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

March 8, 2026: Michigan State played decently in the season finale to Michigan in Ann Arbor but it wasn’t enough as the Wolverines just had too much timely shooting to beat the Spartans, 90-80. The game was largely played within one to two possessions with the half time score giving Michigan a 42-41 edge. In the second half, the Spartans pushed out to a 4 point lead but were unable to hold it with...

March 6, 2026: Michigan State will close out its regular season at Michigan on Sunday afternoon. The rivalry game doesn’t have as much riding on it as it did earlier in East Lansing as UM has easily locked up the Big Ten Championship and a probable 1 seed for the NCAA tournament. But as with any rivalry game, this one will probably not disappoint with intensity and meaning for these two teams. Thi...

March 5, 2026: This was MSU’s final home game, senior day, and this game looked eerily similar to the game played in New Jersey last month. Some differences obviously as MSU led at the half, 31-30 and blitzed out to a 19 point lead with 6 minutes left. But they had a lot of trouble with turnovers - some forced, others not so much. And Rutgers hit a lot of 3s. And the game in the second half starte...

March 4, 2026: It’s only 11 days until Selection Sunday and bubble teams are really starting to sweat. There's also a ton of movement at the top of the seed lists as most of the ones are locked up but a lot of flux on the 2-4 seed lines. Also, the debate about Miami (OH) intensifies as they continue to roll and is now only 1 game away from a perfect regular season. Can they go 31-0 before their co...

March 3, 2026: Michigan State finishes up its home regular season on Thursday night against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. This will be MSU’s second double play of the season and their first one in New Jersey was a doozy as the Knights took MSU to OT. Or probably more accurately put, Michigan State forced the game into overtime with a crazy second half comeback requiring a Divine Ugochukwu 3 on MSU’...

March 1, 2026: Michigan State traveled to Bloomington and beat a reeling Indiana Hoosier team, 77-64. It was a game in which Indiana never led. Jaxon Kohler led the way getting off to a blistering start along with Kur Teng from behind the arc as the Spartans led 45-37 at the break. From there, MSU took it to the Hoosiers and led by about 10 most of the second half. Aside from 21 from Kohler and 18...

February 28, 2026: Michigan State heads south to Bloomington to go for a sweep over the state of Indiana after a huge upset win at Mackey over the Boilermakers. Although the Big Ten race is officially over, the Spartans are still playing to secure a triple bye in the Big Ten Tournament and a 3 or maybe 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. In the first matchup between these teams in East Lansing, MSU han...

February 27, 2026: 18 days until Selection Sunday and things are just as murky as always around the bubble. But even at the tippy top we’ve had some movement and there is likely even more coming over the next two weeks. Miami (OH) continues to roll and is now only 2 games away from a perfect regular season. Can they go 31-0 before the conference tourney? The last 4 in as of this recording are Aubu...

February 26, 2026: Michigan State with the huge upset win at Mackey - their first since 2014 - 76-74. It was a few missed shots - finally by Purdue, and some defensive rebounding which sealed the game despite a missed front end to a one and one by Ward gave Purdue some life with only 3.5 seconds left. But Carson Cooper, Jeremy Fears, and the whole crew were just too much for Purdue despite the Boi...

February 24, 2026: MSU begins a tough road trip into the state of Indiana with its first stop on Thursday at Purdue. Mackey has been a house of horrors for the Spartans where they haven’t won for over 10 years. Admittedly, Purdue usually has had good teams when Michigan State has visited, however, the arena hasn’t been kind to MSU. This year - specifically this month - neither team has played very...

February 22, 2026: Michigan State finished its home stand with a win over a depleted Buckeyes team on Sunday afternoon, 66-60. But it was not an easy win as they struggled shooting from the field and defending the penetration from Bruce Thornton who kept easily getting into the lane to score. In fact, MSU trailed 26-23 at the break and took until mid way through the second half to take back the le...

February 19, 2026: Michigan State is looking to keep the winning train rolling by beating Ohio State before a trip to the state of Indiana. With 5 games remaining, the Spartans are in a jumbled heap for second place in the Big Ten. Despite the conference championship being out of the running, there is still a lot for this Michigan State team to accomplish. They are within reach of anywhere from a...

