This has not been a good off-season for the Michigan State basketball program. After dealing with Derrick Nix's marijuana-related arrest, the green and white just received some more bad news about a former player. Graduated guard and Valpo transfer Brandon Wood was arrested Sunday morning in Chicago for allegedly assaulting and battering a woman. Brandon Howell of … [Read more...] about Former MSU guard Brandon Wood arrested for alleged assault
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Michigan State center Derrick Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely
Michigan State center Derrick Nix has been suspended indefinitely by head coach Tom Izzo following a drug arrest early this morning. The State News, MSU's student newspaper, reported that the junior was arrested at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday morning in East Lansing "on charges of operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs and marijuana possession," the paper reported. … [Read more...] about Michigan State center Derrick Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely
Michigan State 2012 season recap, 2013 look ahead
As the first #1 seed to bow out of the NCAA tournament, the Michigan State Spartans can only look at all the improvements they made this season and see success. The team finished with the number one SOS, 12 top-50 RPI wins, 16 top-100 RPI wins and 12 road/neutral wins in the nation's top conference. They went from being unranked at the beginning of the season to earning a … [Read more...] about Michigan State 2012 season recap, 2013 look ahead
Branden Dawson’s injury adds a dent in MSU Spartans’ depth
Michigan State Spartans get beat-down at Indiana’s Assembly Hall
If you still had doubts that the Big Ten was a physical conference, the game at Assembly Hall between the Spartans and Hoosiers silenced any critics. The problem is, the game also silenced the Spartans, too. … [Read more...] about Michigan State Spartans get beat-down at Indiana’s Assembly Hall
Can Michigan State be a NCAA Tournament #1 Seed?
Watching Michigan State win decisively on national television Sunday had a distinctively March feel to it. Like a usual spring rite of passage, no doubt helped by the sound of the CBS college basketball theme song we've all become accustomed to. Once again, the Spartans look like a top line team on NCAA Selection Sunday. And McDonald's All-American Branden Dawson is helping … [Read more...] about Can Michigan State be a NCAA Tournament #1 Seed?
Spartans stay perfect at home against the Badgers
This year’s match-ups between MSU and Wisconsin on both the gridiron and the hardwood have been very exciting. During college football season, we had the Hail Mary pass that led to a Spartan victory and the come-from-behind win by Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship, and the basketball rivalry seemed like it would run a similar script--last month’s controversial shot call let … [Read more...] about Spartans stay perfect at home against the Badgers
Just How Good Are The 2012 Michigan State Spartans?
Let Saturday's 58-48 victory over third ranked Ohio State be a wake up call to anyone who was sleeping on this year's Michigan State team. It was understandable why this was one of Sparty's least hyped-up teams in recent memory. After all, there was little for them to build on. They came into the season unranked after being eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament … [Read more...] about Just How Good Are The 2012 Michigan State Spartans?
Michigan State’s Expectationless 2011-12 Team May Surprise You
When Tom Izzo looks at this current Michigan State Spartans crew, he sees similarities to the 2007- 2008 Drew Neitzel led squad. The coach referenced this at the school’s media day and said that this year’s team is young, gritty but close-knit. Neitzel’s team, and it was his team no doubt, is like the mold of this year’s squad. That final four team had lost its trio of … [Read more...] about Michigan State’s Expectationless 2011-12 Team May Surprise You