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Tom Izzo’s young Michigan State team passed their first big test of the season with a 63-61 victory against No. 19 Texas in New York’s Madison Square Garden. The Spartans will face Maryland at 9:30 Friday night in the College Hoops Classic benefiting Coaches Vs. Cancer final.
Joe Rexrode of the Lansing State Journal spoke with […]

MSU fans have been clamoring for positive news following the football loss to Minnesota and after hearing the same names mentioned over and over for the football coaching search. So we thought we’d focus on Tom Izzo today. Afterall, he is Michigan State’s greatest ambassador and even stopped by the Spartantailgate.com tailgate over the […]

The internet is buzzing today with rumors that Pat Shurmur is the leading candidate for Michigan State’s head coaching vacancy. It all began this morning on the Staudt on Sports radio show when Tim Staudt reported that his best sources are making it sound like Shurmur is “the one”. Staudt has previously chuckled […]

Reports are coming out that Michigan State has started interviewing coaching candidates. Names being mentioned (today) are LSU’s Bo Pelini, Charlie Strong from Florida, Cleveland Browns defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, Pat Shurmur of the Philidelphia Eagles, and Central Michigan coach Brian Kelly.
Dave Dye of the Detroit News discussed Pelini with Marvin Sanders […]

The Mooch to MSU drama apparently came to a close after Wednesday’s basketball game against Brown. First there were reports from his agent that he wasn’t interested. Then those were denied. Then there were reports that MSU was going to speak with Mariucci about the job.
Following the basketball game, Izzo spoke to […]