Per Greg Kampe, he is expected to go into the portal. Any interest by MSU? Would it be a good fit?

"I want to go out on a good note and have good memories leaving MSU."

Fifth-year senior LB Cal Haladay touched on his desire to finish out his college career strong on a high note, how he is adjusting to the new staff's system, and more in a media session on Tuesday:

45 years ago today MSU beat Indiana State 75-64.
That game remains the highest viewed NCAA basketball game ever

Relationships can lead to new opportunities.

That was true for Michigan State quarterback Aidan Chiles, whose relationship with his head coach while at Oregon State, Jonathan Smith, eventually led him to East Lansing.

“I wouldn’t be here right now... if it weren’t for Coach Smith and the conversations we had prior to this,” Chiles said.

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Saturday was a pretty big day for him. Also chatted about Nightingale a bit.

As their new basketball coach.

I can’t stand watching them! The way they get all the calls makes me sick. Edie makes contact and the defender gets called for the foul.
I guess the NCAA is gonna make sure they make it to a FF. They must of lost a lot $$$ last year.

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Caught up with Babalola after his trip to Michigan State. Spartans taking a swing at the elite OT.

UNSET, S.C. – Michigan State Women's Golf will look to continue it's winning momentum in to the weekend as it competes at the Clemson Invitational at The Reserve on Lake Koewee Friday through Sunday, March 22-24.

The invitational includes several top teams from the SEC, Big Ten and ACC such as Women's Golf Coaches Association No. 12 Ole Miss and the hosting Tigers, ranked 18th.

The Reserve on Lake Koewee is a Jack Nicklaus signature course that plays 7,112 yards.

The Spartans are coming off their first team win of season as they topped a field of 17 at the Briar's Creek Invitational in Johns Island, S.C. and accumulated a winning score of 860. Juniors Katie Lu and Brooke Biermann tied for first place after the three rounds and also shared Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on Wednesday.

Preview courtesy of MSU Athletics.

Michigan State defeated in-state rival Michigan 16-6 in Ann Arbor, check out the recap below!

Keon Young, a class of 2025 four-star defensive back out of Florida, has scheduled an official visit with Michigan State from May 31 through June 2. Young announced the news on social media on Monday night.

Young, who currently attends Lakeland High School, has built good relationships with Michigan State secondary coach Blue Adams and cornerbacks coach Demetrice Martin throughout his recruiting process. He is looking forward to getting to know the rest of the MSU staff, and is excited to take his first visit to East Lansing.

When is comes to choosing a school, Young is looking for a program that will help him grow both on and off the field, and somewhere he feels has a family-like atmosphere.

"This will be my first trip to Michigan State and I’m looking for a place to call my home and develop me to go to the NFL," Young told Spartans Illustrated.

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I also posted this on TOS as well.

I don't know what any of you think of the man, but I have the upmost respect for him. I have had 2 brief encounters with him at gymnastic meets recently. A couple of weeks ago while I was sitting in the handicap section with my daughter who was in her wheelchair and he was busy entertaining our new president he walked by us, stopped, and said hello. Not a big deal but I thought it was awfully nice of him to do so considering who he was with. On Saturday I take my daughter to the Big Ten Gymnastics Championship. As I am wheeling her to the handicap section Haller comes up to us and greets us again. He then proceeds to clear a path for us to the handicap section (and that path was packed), shows us where we could park ourselves, and then runs off to get me a companion chair. He didn't ask someone else to do it but he did it himself. This is what I would expect from a small town HS AD, not an AD from a Big Ten College. Later on he stops by and asks us how we were doing and if we needed anything. He was friendly, respectful, and genuinely concerned about us. Now before you say "big deal", let me remind you that he was not only running a day long Big Ten Championship event, he also had a hockey championship about to take place across the street, a HS girl's basketball tournament going on, and I am sure an interest in the hoop team that was playing down in North Carolina at the same time among other more important concerns. Yet he personally made sure that this old Spartan and his daughter were well taken care of. I have no idea what his tenure will be like as AD, but he is already a winner in my book!

