schedule will culminate with a Spring Showcase on Saturday April 18 in […]
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 […]
The most exciting weekend in sports in nearly upon us. The deadline to get your brackets done is quickly approaching. Join the TOC bracket here. Speaking of TOC, the writers all got together and came up with some tournament questions and gave their predictions. Readers, we’d love to see your responses in the comments. But […]
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 […]
For the 28th season in a row, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans are dancing. Sunday’s Selection Show revealed that MSU would be a 3-seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, and tasked with a first round matchup in Buffalo, NY against the Bison of North Dakota State. The first ever hardwood matchup between these […]
Yesterday, Mike Homes published an article about Michigan State’s defensive struggles, particularly toward the tail end of the season. Certainly, that article showed a concerning trend and could be enough to make Spartan fans feel pessimistic about our chances of making a run in this year’s tournament. Well, today I am here to try offering […]
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 […]
What up TOC Nation! Time to find out who amongst us is the smartest Spartan in the land. The Only Brackets is back for the 2026 tourney. This year, as always, we are playing for bragging rights. You can submit your picks here by using the following password: TOC’26! Please set your bracket name as […]
After watching UCLA drive and kick their way past MSU on Friday, it became clear that 1) UCLA is much improved from when they lost to the Spartans in January and 2) Michigan State needs to somehow get its defensive mojo back before the NCAA tournament. The defensive difficulties weren’t just evident against the Bruins. […]
The bracket is out and we have seen the path the Michigan State Spartans Men’s Basketball Team must try to conquer. We did not have to wait long to see our name during the Selection Show as we ended up as the 3-seed in the region of top overall team, Duke. MSU will begin the […]
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 […]
Similar to their building neighbors, another Spartan team with high B1G Tourney aspirations forgets to show themselves and is sent home early. Just like the basketball team, the hockey team will now await the fallout of this loss and how it affects their NCAA tourney standing. There is not much to say about how bad […]
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 […]
Michigan State was looking to advance to the Big Ten Tournament semi-finals for the 18th time but those hopes fell apart amidst a massive defensive breakdown against UCLA. MSU probably could have assured themselves a two-seed in the NCAA tournament with a win tonight but now may be wondering if they will fall to three […]
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 Spartans and Buckeyes will have a puck drop of 7:30pm on Saturday March 14 with coverage on BTN. The Buckeyes have been an odd team this season with lots of ups and downs. They played MSU in Munn two weeks ago and dominated game one and MSU snuck out with a shoot out victory […]
Three options for Michigan State’s quarterfinal opponent presented themselves going into Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament action. MSU could have faced a rematch with the opponent that handed the Spartans their worst loss of the year (#11 seed Minnesota), a team they had already beat twice but endured a struggle almost every step of the way […]
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 […]
The regular season is behind us. The Big Ten Tournament is this week. For Michigan State Men’s Basketball, there is still a bit of uncertainty as to where we will land in this year’s field. Are the Spartans a 3-seed? A 2-seed? Could winning the BTT, along with some help elsewhere, vault us to the […]
We are on to the Big Ten Tournaments for both the hockey and men’s basketball team. Both teams have earned byes in their respective tourneys, so at this point we do not know each team’s first opponent. Still, we are asking you to predict how each team will do in their conference tournaments. Please take […]