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Graduate forward Ben Carter signs to play professionally in Israel
Hapoel Jerusalem basketball club announced on Twitter Sunday they signed former MSU forward Ben Carter for the rest of the season. The contract includes an option for next season. → Read More
Column: Bridges and Jackson may not want to leave, but they should
If you asked Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. what they’d rather be doing right now, they probably would say preparing to play Duke in the Sweet 16. Instead, they both have a big decision to make. → Read More
Breakdown: How men's hoops faltered down the stretch against Syracuse
DETROIT — With just over seven minutes left in the Spartans’ loss to Syracuse Sunday, sophomore forward Miles Bridges sprinted down the right side of the court after a Syracuse turnover, caught a long pass from his point guard Cassius Winston and threw down a thunderous one-handed dunk to put his team up, 44-39. → Read More
Like jump shots against Syracuse, men's hoops' season comes up short
DETROIT — The men’s basketball team did almost everything right in its two-point loss to No. 11 seed Syracuse in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday. The one thing the Spartans didn’t do right costs them a chance to play Duke in the Sweet 16. → Read More
WATCH: Fans talk having NCAA Tournament at Little Caesars Arena
DETROIT — Spartan fans from all over filled Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Friday in the men's basketball teams' NCAA Tournament first round win over the Bucknell Bison. → Read More
Hoops notes: Bridges' aggressive play propels Spartans over Bucknell
DETROIT — Men's basketball and Bucknell traded blows back-and-forth in their NCAA first round game Friday, and the game looked like it was going to go down to the wire — that was until Miles Bridges took over. → Read More
Preview: Men's hoops begins NCAA Tourney against senior-heavy Bucknell
DETROIT — For their NCAA Tournament opener, the No. 3 seeded Spartans (29-4 overall) in the Midwest region will head to Little Caesars Arena for the second time this season and play Bucknell for just the second time in school history. → Read More
Ticket prices high for Friday's game against No. 14 seed Bucknell
Fans who want to watch parts of the first round Madness at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, and specifically MSU, may have to pay a hefty price to watch the third-seeded Spartans live. → Read More
MSU Detroit to host Spartan Pep Rally for NCAA Tourney opener
Thanks to a group of MSU alumni, Spartan fans without tickets to the men’s basketball team’s opening NCAA Tournament game against Bucknell at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit Friday will still have an opportunity for a viewing experience. → Read More
NCAA Tournament breakdown: Sleepers, favorites, Final Four predictions
March Madness is in full swing now that the NCAA Tournament bracket has been revealed. Like every year, the field has a few sleeper teams that can make deep runs, along with the usual heavyweights. → Read More
Struggling offense the focal point during men's basketball's layoff
While Izzo expressed a sense of joy and maybe a bit of relief on Sunday after receiving a favorable venue, he acknowledged the focal areas the team needed some refreshing in during the time off. → Read More
Long layoff can help men's basketball regroup before NCAA Tournament
NEW YORK — After their Big Ten Tournament semifinal loss to Michigan Saturday, the second-ranked Spartans will have at least a 12-day layoff before they can take the hardwood again, as the team’s earliest scheduled NCAA Tournament opening game is March 15. → Read More
Preview: Men's basketball looks to avenge January loss to Wolverines
NEW YORK — No. 2 men’s basketball (29-3, 16-2 Big Ten) didn’t get a chance in the regular season to avenge it’s January loss to Michigan. But on Saturday they will. → Read More
Hoops notes: Success in close games can help later in March
NEW YORK — If you only looked at the numbers, you probably would have predicted men's basketball would beat the Badgers with relative ease in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament Friday. → Read More
Men's basketball squeezes by Wisconsin, advances to semifinal
The men’s basketball team defeated Wisconsin in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, 63-60, in front of a heavily MSU-supported crowd at MSG on Friday afternoon. → Read More
Bridges, Winston, Jackson Jr. earn Big Ten All-Conference honors
Sophomores standouts Miles Bridges and Cassius Winston, along with freshman Jaren Jackson Jr. were selected to the Big Ten men's basketball All-Conference teams that were announced late Monday. → Read More
Men's basketball finishes regular season No. 2 in AP poll
For the third straight week men's basketball comes in at No. 2 in the Associated Press Top-25 Poll that was released Monday. → Read More
No. 2 men's basketball narrowly beats Badgers, wins Big Ten outright
No. 2 MSU (28-3, 16-2 Big Ten) defeated Wisconsin (14-17, 7-11), 68-63, in the team’s regular season closer at the Kohl Center. → Read More
Preview: Men's hoops trying to win Big Ten outright against Badgers
The No. 2 men’s basketball team will have a chance to win the Big Ten title outright for the first time since 2009 when the team travels to play the Badgers in the last regular season game Sunday. → Read More
Report: Assistant coach Dwayne Stephens linked to FBI probe
Yahoo's Pat Forde and Pete Thamel reported late Friday Stephens interacted with former ASM Sports Agency associate, Christian Dawkins, via email in July 2016, engaging in an alleged bidding war for University of South Carolina freshman Brian Bowen, who was a five-star high school recruit at the time. → Read More