Any bankruptcy lawyers out there that represent creditor's? I have a Judgement against a construction company who has just filed for Chapter 13. I am about to file the Proof of Claim with the Bankruptcy Court, but would like to consult/hire an attorney before I do. TIA

Last night was historic. Two Big Ten championships within five hours and 1,000 feet of each other.

I documented it here:


I hope you enjoy it.

Following a disappointing end to a 2023-2024 season that began with a lot of hope, Tom Izzo and the Michigan State men's basketball team have a bit of soul-searching to do heading into the 2024-2025 season.

The hope for many is that the Spartans will add some more talent to the roster in the offseason than what they have right now. Doing so would help a young team. But as of now, let's examine the players who are expected to return from this year's team and the incoming freshmen, with the assumption that Sissoko, Hoggard and Smith all move on.

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Michigan State has long been regarded as one of the top programs in college hockey, even before the success of the current season.

- 3 national championships

- 11 Frozen Four appearances

- 13 conference tournament championships

- 7 conference regular season championships

However, for more than a decade, the Spartans lulled in mediocrity at best, and at worst, were the laughing stock in the Big Ten.

After a remarkable turnaround last season in head coach Adam Nightingale’s first year in charge that resulted in Michigan State being just outside the NCAA Tournament picture, the Spartans built on that during the 2023-2024 campaign.

Not only did the Spartans make the NCAA Tournament, they earned a No. 1 seed, the conference regular season championship and the conference tournament championship. The last time Michigan State accomplished all three of those feats in a season was in 2001, when the Spartans were in the CCHA. They also made the Frozen Four that year.

“It feels great,” captain defenseman Nash Nienhuis said after Michigan State was officially announced as a No. 1-seed. “We put a ton of work in this year. To see how that played out is great.”

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Michigan State Gymnastics found out their regional placement today and the Spartans will be headed to Gainesville, FL.

They will go up against Utah, Towson and Maryland on April 5.

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PISCATAWAY, Nj. – The Michigan State women's tennis team opened it B1G road slate against Rutgers on Friday afternoon dropping the dual, 4-0.

The Spartans dropped to 9-8 overall and drop to 0-3 in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights improve to 10-5 overall and nabbed their first B1G victory of the season.

In doubles action, the Green and White fought tough on courts two (6-3) and three (7-5) but would drop both matchups. The No. 37 nationally ranked tandem of senior Ayshe Can and graduate Nicole Conard were in a 6-6 battle before going unfinished.

Rutgers momentum would carry over on the singles court with the Scarlet Knights taking courts one (6-0, 6-2), four (6-2, 6-2) and six (6-2, 6-4) in straight sets to clinch the dual victory.

Freshman Ria Bhakta was making a statement on the number three court beating Jackeline Lopez, 6-1, 5-2 before going unfinshed.

Michigan State will be back in action on Sunday, March 24 as it faces Maryland at College Park. Action begins at noon.

Recap courtesy of MSU Athletics.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 18 Men's Tennis will open Big Ten play at the MSU Indoor Tennis Center this weekend, hosting No. 53 Nebraska on Friday at 6 pm and Wisconsin on Sunday at noon.

Scouting No. 53 Nebraska
The Cornhuskers come to East Lansing with a 10-5 record on the season, 2-2 against ranked opponents. The Huskers' only other top-25 opponent to date was national no. 24 Baylor who swept Nebraska 7-0 in Waco, Texas.

Nebraska's lone ranked players are the doubles pairing of senior Nic Wiedenhorn and junior Anton Shepp, who are slotted just inside the ranked threshold at No. 80. Nebraska freshman Colson Wells hails from Okemos, Mich. and makes his return to the 517.

Series History vs. Nebraska
The winner of Friday afternoon's affair will take the lead in the all-time series, with the two sides having split the 16 prior meeting 8-8. Nebraska is 4-3 against MSU in East Lansing. The Cornhuskers have taken the last two matchups between the two sides.

Scouting Wisconsin
Wisconsin holds a season record of 1-12 and has won just 22 of 90 team points played. The Badgers play at No. 43 Michigan on Friday prior to coming up the road to East Lansing for Sunday's match.

The Badgers are represented in the ITA Rankings by senior Mihailo Popovic and sophomore Michael Minasyan who pair up to make the 72nd-ranked doubles pairing.

