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You might not think much of the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix, when you consider their last game with MSU. A year ago in the Breslin Center, the Spartans humbled Wisconsin-Green Bay with a 104-46 rout. Despite their 4-6 record, Dave Dye of the Detroit news writes that Tom Izzo is not taking the Phoenix […]

Under Tom Izzo, MSU usually sees its most improvement of the season over Winter Break. The Lansing State Journal reports that this year especially, the coaching staff has been looking forward to the extra practice time to work on fundamentals and help develop freshmen Goran Suton and Marquise Gray.
“This is the greatest time […]

While MSU has been getting plenty of production on offense, the one constant criticism by Tom Izzo this season has been lapses on defense. He knows that just around the corner lurks strong defensive teams such as Illinois which hasn’t given up more than 65 points in a game this year. MSU played […]

Coming off a close victory against Cleveland State, the Spartans hope to assert themselves and dominate Florida International from start to finish. One sports betting web site lists MSU as 22.5-point favorites as they host the Golden Panthers.
Dec. 18, 2005 4 p.m. EST East Lansing, Mich. Breslin Center (14,759)
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Trailing by six at halftime, the Spartans came out in the second half and took control before hanging on to beat Cleveland State 83-75. Steve Grinczel of MLive writes that the big half-time speech did not come from Tom Izzo, but rather senior forward Matt Trannon.
“I am disappointed in our defense, and I have […]