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Korie Lucious Suspended for Season by Michigan State

Korie Lucious season is over at Michigan State because of conduct detrimental to the team, Spartans head coach Tom Izzo announced Tuesday.. "Unfortunately, Korie Lucious displayed conduct detrimental to the program," Izzo said in a statement. "My focus is on this team for the remainder of the season." Lucious was...

Draymond Green, Michigan State Edge Wisconsin in Overtime Thriller

Save for a stretch in the middle of the game and the last two minutes of regulation, No. 20 Wisconsin completely stifled the capable Michigan State offense with tough team defense and by slowing down the pace of play to near lethargic levels. But a near-complete effort wasn't good enough in the Breslin Center, as the...

Penn State Deals Michigan State Spartans Another Blow

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Andrew Jones had 16 points and Talor Battle hit an off-balance jumper with 18 seconds left to lift Penn State past No. 18 Michigan State, 66-62 on Saturday. The Spartans (10-5, 2-1 Big Ten) had one last shot to tie, but Durrell Summers' 3 from the corner with 10 seconds left sailed wide of the...

FanHouse Roundtable: College Basketball Pre-Conference Awards

Most college basketball teams are between 1/3 and 1/2 of the season being completed and we're a just over a week until everyone dives fully into conference play. What better time, with the Christmas holiday looming and so many readers sitting at home looking for some reading material, to assess where we are. Everyone...

Tristan Thompson, Texas Bully Michigan State in East Lansing

Following Michigan State's humbling loss to Syracuse, Tom Izzo rued his team's lack of fight. Quite literally, in fact, as he referred to his squad as a "pretty boy jump shooting" team. The Spartans may not have been bullied as badly in the post as they were against the Orangemen, but equally uncharacteristic defensive...

Tom Izzo News From the Web

05/30/12 Tom Izzo talks leadership, Michigan State hoops at... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Many of the state's top movers and shakers are up north for the Mackinac Policy Conference this week.
05/30/12 2012 NBA Mock Draft: Major College Stars Who Won't... Source: Bleacher Report The first round of the 2012 NBA draft will be flooded with prospects that recorded impressive numbers at the college ranks.
05/23/12 Michael Rosenberg flashback: Tom Izzo battles to keep... Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI Michael Rosenberg left the Free Press for Sports Illustrated last week, but we just can't let him go.
05/23/12 Ready to go on dirt, snow Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI When you compete against Iron River's Nick Baumgartner, you're in for a battle.
05/22/12 Michigan's sports scene always gives us reasons to... Source: The Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor MI We always have had the sports story, team and athlete to get us through any season or year in our life.

Background on Tom Izzo

Tom Izzo (; born January 30, 1955) is an American college basketball coach. Since 1995, he has been the head coach for the Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, presiding over a prolonged period of success.

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