Series History vs. Wisconsin
The Badgers hold a 37-44 all-time series lead over the Spartans, while MSU could even up the record between the two sides in East Lansing, which currently stands at 19-20. Michigan State will look to snap an eight-match losing streak against Wisconsin, last having come out on top on April 11, 2014.

Big Ten's Best
Following the March 19 ITA National Rankings update, Michigan State sophomore Ozan Baris was slotted as the highest ranked singles and doubles player out of the Big Ten. The Okemos, Mich. native pairs with junior Max Sheldon to make the nation's No. 3 ranking in doubles and is allotted 11th in singles.

This is the second time Baris has sat atop the B1G, reaching as high as No. 4 nationally in singles and No. 1 in doubles with Sheldon following the pairs ITA Fall National Championship in November. Both rankings were all-time bests for a Spartan.

They've got Chemistry
In 16 matches second-year head coach Harry Jadun has lined up 15 different doubles pairings, all of which have recorded at least one win while 10 of the duos have winning records. The most frequently used is the duo of senior Graydon Lair and junior Max Sheldon who have played together in under half of the matches and hold a 6-1 record.

Spartans in ITA DI Men's Tennis Rankings Update (March 19, 2024)
Singles

• No. 11 – Ozan Baris
• No. 34 – Ronald Hohmann III
• No. 115 – Graydon Lair

Doubles

• No. 3 – Max Sheldon/Ozan Baris
• No. 66 – Ozan Baris/Ronald Hohmann III
• No. 68 – Ronald Hohmann III/Sebastien Collard

Preview courtesy of MSU Athletics.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State softball gets B1G play started on the road this weekend, traveling to Evanston, Ill. for a three-game series at Northwestern on March 22-24. All games will be streamed on B1G+.

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Friday, March 22 - 4:00 p.m. EDT
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Saturday, March 23 - 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Sunday, March 22 - 1:00 p.m. EDT
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ABOUT NORTHWESTERN
Northwestern is 13-7 overall, and is No. 47 by RPI after ranked wins over Boston (2-0) and South Carolina (4-3) last weekend. NU went 2-0 in mid-week contests this week defeating DePaul (3-1) and UIC (7-1). Northwestern went 4-2 against non-conference opponents it had in common with Michigan State, falling to Boise State and NC State, but defeating South Carolina, Boston, Minnesota and DePaul.

Michigan State is 29-84 all-time against NU, and is 18-39 when playing on the road. MSU last defeated Northwestern on April 13, 2011 (13-4, 5 inn.). The Wildcats have won 20-straight games against MSU.

The Wildcats rank #172 nationally in batting average (.259), #21 in ERA (2.101), #39 in OBP (.396) and #78 in scoring (5.05).

Michigan State graduate Ashley Miller ('21-'23) ranks #14 nationally in ERA (0.93), #9 in hits allowed per seven (3.50), #5 in saves (4), #63 in strikeouts (73) and #32 in strikeouts per seven (8.5). Opponents are hitting just .144 off of Miller this season. Freshman Riley Grudzielanek is second on the team in ERA (2.54) and innings pitched (30.1), making six starts for the Wildcats. Opponents are hitting .306 vs. Grudzielanek in the circle. Grudzielanek will also swing the bat at times for NU, hitting .250 in 28 at-bats with two home runs and eight RBI.

Kansas Robinson leads the team in batting average (.416) and extra-base hits (9) along with tying Hannah Cady for the team-high in RBI (15). Robinson holds a slight edge in team OPS (1.177). Bridget Donahey is among the most patient batters in the country with 20 drawn walks, good for a .540 OBP. Her OBP ranks #23 nationally and is #3 in the B1G. Donahey is second on the team with a 1.150 OPS. Angela Zedak is hitting .327 with a .995 OPS, rarely striking out with just nine strikeouts on the season compared to 13 walks in 20 games. Hannah Cady is hitting .268 with a .394 OBP, bringing All-B1G experience to the Wildcats lineup (2022 - 1st Team, 2023 - 2nd Team).

MSU DEFEATED LATE AT NOTRE DAME
Michigan State led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning on Tuesday at Notre Dame, but a late Fighting Irish rally led to a 4-2 defeat.