February 18, 2026: We’re past the halfway point of February which means that March is getting ever closer and the Selection Committee is going to be getting to work. Miami, OH remains unbeaten and the big boys continue to battle in conference play. Dom has Michigan as the overall number one seed as they are relentless taking out teams at home and on the road en route to an easy conference title an...

February 17, 2026: Michigan State was looking for a bounce back game after their disastrous matchup in Madison on Tuesday night. They got just what the doctor ordered, with a resounding 82-59 victory over UCLA in a game where they hit a season high 14 threes and shot 52.5% from behind the arc. Fears added a double double for good measure. Of some concern was the injury to back up point guard, Denh...

February 15, 2026: MSU returns home for a two game stand on Tuesday night starting with UCLA. The Bruins are a game back from Michigan State in the standings but have to be a little disappointed with how the season has gone so far. Highly vaunted prospect, Donovan Dent, who the Spartans faced in the second round of the tournament last year was supposed to be the missing point guard part the Bruins...

February 13, 2026: If MSU wasn’t superstitious about Friday the 13th, maybe they will be now as the Spartans got hammered by the Badgers on Friday night in Madison, 92-71. Easily the worst performance of the season for Michigan State and one where the game tape should just be thrown out. Wisconsin dominated in just about every facet of the game. On offense, defense, the boards, turnovers, second c...

February 12, 2026: Michigan State heads to Madison on Friday night to try and get a win streak up and going against a very tricky Badger squad. Wisconsin is coming off a huge OT win in Champaign on Tuesday night and currently possesses the best pair of road wins in the league at both Illinois and Michigan. MSU still has an outside chance at a Big Ten title but it almost certainly requires a win he...

February 11, 2026: Well, we only have one unbeaten team now and it’s definitely not who anyone could have predicted a few months ago - Miami, OH of the MidAmerican Conference. the red hawks keep chugging along with narrow wins week after week. Dom still has Arizona as his overall #1 seed followed by Michigan, Duke and UConn rounding out the ones. The last 4 in are Miami (Fl), Texas, Oklahoma State...

February 9, 2026: Jaxon Kohler’s father, Jeff, joins us today to talk about his son, AAU on Bronny James’ team, and dealing with fans on social media. Kohler played on a U15 AAU all star team featuring the best players in the west including Lebron James’ son, Bronny. This game Jaxon and Jeff a unique AAU experience of security checks and bad parking because of massive attendance at games. Jeff gav...

February 7, 2026: As for the game, we’re pretty sure Jeremy fears will drift into a coma for a few days after playing 42 1/2 minutes. But he was sensational especially down the stretch where he scored 9 points in overtime. MSU of course, trailed at half by 4 and then quickly found themselves down 9. But they kept following their game plan and battled back to keep it within one or two possessions t...

February 5, 2026: Michigan State is coming off their first back to back losses of the season and returns home to meet the red hot Illini. Illinois just finished tearing apart their intrastate foe, Northwestern, by 40 in Champaign and are looking for another scalp. MSU’s Big Ten title hopes are on life support and this is a game that they absolutely need. Adding intrigue to this game is the lineup...

February 4, 2026: Our first key to this game was to not let one become two but MSU just did that as they fell to the Gophers, 76-73 in a game that wasn’t that close. Minnesota outplayed the Spartans on both ends of the court and despite the game getting close at the end - really cruised in with a win to break their 7 game losing streak. Jordan Scott started the game at the 2 and played reasonably...

February 3, 2026: Specifically, he learned that the University of Florida has designed a video algorithm for when their coaches should challenge a call in a game. Hammer also created the trapezoid for excellence where he uses team analytics comparing offense and defense to tempo played. This shows which teams can play different ways and may suggest who will have better success in the NCAA tourname...

February 2, 2026: The Spartans head out on the road to Minneapolis to try and get rid of the bad taste in their mouth after that disastrous game against Michigan. The Barn isn’t quite as difficult a place to play that it was in the past because of the slide that Minnesota has had over the last few seasons. Niko Medved took the helm this year and despite a general lack of talent and two starters lo...

January 30, 2026: This loss really stings. It certainly isn’t some sort of season ending loss but it certainly makes the path MSU wants a whole lot harder. And it probably brings a lot of questions as well. The first half of this game probably couldn’t have gone any worse as the Spartans trailed by 16, 42-16 thanks to a last second dunk by Coen Carr. In the first half, the Spartans were 5-14 from...