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Durrell Summers Benched for Lack of Enthusiasm, Tom Izzo Says

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo cited co-captain Durrell Summers' lack of enthusiasm for benching the senior Saturday. Summers was benched with just under four minutes to play in regulation and he remained there through the Spartans' 71-67 overtime victory over Northwestern. "Durrell was not feeling like he was doing...

Year of the Spartan Still to Come

The Michigan State Spartans concluded a very successful season just over a week ago. They rode a two-seed past the defending champions, the top overall seed, and a supremely talented Connecticut squad before falling to the obvious best team in the nation, the NCAA champion Tar Heels. After a brief rest, the Spartans will...

Michigan State Carrying Big Ten Torch

Here on FanHouse, I've discussed the maligned Big Ten ad nauseum. For some reason, people just love to hate the power conference of the midwest. Droves of fans and media alike cried foul when the conference received seven total bids to the NCAA tournament -- conveniently ignoring the fact that three of the teams were given...

Green Dream Soothes Ailing City, State

DETROIT -- On command, when a local kid named Durrell Summers lifted off and nearly decapitated Stanley Robinson with a vicious dunk, a moving wave of green-swept humanity rose and rocked. Yes, your honor, this was a ridiculous homecourt advantage, a home-FIELD advantage of about 45,000 local crazies in a 72,500-seat...

Spartans Tame the Beast

Here's a question to nibble on between games: Where would Michigan State have finished in the Big East?Remember the Big East? The monster conference of all-time? The beast? The 16-team behemoth that grabbed three of the four No. 1 seeds in this tournament? That just 10 days ago had a chance to have four teams in the Final...