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Former MSU walk-on Kenny Goins says when he got his scholarship from the coaching staff, he couldn't stop smiling then went outside Breslin Center, sat down by the Magic Johnson statue and started crying.
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Khy Winston, right in blue hoodie, puts his arm around his older brother Cassius as they sit with Tum Tum Nairn during MSU’s warmups. Khy is a freshman basketball player at Albion.
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Tucker: "I don't like to talk about bad calls. That's not part of our culture. We don't like to make excuses about anything. I think that makes your program soft and gives your players and coaches a way out."
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Izzo says he told Watts he “did what we asked him to do” driving downhill. Said Watts was in tears telling Izzo it was the first time his mom watched him play in college.
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Izzo closed with this powerful statement: "I appreciate everybody being here. And before you leave, I hope you meet the 10 people around you and become close. The world needs it. Michigan State needs it. The grieving time needs it. I need it."
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Tucker, who coaches CBs, on watching MSU give up nearly 400 yards to Penix: "Hell yeah I take it personal. I take it all personal. ... The resume is on the tape. Right now, I'm a horseshit football coach."
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Jayden Reed on his TD catch: "I love 50/50 balls, because I believe they're 100% balls when they're coming my way."
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Windsor: McQuaid told Ahrens, 'I'm about to go off.' And then he did
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Tom Izzo is taking MSU to his eighth Final Four in 24 years.
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This is at least the fourth non-coaching incident with Juwan Howard. Ran onto court at MSU during play in 2020, threatened Maryland’s Mark Turgeon last year and picking up a loose ball for a technical at Iowa a few days ago. By far, this is the worst.
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Tucker on wearing down Miami in the Florida heat: “We wanted to drag them into the deep water where we live, with the strain and the struggle and the pressure.”
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Izzo said he didn't tell Fred Hoiberg he would start Jack. When he was riding to the arena, "as a coach this day in age ... a coach can never do what he wants to do." He had talked himself out of it then changed his mind because he wanted to make a memory for Jack and the family.
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ESPN's Jay Bilas says Tom Izzo is one of the best coaches in all of American sports. "He is on the top level with any coach that's ever done this. He's not sitting in the back seat of any car with college coaches in it, not one. His program is the envy of the game."
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Can confirm: Former MSU and Lions WR Charles Rogers has died. The Saginaw native was 38 years old.
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MSU’s A.J. Hoggard named to the East Region all-tourney team.
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Mel Tucker is the first MSU coach to beat Michigan his first two seasons.
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New MSU football coach Mel Tucker will not retain any of Mark Dantonio's assistant coaches, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Free Press. An MSU spokesman could not comment.
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MSU offensive coordinator Jay Johnson says Jalen Nailor and Jayden Reed will be active for the Peach Bowl.
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Marquette wasn't called for a foul the final 9:12 of the first half. Seven on MSU in the last seven minutes, including six in a 2:50 span.
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Heyward said the end of his MSU career hit him at the end of the game. "Sometimes it has to rain to see the sunny days. I think everything came full circle."
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MSU QB Payton Thorne on coach Mel Tucker: "There's nobody in the country I'd rather play for. I love playing for him."
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Cassius Winston’s Michigan State legacy transcends basketball. Here’s how I know
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Jayden Reed named the Peach Bowl offensive MVP, Cal Haladay the defensive MVP.
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Sources: Big Ten cancels football season; no games for Michigan, Michigan State in 2020 via
@freep
@reporterdavidj
@ByChrisThomas
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Tucker said recruits have told him on visits to MSU that it is "way, way, way, way better than they expected."
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Multiple sources confirm MSU football's current coaching staff has been relieved of its duties by athletic director Alan Haller. Sounds like more info could be coming later today regarding the search for a new head coach.
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Izzo says it was "a tear-jerking conversation" in a "tough locker room" after the loss. "I felt like they gave me everything. ... I never thought they gave up or gave in."
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Cassius Winston just walked into Breslin coirtside with his ingest brother, Khy. Cassius has his hoodie on pulled up over his head and sitting on the bench as teammates are warming up.
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MSU announces a $32 million donation from former basketball player Mat Ishbia that will fund a $20 million new football building.
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Attorney Dave Diamond representing one of the suspended MSU players alleges a Michigan player “engaged with Spartan athletes with his helmet and swinging a punch.”
