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The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. The Spartans have won two NCAA championships and 16 Big Ten Championships.
Years of basketball: 126: First season: 1898: Head coaches (all-time) 15: All Games All-time record: 1841–1157 (.614) 20+ win seasons: 29 (Izzo 22, Heathcote 7) 30+ win seasons: 5 (Izzo 5) Big Ten Games All Time Big Ten Regular Season Record: 699–534 (.567) All Time Big Ten tournament Record: 35–20 (.636) Conference Regular Season ...
Michigan State prevailed over Michigan to sweep the regular season series. [31] In the final meeting between the team, this time in the Big Ten tournament championship, Michigan State defeated Michigan for the third time on the season. [32] In each of the schools three meetings in 2019, each school was ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll.
The Trans America Athletic Conference began play, with eight original members. It was renamed the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001.; Indiana State senior forward Larry Bird and Michigan Spartans sophomore point guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson emerged as two highly popular and successful players during the season, and their rivalry — culminating in a meeting in the national championship game ...
USC earned its third straight berth into the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The Trojans will play Michigan State on Friday in Columbus, Ohio. USC earns No. 10 seed and first-round matchup with ...
The NCAA did not officially record assists as a stat until the 1983–84 season, and blocks and steals until the 1985–86 season, but Michigan State's record books includes players in these stats before these seasons. [2] These lists are updated through the end of the 2020–21 season.
The 2010–11 Wolverines, who swept rival Michigan State for the first time since 1997, finished the season 21–14. In the 2011–12 season, Michigan split the season series between Ohio State and Michigan State, and was the co-Big Ten champions along with the Buckeyes and Spartans. It was the program's first Big Ten title since 1986.
As of 2021, it remains the highest-rated game in the history of televised college basketball. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Both Johnson and Bird would enter the NBA in the fall of 1979, and the rivalry between them and their teams (respectively, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics ) was a major factor in the league's renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s.