Michigan State Spartans NCAA Basketball News Archives

Michigan State will open its season on Nov. 13 as the No. 2 team in the country when the Spartans take on Florida Gulf Coast.

With six Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25, no doubt there will be nightly battles during conference play.

Tom Izzo is so driven to win another national title that he's recruiting as relentlessly as he did a decade go when he was turning a good Michigan State program into a great one.

Kansas will start the season as the nation's top-ranked men's college basketball team, as the Associated Press released its preseason poll on Thursday.

As there are a bunch of things you won't hear, there's also some stuff you're guaranteed to hear today at Big Ten basketball media days in Chicago.

Michigan State junior Chris Allen got off to a fast start last year, with a season-high 21 points in the opener against Idaho.

Thursday is the annual Big Ten Basketball Media Day in Chicago where all 11 coaches will be on hand along with two or three of their players to do interviews with both the print and electronic media.

Once the question was asked, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo bobbed back and forth slightly at the podium in anticipation.

Michigan State point guard Kalin Lucas had no idea that a Web site with the address www.kalinlucas.com existed.

Michigan State center Tom Herzog looks like a different basketball player. "Is he different enough to make a difference?" Spartans men's basketball coach Tom Izzo said Saturday after the annual Green-White scrimmage at Breslin Center.

Goran Suton was in the MSU basketball office Friday seeking advice for his next move after being released this week by the NBA's Utah Jazz.

I decided to leave Terrico White off the "point guards and combo guards" list and include him on the "shooting guards and wings" list.

Former Flint Beecher star Marquise Gray scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds in Gelisim Koleji 90-87 loss to Hacettepe-Un.-Gelisim in the Turkish professional basketball league.

Kalin Lucas is the reigning Big Ten player of the year and hopes to help Michigan State go one step further in the NCAA tournament and win the national title in Indianapolis this season.

EAST LANSING - Kalin Lucas saw a path to the basket. Then he saw what was waiting at the end of the path.

It's the first day of basketball practice, and Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo begrudgingly has to continue to be a nice guy for a while longer.

EAST LANSING -- Raymar Morgan is a Michigan State captain, which makes so much sense or none at all, depending on your point of view.

The race to Indianapolis is on, and Michigan State coach Tom Izzo sped onto the Breslin Center court in a Spartan-green Indy car, then donned a winner's wreath and took a swig of champion's milk.

Greetings, Villanova and Michigan State. College basketball practice begins today, and these four teams look like the preseason favorites to be here in 169 days when the Final Four unfolds at Lucas Oil Stadium.

East Lansing -- Michigan State point guard Kalin Lucas sported a new tattoo Wednesday that symbolizes a forceful mentality this season.

Michigan State's two national championship trophies are on display in a glass case near Tom Izzo 's office.

BENTON HARBOR _ Immediately after Michigan State's run last spring to the national title game, Sports Illustrated picked the Spartans as the No.

Students looking to get access to Tom Izzo and talk to their favorite players about last seasona s Final Four run had the opportunity to do just that at this weekenda s Izzone Campout.

The Big Ten won't surprise anyone this time around. A year ago, the league took the country by storm and received seven NCAA tournament bids.