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 […]
about 17 hours ago | 1 read
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. […]
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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 […]
1 day ago | 1 read
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 […]
2 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
2 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
2 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
3 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
3 days ago | 3 reads
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, […]
4 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
4 days ago | 0 reads
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 […]
4 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
6 days ago | 3 reads
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 […]
6 days ago | 1 read
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 […]
7 days ago | 2 reads
What up, TOC Nation! It is officially sports betting season. This article is about betting, so if you are not interested in this topic, please skip this article. There will be several of these as we go through March Madness, but I will do my best to make it clear in the title if it […]
7 days ago | 3 reads
We are well into the month of March, and if you are a Michigan State Spartans fan, this could be shaping up to be one of the best Marches we’ve had. Our Women’s Basketball Team is heading to the NCAA Tournament looking to improve on last year by getting to the 2nd weekend. Our Men’s […]
8 days ago | 3 reads
The Spartan defense was locked in early and a Jordan Scott blocked shot led to a runout and a Jeremy Fears to Carson Cooper alley-oop for the games first bucket on MSU’s 2nd possession. Fears would hit a triple on the next trip, and Cooper added a turnaround jumper over Aday Mara a short while […]
8 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
9 days ago | 3 reads
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 […]
10 days ago | 4 reads
Thursday night saw Spartan Hockey back to looking like themselves again. The Spartans dominated in all facets of the game and came out looking to make a statement on a national level. A 7-1 punch in the face to clinch the first ever conference three peat for the program. A message to the other top […]
10 days ago | 3 reads
Thursday night was Senior Night in the Breslin Center, an annual event which promises to be filled with emotion above any ordinary basketball game. For me, this one felt extra special. This year’s seniors, at least the ones who were four-year members of the MSU program, were freshmen when I first began working for The […]
10 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
11 days ago | 3 reads
It was only fair this one kicked off with senior Carson Cooper scoring the first two points and allowing the Izzone to pop their paper bags. Rutgers knocked down two early threes to take an 8-6 lead at the first TV timeout. Cam Ward brought his energy on the offensive end. After grabbing multiple consecutive […]
11 days ago | 5 reads
A monster effort from Kennedy Blair was not enough to save Michigan State tonight. Despite 30 points from Blair and a fourth quarter rally, the 7th-seeded Spartans fell 71-69 to #10 Illinois in their opening – and now only – game of the Big Ten tournament. The game started well enough for Michigan State. They […]
11 days ago | 3 reads
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 […]
11 days ago | 6 reads