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.

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.

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.

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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 is the best 3 year stretch for the program since the mid-80’s.

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).

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Michigan State is now entering the season in full throttle as they host the #14 ranked Arkansas Razorbacks led by legendary head coach, John Calipari. Like MSU, Arkansas is 1-0 after cruising to a victory over Southern University by 32.

Michigan State began just landed 4* top 40 recruit Jasiah Jervis from White Plains, NY. Jervis is a lethal two way 6’5” guard with 6’9” wing span known for his shooting and disruptive defense - just the kind of player that Tom Izzo values.

Michigan State began it’s season tonight at the Breslin Center with a win over Colgate 80-69. Despite a poor night shooting free throws (65%) MSU used its immense rebounding edge to overwhelm the team from the Patriot League racking up 19 offensive rebounds for an impressive 54% rate.

Michigan State begins its 2025-26 season on Monday night at the Breslin Center with a matchup against the Colgate Raiders of the Patriot League. The Raiders are coming off a down year but have been a traditional power in the league with multiple NCAA bids over the last 8 years under successful coach, Matt Langel.

Michigan State wrapped up its exhibition play Tuesday night at UConn where the Spartans lost 76-69 to the #4 team in the country. It was a game which was a little hard to watch as there were so many fouls called and nearly 75 total free throws. Despite MSU coming up short, there were a lot of positives that came out of the game.

Michigan State will wrap up its exhibition season on Tuesday night in Storrs, CT as they take on Danny Hurley and his UConn Huskies. After winning back to back national titles in 2023 & 24, the Huskies had a little bit of a slide last year earning an 8 seed and getting knocked out of the tournament in the second round last year.

Michigan State unofficially began its 2025-26 season tonight in an exhibition matchup against the visiting Bowling Green Falcons 75-66. It was our first opportunity to watch the Spartans in action and there were some moments that didn’t disappoint.

Welcome back to the basketball season! We’re excited to get going again and we lead off today with our preview of Michigan State’s first exhibition game - the Bowling Green Falcons. As you may recall, Bowling Green played at the Breslin last season but this time it’s both teams’ exhibition openers.

This is our annual deep dive into the upcoming MSU basketball season. We preview every aspect of the team and players for the 2025-26 year.

Matt Painter has had a great run at Purdue and has gotten the proverbial monkey off the back of Boilermakers by having success in the NCAA Tournament. He has done what no one else has done in West Lafayette - translate regular season success into post season success.

Michigan and Dusty May just got a very wealthy benefactor for their athletics program allowing them to be more than competitive in the transfer market. Resources have always been a little bit of a struggle for the Wolverines but not anymore. They’ve opened the wallet and have one of the highest sought after transfers, Yaxel Lendenborg from UAB. He looks to replace departing Danny Wolf at the 4 and might even be a more efficient version of the NBA first round pick. The addition of Elliot Cadeau from North Carolina is a point guard UM hasn’t had in years. The Wolverines look like an improved team but will the pieces fit together?

UCLA will begin its 2025-26 season with a little Big Ten experience under its belt. Last year’s team managed a decent finish but seemed to struggle with the travel schedule required to be a part of the league. This year’s team has some very important returning players and intriguing transfers but will face the same brutal travel.

Former Purdue standout and current college (and soon to be NBA) color analyst, Robbie Hummel, joins us again today to talk about the Big Ten and college basketball. Robbie is a rising start within the college basketball analyst ranks and brings great insight both as a former player and fan of the game.