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MSU senior safety Xavier Henderson's full comments. Can't say I've heard any Spartan while in uniform as a current player go off like this.
Xavier Henderson is rattling off a list of former Michigan players who have talked trash this week, including assistant coach Mike Hart and Chase Winovich among others. "I don't know what they're talking about now."
Sure sounds like Henderson plans to be in the NFL next year.
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His star’s brother died. His captain missed year. On top of that - not even in story - one of his best friends/assistant coach was gone for a month w/a son who needs a heart transplant (reported Wednesday).
Tom Izzo still led MSU to a share of Big Ten title.
Read. The. Story.
Tom Izzo's best coaching job, Cassius Winston’s resurgence halted by NCAA tournament's sudden cancellation
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Izzo said Cassius Winston was in the locker room after the game. "We love him more when he's gone, and believe it or not, I think he appreciates it more now that he's gone."
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Big fight in the tunnel with MSU players punching and kicking Michigan player as he laid on the ground.
@mattcharboneau
@kylebaustin
and me were right in the middle of it.
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Izzo says Foster Loyer is Winston’s roommate on the road and has done “a phenomenal job” in helping Winston through his tough family time. “Cassius talks about him in reverence.”
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Mel Tucker just posed for a pic with a group of students in the front row of the Izzone. On their shirts? A plastic duck smoking a cigar. They are "The Rubber Tuckies."
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Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis is expected to tender his resignation today in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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Tucker says MSU is one of the few schools where the football and basketball programs are so close. “We’re reading from the same hymnals.”
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No surprise Joey Hauser is done with his college career and getting a lot of love from his MSU teammates on Instagram. The second part is 🤔
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Gabe Brown will not return to MSU for his extra year of eligibilty and has signed with agents Steve Haney and Pedro Power of Parlay Sports.
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Tucker: "This is a football school. There's a lot of pride and tradition at Michigan State. And this is what our fans deserve. ... They deserve to see winning football and have a coaching staff and players who appreciate it."
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Have you heard he also has two children under the age of 5 and is married? And plays for a top-10 team? Some amazing stories on this MSU team, and Tillman is one of them.
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Former Michigan State forward Nick Ward has agreed to play for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA Summer League.
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Already some pushing, shoving and yelling. Michigan players didn't get out of the way for MSU walk. Devin Bush screaming in Spartans' faces as they run back to locker room after this. Bush in yellow.
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Mark Dantonio on his return to MSU football’s coaching staff.
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Izzo opens press conference: “What a great day to be a Spartan.” Football, hoops and hockey all with wins. Said he felt MSU played “awfully well.”
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In the tunnel after the game, Carol Hoiberg - mother of Jack, wife of Fred - gave Tom Izzo a big hug & thanked him for starting her son vs. Nebraska. "That was special." Izzo said he did it "because it was the right thing to do." Jack said he found out an hour before tipoff.
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Incorrect,
@ESPN
. MSU's Anthony Ianni (
@AI44LYD
) had 5 points in 27 career games. His story has been well-documented, including my piece from 2015. Was on scholarship 2 years at D-II Grand Valley State and 1 at MSU.
Kent State's Kalin Bennett becomes the first player with autism to score in a Division I game 👏
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MSU DE Jacoby Windmon's stats: Five tackles, 1.5 sacks, three forced fumbles (!!!), one fumble recovery, one pass breakup.
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Suspended MSU football coach Mel Tucker responds to allegations by Brenda Tracy via his attorney, Jennifer Z. Belveal.
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Izzo : “Foster Loyer acted like a captain and played like a captain.”
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In 70 combined minutes against MSU over the past two games, Illinois center Dain Dainja and Purdue big man Zach Edey were called for no fouls.
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Mel Tucker named Big Ten coach of the year by media and peers.
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MSU freshman Chuck Brantley on his game ending interception: “It was a great feeling. I feel like I made a play that …” he gets emotional. “It’s a lifetime memory.”
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Tears in his eyes, Izzo says he told every player he loved them in the locker room. Very powerful message on the fragility of life. Wants everyone to say I love you to people they love today.
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Tons of respect for Purdue from MSU folks.
Tucker: "You gotta own it. It's tough. But at the same time, this is a tough game for tough people."
Thorne: "They beat us tonight. We're not gonna sit here and say that we went and lost the game."
