The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Podcast Discussing Michigan State Basketball.

February 4, 2024: Just like with the Maryland game, Michigan State faces another Big Ten team that they just played. This time, the contest will be in the opposing gym as the Golden Gophers welcome in MSU on Tuesday night. Minnesota will face a little different challenge with the return of starting point guard, Elijah Hawkins. Minnesota has played better of late and is coming off an upset of visit...

February 3, 2024: Although it might not look like it from the final score, MSU’s 63-54 victory over the Terrapins was a closely fought rock fight. Maryland did exactly what they set out to do - create an ugly grind out game. Unfortunately for them, it wasn’t enough as the Spartans put together an 11-0 run with under 6 to go to put away the turtles. Malik Hall scored 19 with 7 rebounds and was fant...

February 1, 2024: It will have been less than two weeks since Michigan State last played Maryland but they will find themselves matched up this time in East Lansing. Maryland will be trying to return the favor to MSU by getting a road win while the Spartans attempt to start stringing together some wins and put themselves into the top tier of the Big Ten standings. Unlike last year where the Terrap...

January 30, 2024: Michigan State played in state rival Michigan late Tuesday night and ran away from the Wolverines in the second half 81-62. After trailing by 2 at the half, MSU blitzed Michigan right from the start and built a comfortable double digit lead early and never really allowed UM back in the game. The game was notable for it being Tom Izzy’s birthday and also his 700th win as a coach a...

January 28, 2024: Michigan State will try and get back to its winning ways against rival Michigan at the Breslin Center on Tuesday. Michigan’s team and program is reeling with suspensions, losses piling up, and a coach who seems to have lost his team and control. It appears that the Wolverines are prime for beating to a hungry Spartans team looking to get Tom Izzo his 700th career win. However, th...

January 26, 2024: Michigan State once again got throttled by the Badgers behind poor defense and getting clobbered on the boards. The loss realistically puts MSU out of contention for a regular season Big Ten title. The loss moves MSU to under .500 again in the Big Ten at 4-5 with 11 games to go. Despite the loss to the first place Badgers, the Spartans now move to the relatively easy part of the...

January 24, 2024: Michigan State faces off against the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison which will be a sort of vengeance game after the Badgers tore apart MSU back in December. In that game, it can most simply be described as the Spartans getting punked on their home floor by a good Wisconsin team. Now, MSU faces off again but playing significantly better than they were in that meeting. Wisconsin sit...

January 21, 2024: Michigan State finally got its first road win of the year 61-59 at Maryland. It was a game that MSU was dominating early where they were scoring easily in the first half. However, their 12 point lead at half time quickly evaporated as the Spartans struggled to score the entire second half. Despite Maryland briefly taking the lead, Michigan State did just enough on the defensive s...

January 19, 2024: Michigan State will look to gain its first road win of the season in College Park, MD against the Terrapins Sunday afternoon. Although a lot of Spartan fans will be eagerly anticipating the Detroit Lions' Divisional playoff game against the Buccaneers, Izzo and company will try and break through with an important road win. If MSU wants to do something special this year in the reg...

January 18, 2024: Michigan State pulled out the win against Minnesota, 76-66, in a game that was much closer than the score indicated. It was very much in doubt with a little over 3 minutes to go before Tyson Walker took over and went on an 8-0 run over the Gophers and scored 12 of the Spartans’ last 14 points. Uncharacteristically, Minnesota shot well from behind the arc in the first half keeping...

January 17, 2024: Michigan State hosts Minnesota on Thursday where they will attempt to build a winning streak through the softer part of their Big Ten schedule. Of course, the first step is defending home court and then getting some wins on the road. This year's Minnesota team is much improved over last year's disastrous squad and should pose some resistance for the Spartans. We were thrilled to...

January 14, 2024: MSU returned to the Breslin Center for some home cooking against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights whom they beat 73-55 behind a 19-0 run in the second half. Despite Rutgers shooting much better than usual from behind the arc, the Spartans were even better and beat Rutgers on the boards to run away with the game. Jaxson Kohler play 8 minutes in his first semi-extended play after foot s...

January 13, 2024: MSU returns home to face the Scarlet Knights from Rutgers on Sunday afternoon in a get right game for the green and white. Rutgers has struggled this season to score and rebound but are once again elite on the defensive side of the ball. One question that hovers out there is whether there might be little animosity between Rutgers and MSU since Pikiell and the Knights were unwilli...

