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The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Podcast Discussing Michigan State Basketball.

The Final Four Is Not on the Schedule, Bleav

Michigan State basketball fanalysts Eric and Rod break down the Spartans to a level of detail that casual and hardcore Spartan fans will love.

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01:03:30

MSU Defeats Illinois 80-78 in Clash of Heavyweights

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2025/01/19

January 19, 2025: Michigan State hosted Illinois in their first real matchup of conference heavyweights and managed to hang on for an 80-78 win. As Rod predicted in the pregame, it came down to a one possession game with two teams taking away the others’ strengths.The teams were even on the boards, transition points, FG%, turnovers, free throw attempts, and field goal attempts. The difference came down to the Spartans hitting a few more free throws and only having Illinois convert a few more 3

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01:19:27

Big Ten Showdown Against Illinois Looms in East Lansing

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2025/01/17

January 17, 2025: In what is probably the most anticipated matchups of the year to date, Michigan State will host Illinois on Sunday afternoon. The game pits two of the top 15 teams in the country and maybe the top in the Big Ten. To date, MSU is riding a 10 game winning streak and is 6-0 in the league but has yet to play any team with a winning record.The Spartans have been promising and shown signs that this might be a special season. However, the real question is whether Michigan State is a

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54:54

MSU Squeezes Past Penn State 90-85

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2025/01/16

January 15, 2025: Well, MSU returned home from Evanston and had only a few days to prep for a pesky Penn State team and was pushed but ultimately won 90-85. It was a less than stellar defensive performance from the Spartans as they largely had no answer for the Nittany Lions’ ball screens.Fortunately, the Spartans were good on the offensive boards and in protecting the ball leading to an advantage in second chance points 23-6 and in points off turnovers 27-13. Now, they await their first Big Ten

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01:11:18

MSU Looks to Continue Winning Ways Against Penn State

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2025/01/14

January 13, 2025: Michigan State returns home for a matchup against reeling Penn State on Wednesday evening. The Spartans are riding a nine game win streak and are unbeaten in league play at 5-0. One challenge for the green and white is that they have to maintain their focus in what could be a trap game with Illinois coming to town on Sunday.Penn State might be without their all everything point guard, Ace Baldwin, who suffered a back injury during their Illinois game. Without him, the Nittany

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01:07:32

Michigan State Extends Win Streak to 9 with Road Win...

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2025/01/13

January 12, 2025: Michigan State took care of business in Evanston on Sunday afternoon with a relatively stress free 78-68 win over a tricky Northwestern team. MSU led by as much as 23 in the first half and took a 19 point lead into halftime. They built the lead largely on the backs of turning over the Wildcats and forcing bad shots on defense in conjunction with a great pace on offense. Jeremy Fears, Jr. continues to grow in his role as lead point guard for this team as he is providing both energy

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01:10:20

MSU Back on the Road to Take on Tricky Northwestern Team

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2025/01/11

January 11, 2025: Michigan State is looking to continue its winning ways as it heads back onto the road to Evanston with a matchup against the Northwestern Wildcats. Of late, the ‘Cats have sort of had the Spartans’ number winning two of the last three at home and generally giving MSU fits every time they play.But this year’s Spartans feel different and Chris Collins has a much different team without Boo Buie running the show. However, the way the Wildcats operate is relatively unchanged with

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01:05:23

MSU Annihilates Washington 88-54 in Front of Izzone...

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2025/01/10

January 9, 2025: Michigan State returned home to the Breslin along with the Izzone Alumni to put on a show obliterating the Washington Huskies 88-54. The Spartans only allowed the Huskies 13 points in the first half and dominated Washington in just about every aspect of the game. MSU held Washington’s best player, Great Osobor, to just 6 points on 0-8 shooting en route to one of their best defensive performances of the season. Jaden Akins led the Spartans in scoring with 20 while Fears had a double

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01:12:11

MSU Returns to Breslin to Face Washington

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2025/01/06

January 6, 2025: Michigan State returns to the Breslin Center after a victory in Columbus and a 3-0 league record. They welcome in the Washington Huskies formerly of the Pac-12 for their first visit to East Lansing. This is certainly a game that MSU is projected to win but Washington will present some interesting challenges.Most notably is Great Osobor who is a transfer from Utah State who came with first year head coach, Danny Sprinkle, as one of the top players available in the portal. Osobor is

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01:05:15

MSU Gets Gritty Road Win Over Ohio State, 69-62

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2025/01/04

January 3, 2025: Michigan State resumed Big Ten play on the road against Ohio State in much the same way they ended play in early December - with a win. This time they won 69-62 in a hard fought game against a good opponent. It was a game in which MSU led most of the game outside of a brief moment in the second half after a huge Buckeye run that cut the Spartans’ lead from double digits. Ultimately, Michigan State was able to do just enough defensively to slow down the Buckeyes’ shooting and force

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01:09:37

MSU Resumes Big Ten Play in Columbus

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2025/01/02

January 2, 2025: Happy New Year to you and your families as we talk about MSU’s upcoming resumption of Big Ten play against the Ohio State Buckeyes. We are probably 4-5 weeks away from having a real good feel for the quality of any of the Big Ten teams. Ohio State is a good example of that.The Buckeyes opened the season with a big win over Texas but then dropped a game to Texas A&M. They seemed to get back on track until they lost big to Auburn and Maryland. Just when you thought things might

