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December 16, 2025: Michigan State returned home and took on the Toledo Rockets and promptly stomped the Rockets 92-69. Although the win looked comfortable this was definitely a game of two halves. In the first half, MSU played a nice offensive game both on the boards and behind the arc finishing with 58 points. They also held Toledo to just 28 points with some stifling defense. The second half, ho...

December 14, 2025: Michigan State returns back to the Breslin after a less than impressive performance to close out the first week of conference play at Happy Valley. Fortunately for the Spartans, they are 9-1/2-0 which isn’t such a bad place to be after ten games. But as we said after the game, there’s still a lot of work to do with the team and luckily plenty of time to figure some stuff out whi...

December 13, 2025: Michigan State played its first true home game today and snuck out of Happy Valley with a 76-72 win over Penn State. The game was a weird one in which MSU led by double digits in the first half but then gave it all back (and then some) managing to cut the Penn State lead to 3 by halftime, 36-33. The second half was another blistering start for the Spartans where they got out to...

December 11, 2025: It’s our last week with just the top 4 seed lines and there hasn't been a whole lot of movement at the top. Michigan is still the overall number one seed while Iowa State and Purdue switched their two and one seeds respectively after the Cyclones went into Mackey Arena and blitzed the Boilers. Their victory was enough to push the Big 12 above the Big 10 in the power standings. W...

December 10, 2025: Michigan State dropped it’s first game of the season to top ranked Duke last Saturday and is looking to get back to its winning ways as it returns to Big Ten play Saturday in Happy Valley. There is probably no better matchup to wash away your woes then the Nittany Lions who - despite their 8-2 record - are struggling this season. Penn State is coming off a 41 point loss to the H...

December 6, 2025: Michigan State dropped it’s first game of the season to top ranked Duke 66-60 in front of an electric crowd at the Breslin Center. As expected, it was a defensive showcase and the top 10 defenses limited the other in their shooting. In the end, Duke made just a few more plays and shots and forced the action enough in the second half to get to the free throw line which was the dif...

December 5, 2025: A lot of movement in the seed list since we last had a show. The new number one overall seed is Michigan who joins Duke, Arizona, and Purdue on the one line. Two seeds are Michigan State, Iowa State, Vanderbilt, and UConn. BYU, Alabama, Houston, and Gonzaga are the 3s with Kansas, UNC, Louisville, and Tennessee rounding things out at the 4. The conference rankings are just about...

December 4, 2025: One of the most anticipated home games of the season for Michigan State is finally here - Duke. And the game is turning out to be even bigger than most expected as both teams enter the game undefeated and ranked in the top ten. Duke arrives with national player of the year front runner, Cameron Boozer, who has been tearing teams apart in just about every aspect of the game. Of co...

December 2, 2025: Michigan State opened up Big Ten play in East Lansing against the Iowa Hawkeyes and their new head coach, Ben McCollum and won 71-52 The win moves MSU to 8-0 overall and 1-0 in conference play in the young season. It was a game that MSU controlled from about the 6 minute mark after completing a 13-0 run to knock the Hawkeyes out of the game. Probably the biggest key to the Sparta...

November 30, 2025: Michigan State returns home after a successful Florida trip with wins over East and North Carolina. But now Big Ten play begins with a matchup over a tricky undefeated Iowa team in East Lansing. It will be the first trip to the Breslin for new head coach Ben McCollum and almost the entire team except for transfer Brendan Hausen. The question for the Spartans is whether they can...

November 27, 2025: This Thanksgiving, Michigan State moved to 7-0 on the season with a big win over North Carolina in Fort Meyers. The 74-58 win now moves the Spartans undefeated as they begin the Big Ten season on Tuesday at home against Iowa. The game was a combination of the Spartans holding down the powerful North Carolina front court and finding ways to effectively score. It was a game where...

November 26, 2025: On Thanksgiving, Michigan State will face another storied program, North Carolina, in the Fort Meyers Tipoff Classic. Like the Spartans, the Tar Heels are 6-0 and looking to stack up non-conference wins before heading into league play in a few weeks. Unlike last year’s North Carolina team that lacked size, this year’s team boasts a ton of it. They have a 7 footer and two 6’ 10”...

November 25, 2025: Michigan State played the East Carolina Pirates in the tipoff for the Fort Meyers Classic and won 89-56. It was an impressive performance from the Spartans who led wire to wire and carried a very good first half into and through the entire second. We never saw MSU let up and extended their 23 point half time lead to over 40 before the walk-ons made it in the game. Aside from the...