January 12, 2024: MSU lost 71-68 to fall to 1-4 in the conference and pretty much ends any hopes of winning the Big Ten. Tonight’s story was different than the other night at Northwestern where MSU had no answer defensively for the Wildcats’ 4. Tonight, it seemed like a lot of the little things and a play here and there that made the difference. Tyson Walker got in foul trouble in the second half...

January 8, 2024: After a disappointing performance on the road against Northwestern, MSU hopes to bounce back against the Fighting Illini. So far this year the Spartans are 0-2 on the road with the strange phenomenon of good offense but poor defense. That is the opposite of what you usually see for road teams. However, despite Illinois' early success this season they are dealing with the loss of t...

January 7, 2024: Michigan State dropped their third straight game to the Northwestern Wildcats Thursday evening in Evanston, Illinois 88-74. The game was lost late in the second half where the Wildcats surged from a tie game at 24 to a 15 point lead heading into the half. Behind the leadership of Boo Buie, the ‘Cats collected almost 50% of their misses in the first half and turned MSU over to take...

January 6, 2024: Michigan State returns to Big Ten action on the road against the Northwestern Wildcats on Sunday. Northwestern has been rejuvenated the last few years with some success last season in the NCAA tournament. However, despite handing Purdue its first loss a few weeks ago, the Wildcats are not in the best position with the NET making this game against the Spartans a big one for them. M...

January 4, 2024: Michigan State restarted the Big Ten schedule by smashing Penn State 92-61 at the Breslin Center on a cold night in front of the alumni Izzone. This was a game that was barely in doubt as the Spartans cruised to a 51-26 half time lead behind 10 steals and 65% shooting from the field. Malik Hall had a career best 24 points on 9-12 shooting including 2-2 from 3 to go with 5 rebounds...

January 2, 2024: Michigan State resumes Big Ten play on Thursday by hosting the Penn State Nittany Lions. Penn State is under new leadership after the departure of Micah Shrewsbury to Notre Dame after the season. Mike Rhoades left VCU to take over the program and has had to rely heavily on the transfer portal to construct a roster. Arguably his best player was on last year's squad, Kanye Clary, wh...

December 30, 2023: Michigan State defeated the Indiana State Sycamores 87-75 in their final non-conference game of the season in what was the first rematch of the 1979 national championship game. Despite a blistering shooting performance from 3 for Indiana State, the Spartans pounded the Sycamores on the glass with over 45% offensive rebounding rate and 46 points in the paint. The domination on th...

December 27, 2023: Michigan State will complete its non-conference schedule on Saturday afternoon against Missouri Valley opponent, Indiana State. This is a matchup that hasn’t occurred since the teams faced off in one of the most famous college basketball games in history - the 1979 national championship game featuring Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. Obviously, MSU won that game but like then, this...

December 21, 2023: Michigan State destroyed the Stony Brook Seawolves Thursday night at the Breslin Center 99-55. The final score doesn’t even do justice to the game as the Spartans led 48-12 at the break with suffocating defense. They held Stony Brook to 29% from the field and 19% from 3 for the game. The night was highlighted by Jaden Akins scoring a career high 22 points and Xavier Booker chipp...

December 19, 2023: Michigan State will host the Stony Brook Seawolves on Thursday at the Breslin as the last game before their Christmas break. We are fast approaching the Big Ten season and this will be the last of two ‘tune ups’ for the Spartans. Stony Brook, like many of these matchups against smaller schools should serve as an opportunity for MSU to work on itself and allow players chances to...

December 18, 2023: Michigan State cruised to a comfortable 79-62 win over the visiting Golden Grizzlies from Oakland at the Breslin Center Monday night. Tyson Walker scored 14 which gave him over 1000 points as a Spartan to go along with his 1000+ points at Northeastern. MSU controlled the game comfortably about midway through the first half and built a 20 plus point lead early in the second over...

December 17, 2023: Michigan State will once again be taking the Oakland Grizzlies in their 21st meeting. MSU is currently 20-0 against the Griz which either means Oakland is due or they just can’t figure out how to beat the Spartans. Either way, MSU will try to maintain the good vibes it had coming out of its last game two days earlier against Baylor. Are you looking for collegiate apparel includi...