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UConn men’s basketball (31-5) will look to get one step closer to getting to Indianapolis this weekend, as the Huskies are set to take on 3-seed Michigan State (27-7) in the Sweet 16 on Friday night at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. The Spartans finished tied for second in the Big Ten regular-season standings, […]
When the NCAA Tournament field was selected, the East was pegged by many as the toughest region. Tradition-rich programs Kansas, Louisville, and UCLA couldn’t advance past the tournament’s second round leaving Duke, St. John’s, Connecticut, and Michigan State to battle it out for a spot in the Final Four. As one might expect, the coaches […]
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the Sweet 16 in this year’s NCAA Tournament. It is also the beginning of the NCAA Men’s Hockey Tournament, which is a 16-team field. In both competitions, our Spartans take on the UConn Huskies in an effort to move to the Elite 8 and Regional Finals, respectively. This week, I […]
The last two seasons, Michigan State went right from emotional Big Ten Tournament championship victories, into the cauldron of the NCAA Tournament Regionals.Each time, the Spartans left disappointed.So this year, coming off a loss in the Big Ten semifinals to Ohio State, the Spartans will have not played for 10 days. In other words, they have time to rest, to re-focus, and re-generate the hunger.No...
The Sweet 16 is set: In the East, it’s #1 Duke vs. #5 St. John’s and #3 Michigan State vs. #2 UConn. In the South, it’s #9 Iowa vs. #4 Nebraska and #3 Illinois vs. #2 Houston. In the West, we get #1 Arizona vs. #4 Arkansas and #11 Texas vs. #2 Purdue. In the […]
We are back with another round of survey questions for you. This week, the MSU hockey team is back in action for the NCAA Tournament while the Men’s Basketball team has advanced to the Sweet 16 and looking to go further. We want to see what you think each of the two Spartan squads will […]
Michigan State won their opening weekend games to advance to the 2026 Sweet 16, two games they were the favorites in. In the next round, we find our Spartans as a slight underdog, perhaps appropriately as we are the lower seed, to the 2nd-seeded UConn Huskies. FanDuel has UConn as a 1.5-point favorite. The over/under […]
We have a road game today as the Lady Spartans take on the Sooners in their own gym. MSU is going to need a much better outing to advance today. FanDuel has us as a 7.5-point underdog. We need TOC Nation to step up and help Robyn Fralick’s team punch their ticket to the Sweet […]
SMU and NC State were eliminated in the first 4. Duke almost lost to Siena before righting their ship and getting to the Sweet 16. Virginia struggled with Wright State before they closed them out. We’ll exempt Louisville, as they played to their seeding and lost to a very good Michigan State. We all know … Continue reading »
According to Joe Tipton of On3/Rivals, Villanova is one of seven programs “gaining traction” with Cornell transfer guard Jake Fiegen. The 6’4” senior from Wilmette, IL averaged 17.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists while shooting an efficient 54.6% from the floor and 41.7% from three-point range. Fiegen had 15 points at Michigan State on […]
Most of Friday’s NCAA tournament games were not that close. Duke beat TCU by 23, Michigan took out Saint Louis by 23 also, Houston took out Texas A&M by 31, Michigan State handled Louisville by 18, and Illinois smacked Louisville by 21. We’ll come back to those. The other three games were really good: Texas […]
Things get more exciting on the third day of the NCAA Tournament, as we’re now down to 32 teams. Three of the No. 4-vs.-No. 5 matchups will take place on Sunday, and I’ve got my eye on two of them in particular. Plus, I’m curious to see just how far Olivia Miles can take No. […]
Michigan State was fortunate to pull off a win against Colorado State on Friday evening. Their next opponent, the Oklahoma Sooners, had a much easier time getting past their 1st round opponent. In the last game on Friday night, the Sooners – playing in their home arena – completely victimized the Idaho Vandals, 89-59. The […]
As disconsolate as I may feel in the immediate aftermath of Louisville’s season ending 69-77 loss to Michigan State, I am consoled by contextualizing a sad moment with this heartening reality. It came on March 21. It came in the second round of the NCAA tournament, a place the Cardinals had not resided in for […]
It wasn’t pretty, but the Spartans got the job done. Add another Sweet 16 to Tom Izzo’s résumé. Coen Carr kicked off with an early five points as the game was tied heading into the first TV timeout. Kur Teng finished a 7-0 run after the break with his first three of the game. Jaxon […]
This would be a special win. Let’s go get a special win. Go Cards.
Here’s the schedule with my picks in Bold: (all times in CST) #9 St. Louis vs #1 Michigan – LIVE – CBS #6 Louisville vs #3 Michigan State – 1:45 – CBS #9 TCU vs #1 Duke – 4:15 – CBS #10 Texas A&M vs #2 Houston – 5:10 – TNT #11 Texas vs #3 Gonzaga […]
On Friday night, the Michigan State Women’s Basketball Team looked every bit as rusty as you would expect from a team that has not played since March 5 (and hasn’t won a game since February 22). After losing their position as a four-seed, and the hosting of first weekend games that comes with it, the […]
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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 […]