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Tom Izzo is rooting for the Big Ten, not Michigan

| April 2, 2013 | 8:43 pm | 0 Comments
Tom Izzo is rooting for the Big Ten, not Michigan

At one point last week, the Big Ten had a legit shot of having four teams make it to the Final Four.  After Ohio State lost to Wichita State, Indiana lost to Syracuse and Michigan State lost to Duke, it left one – [...]

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Tom Izzo’s son picked Duke to beat Michigan State

| March 27, 2013 | 7:01 pm | 0 Comments
Tom Izzo’s son picked Duke to beat Michigan State

As the saying goes, kids do the darndest things.  And 13-year old Steven Izzo is no different.  While filling out his NCAA Tournament bracket before the tournament began last Thursday, he came upon a dilemma. Much like [...]

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Derrick Nix kisses the Spartan helmet on Senior Night (VIDEO)

| March 10, 2013 | 7:28 pm | 0 Comments
Derrick Nix kisses the Spartan helmet on Senior Night (VIDEO)

In one of the better sports traditions around, Derrick Nix joined the company of many Spartan greats before him by kissing the Spartan helmet (or the ‘S’ in prior years) on Senior Night – his last home game [...]

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Vegas: MSU the most bet-on team to win NCAA Tournament

| March 7, 2013 | 10:12 pm | 1 Comment
Vegas: MSU the most bet-on team to win NCAA Tournament

Every year seems to be similar for fans of Michigan State.  They’ll suffer through a tough losses in November.  Steamroll through December and drop four or five in the Big Ten.  But if there is one thing they can [...]

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Trailer: MICHIGAN STATE/Michigan – tonight, 9 PM EST, espn

| February 12, 2013 | 9:02 am | 0 Comments
Trailer: MICHIGAN STATE/Michigan – tonight, 9 PM EST, espn

In case you didn’t know, #8 Michigan State host #4 Michigan tonight at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing tonight at 9PM EST.  This trailer was made by a YouTuber and should get you [...]

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Tom Izzo hates Twitter.

| January 16, 2013 | 11:02 am | 1 Comment
Tom Izzo hates Twitter.

There are many Division-1 college basketball coaches use Twitter to praise their team and fans.  They use it to market their programs, to give off the “cool” vibe to recruits and to check the 411 in the NCAA [...]

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Tom Izzo “feels great” about Jabari Parker recruitment

| December 18, 2012 | 12:02 pm | 0 Comments
Tom Izzo “feels great” about Jabari Parker recruitment

Michigan State head coach is hoping to get an early Christmas present Thursday afternoon when mega-recruit Jabari Parker decides where he’ll be playing college basketball.  The six-foot-eight forward from Simeon Career [...]

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Michigan State men’s hoops team flies in a C-130 transport plane

| November 8, 2012 | 9:02 pm | 0 Comments
Michigan State men’s hoops team flies in a C-130 transport plane

Tom Izzo took his team over to Germany to win a basketball game against Connecticut.  But while they’re there, the players and coaches have met and hung out with the troops stationed in Ramstein, put on a basketball [...]

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Tom Izzo voted nation’s best college basketball coach

| November 8, 2012 | 10:02 am | 0 Comments
Tom Izzo voted nation’s best college basketball coach

Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski.  North Carolina’s Roy Williams.  Butler’s Brad Stevens.  Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan.  All very good to great to legendary (Coach K) college basketball coaches.  But according to a [...]

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Michigan State hoops team reveals camouflage uniforms in practice

| November 4, 2012 | 5:30 pm | 0 Comments
Michigan State hoops team reveals camouflage uniforms in practice

Michigan State men’s hoops team will don camouflage uniforms when they play Connecticut in Germany as part of the Armed Forces Classic.  The game will tip off on November 9.  The players and fans got a sneak preview [...]

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Draymond Green tweets about Tom Izzo’s/Spartan hoops’ future

| October 11, 2012 | 9:02 am | 0 Comments
Draymond Green tweets about Tom Izzo’s/Spartan hoops’ future

Draymond Green was one of the most respected Spartan athletes in a long time.  He enjoyed a solid four-year career starting with making key contributions during the 2009 NCAA Finals run and culminating in an [...]

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Students win Izzone tickets by making half-court shot

| September 14, 2012 | 4:36 pm | 0 Comments
Students win Izzone tickets by making half-court shot

Michigan State held their own version of “make a basket, win a prize” on Wednesday near “The Rock” on campus.  A hoop was sent up and the grass was painted like a basketball floor as students were [...]

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Tom Izzo to the Miami Heat rumors are trying to be lit

| May 8, 2012 | 5:53 pm | 2 Comments
Tom Izzo to the Miami Heat rumors are trying to be lit

As countless Spartans shake their collective heads…not this again… Mike Berardino, a columnist for the Sun Sentinel in Florida, is already anticipating the Miami Heat’s exit for the NBA playoffs.  Anything [...]

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Tom Izzo is comfortable in his own skin, according to his Dove ad

| March 9, 2012 | 3:02 pm | 0 Comments
Tom Izzo is comfortable in his own skin, according to his Dove ad

If you couldn’t tell by his annual get-up during Midnight Madness, Tom Izzo is 100% comfortable in his own skin. The guy who is no stranger to pounding his fist to light a fire under his players and isn’t [...]

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