Hannah Hawley hit her sixth home run of the season in the third inning to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead. Senior Jenae Wash later singled up the middle to plate sophomore Britain Beshears from third to double MSU's advantage.

Back-to-back base hits put two runners on for Notre Dame before a one-out Spartan error led to a run. With two outs on the board following a fielder's choice, the Fighting Irish scored one on a bases loaded walk and two more on a pinch-hit single up the middle of the infield.

PRODIGIOUS POP
MSU hit 30 home runs through 26 non-conference games, which marks the most home runs by the program since the 2019 season (39 in 50 games). In 2024 Michigan State ranks No. 25 nationally in home runs per game (1.15). The Spartans need 34 home runs to crack the program Top 10 for single-season home runs.

2024: 30 in 26 games
2023: 17 in 46 games
2022: 25 in 52 games
2021: 16 in 40 games
2020: 9 in 22 games

HAULING IN HITS
Sophomore Hannah Hawley is making a major impact on the Spartan lineup in her first season in East Lansing. When leading off an inning, Hawley is reaching base at a .500 clip.

Hawley leads the Spartans with a .359 batting average, a .444 on-base percentage and a 1.149 OPS, while ranking second on the team in slugging (.705). Hawley leads the team with 28 hits, 15 extra-base hits and 10 walks drawn. Her 16 runs scored is tied for the team-high with Britain Beshears. Hawley also leads the Spartans with nine multi-hit games (four three-hit games, five two-hit games) and is second with four multi-RBI games.

BASHING BESHEARS
Sophomore Britain Beshears ranks #13 nationally in home runs (10) and #14 home runs per game (0.38). Beshears is #2 in the B1G in home runs and her 10 home runs already rank tied for ninth in program history for a single season.

No Spartan had hit 10 home runs in a season since 2019 (Caitie Ladd, 11). Michigan State's single-season record for home runs is 20 (Lindsey Hansen, 2011).

UP NEXT
Michigan State remains on the road next weekend when it travels to Iowa City, Iowa for a three-game series against Iowa on March 29-31. Iowa is 12-10 this season and are winners of four straight. The Hawkeyes open B1G play at home against Wisconsin.

Preview courtesy of MSU Athletics.

WACO, Texas – Michigan State Track & Field will kick off the outdoor season at the Clyde Hart Classic down south on Friday and Saturday, March 22-23.

40 of Michigan State's top men's and women's track and field student-athletes will compete outdoors at Baylor University in Waco, Texas on the back of an indoor season that was full of consistent individual progress and personal records.

The indoor season culminated with graduate student Heath Baldwin's national runner-up finish behind a Big Ten record and sixth best all-time score of 6238. Baldwin garnered U.S. Track and Field & Cross Country Coaches Association Great Lakes Region Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year for that and his other achievements during the late fall and winter.

As the typically smaller indoor track changes to a larger one outdoors, so do the events. The throws events become the hammer throw, discus and javelin, retaining the shot put. The shortest sprints change from 60m to 100m and 110m for hurdles. A 4x100m relay is also added, as is the steeple chase distance event.

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NCAA Hockey selection show underway on ESPNU right now…

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It is safe to say that class of 2025 three-star defensive lineman Brad Fitzgibbon was blown away on his unofficial visit to Michigan State on Saturday.

The Chicago defensive tackle watched a full-padded spring practice, got to spend quality one-on-one time with some of Michigan State's coaches and walked out of East Lansing with a scholarship offer.

He was able to grow his relationships with Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith, defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Joe Rossi, defensive line coach Legi Suiaunoa and the rest of the staff.

It was a memorable experience for the Marist High School standout, and getting the scholarship offer was special for him.

"They really took the time to get to know me and allow me to get to know them," Fitzgibbon said about the MSU coaches. "It wasn’t scripted or forced conversation, so there’s a great connection there. Coach Smith made time after practice to talk with me one-on-one for about a half-an-hour and made a point to say he wanted to look me in the eyes to give me the offer, and that is something that’s going to stick with me through this recruiting process."

He also said this:

"It was one of, if not the, best recruiting visits I have been on."

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MSU hockey gets the fourth No. 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.