Spartans hit the road again
The road gets no easier for MSUs mens basketball team.Tonight the No. 22 Spartans play their third straight away game, this time against No.
The road gets no easier for MSUs mens basketball team.Tonight the No. 22 Spartans play their third straight away game, this time against No.
The phrase road test is a favorite coaching cliché for a reason.For the No.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Mott Community College basketball star Rashi Johnson said he knew staying close to home was an important factor if he decided to transfer.Thats why the 6-foot-2 guard from Chicago picked MSU as his new home.What really influenced my decision was the proximity, its a drive, Johnson said.
TV cameras werent around to witness this one.And that was probably a good thing - the MSU mens basketball team didnt feed the net until the 15:54 mark of the first half.
The No. 15 MSU mens basketball team has started 2-0 and still has one more exhibition game to tighten things up before the regular season continues. The Spartans play their second exhibition game of the year at 2 p.m.
The ink has dried and the letters are sealed. MSU mens basketball head coach Tom Izzo can now call Rochester forward Paul Davis, Detroit Crockett guard Maurice Ager and Arlington (Indianapolis) forward Delco Rowley Spartans. Izzo announced the signings of the three players at an 11 a.m.
At 11 a.m. today Rochester forward Paul Davis, Detroit Crockett guard Maurice Ager and Arlington (Indianapolis) forward Delco Rowley will sign letters of intent to play for MSU mens head basketball coach Tom Izzo in 2002.Recruiting analyst Dave Telep of bluechiphoops.com said Izzos new gang of recruits rests in line with some of college basketballs more storied programs.
Another familiar foe from the past will try to knock the No. 15 MSU mens basketball team from the Preseason NIT, when the Spartans matchup with No.
Its been a little more than seven months since the No. 15 Spartan mens basketball team was on the floor.For many of the Spartans, thats been a long seven months.We need a game, sophomore guard Marcus Taylor said.
Fans have had months to speculate and bicker, and today some of those speculations will be substantiated.After numerous player losses and recruit additions, the MSU mens basketball team will take the court in an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars at 9 p.m.
Aloysius Anagonye is tough - every coach in the Big Ten will say that. The junior forward has given himself a reputation as a no-nonsense, ferocious defender and rebounder. Anagonye is one of the toughest rebounders in the country, Purdue head coach Gene Keady said.
When MSU mens basketball head coach Tom Izzo recruits players he promises them the chance to win championships and to play against great players.Izzos three newcomers, freshmen guards Chris Hill and Kelvin Torbert and guard-forward Alan Anderson, will take advantage of that final promise when they play an exhibition game against the Magic Johnson All-Stars with the legend himself on the floor.
Chicago - In the race for the Big Ten Championship, conference superstars emerge to lead their team to rise above the competition. Illinois point guard Frank Williams looks to be the big dog of the conference again, as the media and coaches tabbed him as the 2001 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year.
Chicago - Things were slightly different for MSU mens basketball head coach Tom Izzo at Big Ten Conference Basketball Media Day this year. For the past four years, the Spartans have been the team opposing coaches have commended.
The deadline for student basketball season tickets will be extended, MSU Assistant Athletics Director John Lewandowski said Monday. Student season ticket packages cost $152 for 16 games. The change of deadline, which was originally set for Monday, is a result of a low number of ticket requests this season.
When MSU freshman walk-on guard Jayson Vincent enters practice at Breslin Center each day and looks to the rafters, hes reminded of his father. Vincent, who came to MSU from Mason High School, is the son of Lansing legend Jay Vincent, a member of the 1979 MSU basketball national champion team and the fifth-leading scorer in MSU history with 1,914 career points. The family ties dont end there - hes also the nephew of MSUs sixth leading all-time scorer, Sam Vincent, who played in the early 1980s and scored 1,861 points. Coming from a strong MSU lineage is a lot of pressure, Vincent said.
True, Michael Jordan didnt return to basketball to play for the Spartans. But Big Ten defenders will be gunning for their own legend wearing No.
As MSU mens basketball coach Tom Izzo enters his seventh season at the helm, he said he plans on taking the same course he used to win four straight Big Ten titles.What I think what weve done, we have a blueprint of what it takes, Izzo said at media day Wednesday.
The MSU mens basketball team has a three-game ticket plan for home games during the holiday break that are not part of any student ticket plan. The Holiday Pack goes on sale Monday at the Jenison Field House Ticket Office and includes tickets to home games against UNC-Asheville on Dec.
The sounds blasting over the speakers may have come from the past, but the faces on the floor reflected the future for the MSU mens and womens basketball teams.At 10:30 p.m.