November 23, 2025: Michigan State will take on the Pirates from East Carolina on Tuesday before Thanksgiving in the first game of the Fort Meyers Tipoff Classic. East Carolina is struggling this year at just 2-3 and aren’t expected to do much in the American Conference. In contrast, MSU is 5-0 and rolling so far in the non-conference portion of the season. The Spartans will be looking to continue...

November 21, 2025: Michigan State faced off against instate foe, Detroit Mercy, and former MSU Assistant Coach, Mark Montgomery on Thursday night and easily won 84-56. Detroit was certainly an outmatched opponent but managed to keep pace enough to avoid an utter blowout and never looked like they quit. The Spartans hardly played a clean game despite dominating the boards they struggled to shoot fr...

November 20, 2025: Welcome to the Brackeotology Update with America’s number one bracketologist, Bracket Dom. Today we went over the seed lines, conference rankings, and matchups you should check out during Feast Week. Tune in weekly and send along questions on X @BracketDom. #bracketology Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

November 20, 2025: Michigan State is resuming their long defunct matchup against University of Detroit - Mercy now that former MSU player and assistant coach, Mark Montgomery, is at the helm of the Titans. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, his struggling team will take on the Spartans after they have beaten another top 25 team and perennial power, Kentucky in the Champions Classic. Now MSU has...

November 18, 2025: MSU in the Champion’s Classic beat Kentucky 83-66 breaking their 0-4 cursed mark at the Madison Square Garden in this event. It was a game in which the Spartans dominated Kentucky on the glass and controlled most of the game heading into half time with a 17 point lead. Michigan State’s floor general, Jeremy Fears, was fantastic finishing with 13 assists to just 2 turnovers. But...

November 15, 2025: It has become a staple of the early MSU non conference schedule - the Champions Classic. This year, Michigan State will take on another loaded Kentucky squad in Madison Square Garden. The Wildcats will be down a few starters, but rest assured that this team has the firepower to win even down a couple guys. The Spartans will look to battle the Wildcats on the boards and hopefully...

November 14, 2025: Tom Izzo just (probably) finished up one of his most successful recruiting classes of his career with the announcement from Ethan Taylor of Shawnee Mission, KS. Taylor is the consensus #2 center in the high school class and measures in at 7’ 1.5” 245 pounds with a 7’4” wing span. Taylor is skilled around the basket and athletic - not afraid to mix it up inside and score. During...

November 13, 2025: Michigan State defeated the other Spartans, San Jose State 79-60 at the Breslin Center. The game was sandwiched between two big games, Arkansas and Kentucky in the Champions Classic next Tuesday. Despite getting out to a huge halftime lead 46-23 on San Jose State, the second half was a very different animal for MSU. San Jose State started to get a little comfortable and closed t...

November 12, 2025: Bracket Dom of Bracketometry.com is America's number one rated bracketologist and weighs in with his early season top 4 seed lines for each region. Dom Ranks the power conferences and top 4 seed lines in all four regions. Conferences: Big Ten, Big 12, SEC, ACC, Big East 1 - Houston, Purdue, Louisville, Alabama 2 - Duke, UConn, Arizona, Illinois 3 - Kentucky, Florida, St. John's,...

November 10, 2025: Coming off an exciting and physical win at the Breslin Center against the 14th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks, Michigan State welcomes former Nebraska coach Tim Miles and his squad from San Jose State. The ‘other’ Spartans from San Jose have been a team that has struggled for years in the Mountain West and have managed only 46 win over the last 3 years. Unfortunately for them, that...

November 8, 2025: Michigan State is now 84-1 at the Breslin Center in November under Tom Izzo after defeating Arkansas 69-66 in a nail biter. Despite shooting just 1-14 (7%) from 3 pt range, the Spartans managed to top the Razorbacks largely due to their domination on the offensive glass (53% offensive miss rebounding rate). The game took something of a surprising turn with freshman Cam Ward calle...

November 6, 2025: Welcome to the Brackeotology Update with America’s number one bracketologist, Bracket Dom. Today we talked about what makes a good bracketologist, who is over and underrated in college hoops, which conferences are best, and what are this week’s best matchups. Tune in weekly and send along questions on X @BracketDom. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...