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23:57

MSU Beats Western Michigan 80-62

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2024/12/31

December 30, 2024: Michigan State welcomed back former assistant coach Dwayne Stephens with his Western Michigan Bronco team and handed them an 80-62 loss. Despite the 18 point deficit, it was a game in which Western Michigan kept within 5-10 points for the majority of the game. However, it was some late opportune shooting and defense which pushed out the lead at the end of the game for the Spartans.Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we recommend

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33:09

MSU 2025-26 Recruit Cam Ward Joins Us

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2024/12/30

December 30, 2024: New MSU commit, Cam Ward is a 6’7” 210# forward from Upper Marlboro, MD. He will join the Spartans next year and comes with a diverse game scoring, shooting, rebounding, and defending. Ward won the Gatorade POY for Maryland last year and is looking to defend his high school’s state title as well. All of this he does under the coaching from his father whom he says has been a good teacher and (hopefully) someone who readies him for Head Coach Izzo next year. Are you looking for

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MSU Welcomes Back DJ Stephens and his Western...

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2024/12/27

December 27, 2024: The Spartans will welcome back former long time assistant coach Dwayne Stephens and his Western Michigan Broncos on Monday at the Breslin Center. It’s been tough sledding for Stephens at Western as he has had trouble assembling a competitive team even in the diminished mid-american conference. This year’s team isn’t off to a great start at just 3-8 with only two of those wins over D1 schools. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we

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01:16:33

MSU Cruises to 86-69 Win over FAU

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2024/12/22

December 21, 2024: Michigan State returned back to the Breslin Center for a home game against the Florida Atlantic Owls and cruised to an 86-69 victory. It was a close game throughout the first 13-14 minutes of the game until MSU started to tighten the screws on defense and finished with a 42-29 lead at half time. The Spartans continued to do just enough to extend the lead slightly and cruise in with a 17 point win over a good team.Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear

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01:16:17

MSU Readies to Take on FAU at the Breslin Center

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2024/12/19

December 19, 2024: Michigan State returns back to the Breslin Center for a home game against former Final Four team - the Florida Atlantic Owls. The Owls are under a new coach this year as Dusty May moved on to Ann Arbor. But the Owls seem to be a pretty good team with an 8-5 record and a lot of size. FAU is a top 100 team on Ken Pom with a rating of #46 on offense but #179 on defense. Teams are rebounding well against the Owls as well as shooting an almost impossible 40% from behind the arc. The

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58:10

MSU Blasts Oakland 77-58 to Move to 23-0 in the...

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2024/12/18

December 17, 2024: Michigan State was challenged by Oakland once again struggling to manage a 32-31 lead at half time at Little Caesar’s Arena in Detroit. But the second half was a different animal as the Spartans blasted the Golden Grizzlies by 18 to win comfortably 77-58. It was a game where both teams coming in were struggling from 3 but each shot 35%. The difference in the game was MSU dominated second chance points 25-7 by achieving 59% offensive rebounding rate. Next up for the Spartans is a

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01:01:56

MSU Returns to Action to Take on Oakland

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2024/12/16

December 15, 2024: Michigan State heads back to the hard court after ten days off since their two Big Ten matchups. The Spartans continue their long annual series with the Oakland Golden Grizzlies for its 23rd year. So far, MSU is 22-0 in the series but Oakland usually poses some interesting challenges for the Green and White. Oakland is coming off its most important win in their history last year where they won a first round NCAA tournament game by upsetting Kentucky. They weren’t able to keep that

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01:06:25

MSU Dismantles Nebraska 87-52: "They are a team the...

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2024/12/08

December 7, 2024: Michigan State came out on Saturday and destroyed the Nebraska Cornhuskers 89-52 to open the Spartans’ home Big Ten play. The 37 point margin was tied for the second biggest Big Ten winning margin for MSU in their history.The game looked exactly as you would expect for a blowout win at home against a very good Big Ten opponent. Nebraska was ranked 41st on KenPom coming into the game so we expected a close and competitive game. What transpired over 40 minutes became much less

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55:34

MSU Welcomes Nebraska for Big Ten Opener

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2024/12/06

December 5, 2024: On Saturday, Michigan State will welcome in Fred Hoiberg and his Nebraska Cornhuskers as the Spartans’ Big Ten home opener. It will be Nebraska’s first Big Ten game and one in which they carry a 6-1 non conference record highlighted with an 11 point win on the road at Creighton. The ‘Huskers play fast, defend well, and shoot pretty well which should give MSU a challenge at home before finals week and a slowed down December schedule. Questions abound for the Spartans team whose

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57:26

MSU Wins Big Ten Season Opener on the Road in...

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2024/12/05

December 4, 2024: Michigan State’s conference season opener was a good one on the road as they come away from Williams Arena in Minneapolis with a 90-72 victory over the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. It was a win in which MSU did just about everything we suspected they would need to do to get a win. Run, rebound, and shoot well.It was the first game this year where the Spartans shot well from behind the arc going 11-22 for 3 and had 25 assists on 29 field goals. They also dominated the Gophers on

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