Henderson: "They deserved to win."
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Mel Tucker also is the first MSU coach to ever record his first victory against Michigan.
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Elijah Collins looks like a RB playing RB and not an athlete trying to become one.
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Gary Harris, Miles Bridges and Jaren Jackson Jr. all were 5-stars and all tweeted in support/defense of Izzo’s coaching style.
@BradGalli
@chrissolari
@TheSpartanMag
Anyone ever wonder if this type of behavior may be why 5 star recruits choose other schools ?
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For the second straight season, the team that eliminated MSU from the NCAA tournament is heading to the Final Four.
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Izzo says MSU players are totally vaccinated and boosted.
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Pat Narduzzi, Mel Tucker and their Pitt and MSU staffs had dinner together last night. "We're cut from the same cloth," Tucker said. Narduzzi said it was good to see many of the people with MSU's staff he knows.
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Izzo says PG AJ Hoggard told
him when MSU walked into the locker room, “If I don’t play better you should bench me. This is ridiculous.”
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Michigan State star Cassius Winston's brother dies after being hit by train
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Travis Trice's dad and mom comfort the MSU star after he collapsed in tears.
http://t.co/LxIMjWqWke
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Kyle Ahrens didn’t get to cut the nets in Chicago. He is here.
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Stanley says he hopes landlords will be understanding and work with students with off campus leases. (He's new in town).
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Miles Bridges here tonight at Breslin. Just shown on the big screen to a round of applause.
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Tom Izzo had the game ball in his hand and tears in his eyes as he just walked through the tunnel to the MSU locker room.
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MSU sophomore transfer Pierre Brooks on Instagram commits to Butler.
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Michigan student section the Maize Rage gives the MSU basketball team a standing ovation and applauds as the Spartans take the court with a little under 30 minutes before tipoff. Very classy gesture in a night expected to be filled with them from U-M.
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Izzo: "I get paid a lot of money, so take your shots at me. Don't take them at a kid who's a 3.7 student whose done more for the university" than them.
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Michigan State junior point guard Cassius Winston named Big Ten player of the year.
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If MSU beats Bradley, it will get a rematch with either Louisville or Minnesota in the second round. If they make the Sweet 16, the Spartans could face Maryland. Baffling bracketology.
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Jayden Reed on MSU's Kenneth Walker and the Heisman hype: "Actions speak louder than words. You see it out there on the field, he's the best running back in the nation."
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Greg Kampe, after all these years, deserves this moment.
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Izzo on Jaden Akins: "Some guys you sign and they're never as good as what you sign. And every once in a while, you sign guys that you say, 'Wow, this guy's better than I thought he was.' And Jaden's in that category."
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MSU’s Kenneth Walker III is first Walter Camp Award winner who was not named a Heisman finalist. Three other WCA winners finished third in Heisman voting. The last WCA winner to not win the Heisman was Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, 2018's runner-up.
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Izzo on 12 turnovers: “12 for us is like 2 for most teams.” Calls it “a big win.”
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Izzo says Ahrens' floor-slap "changed the whole ... atmosphere in the place."
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Langford said Rocket Watts' mom was at the game, which helped elevate his play. Thinks it may be the first time she has seen him play in college.
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Rocket Watts said he looked in the stands and saw his mom crying while watching him play. Says she’s not into sports but calls him after games.
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Tyson Walker coming through. 🍕
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Izzo says he was "impressed" with what his team did, pointing to Walker and Hoggard as well as Sissoko's defense in the paint. Says there are about 20 former players in MSU's locker room after the game. "For me," he adds, "that's it."
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I was asking Matt McQuaid
@mattblast3
about Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver when Gabe Brown
@_Going_Pro_
interrupted from afar. TV people apparently cannot get enough of Gabe.
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Gabe Brown on Joey Hauser: "I'm just so proud of him. Joey works his nuts off." Izzo quips, "This isn't HBO."
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Izzo: "I think today was a good win for Michigan State. And Michigan State means the world to me."
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Darius Snow staying at MSU and withdraws from transfer portal.
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Loyer undercuts a midair Brooks, who puts it back but the refs wave off the bucket because IDK.
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BREAKING: Izzo says MSU "got back to playing our War Drill three times today" to help with rebounding issues. Prepare to hear more about that during Saturday's broadcast.
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