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#4 MSU basketball stunned by Hawai’i

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Head coach Tom Izzo wasn’t looking forward to playing Hawai’i, and on Saturday his concerns were justified as Michigan State’s 2005-06 regular season got off to an unpleasant start. With Spartan players cramping up in the humid Honolulu air and the Rainbow Warriors seemingly unable to do any wrong, Hawai’i rolled to a 84-62 […]

MSU basketball opens season against Hawai’i tonight

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans open up the 2005-06 campaign tonight in Honolulu, against the Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors.
Tip-off is at 6:00 PM EST.
Radio: The Michigan State-Hawaii game will be broadcast on the complete lineup of Spartan Sports Network affiliates at 8:30 p.m. following the conclusion of the Michigan State-Penn State football broadcast. The […]

Izzo isn’t necessarily looking forward to Hawaii game

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Prior to next week’s Maui Invitational the Spartan basketball team will officially open the season in a game against Hawaii on the neighboring island of Oahu. The Honolulu Advertiser reports that what seemed to Tom Izzo like a good idea when it was scheduled isn’t sounding like a good idea now. One lesson that […]

Trustees, Ron Mason: Smith’s job is safe

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

Despite the wishes of some fans, head coach John L. Smith’s job is secure according to the MSU Board of Trustees and MSU Athletic Director Ron Mason in today’s Lansing State Journal. Smith’s job security has been a hot topic of conversation on internet message boards and sports talk radio this week.
“There’s nothing going […]