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

MSU Blows Out Bryant 87-62 in NCAA First Round

March 22, 2025: Michigan State took on the Bryant Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and won 87-62. Bryant proved to be a formidable opponent pushing the Spartans throughout the entire first half and beginning of the second. The Bulldogs led by as much as 5 in the first half but a late flurry from the Spartans gave them a 5 point lead heading into half time.
The first half star of the game for Michigan State was Coen Carr who was everywhere on the boards and scoring in the paint and at the line. But the story of the second half was MSU piling it on from the free throw line and on the offensive glass
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MSU's First Round Opponent Bryant Bulldogs Pregame

March 18, 2025: As expected, Michigan State got their number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament and will face the 15 seed Bryant Bulldogs from the America East Conference. Bryant has only been a Division I program for 17 years and this is their second appearance in the Big Dance. New head coach, Phil Martelli, Jr., is in his second year and was an assistant the last time Bryant received a bid.
Bryant won the regular season and conference tournament so this is a team used to winning. They boast one of the tallest teams in the country - almost 2 inches taller than MSU - and focus on offensive rebounding and shot blocking. Also, the Bulldogs like to run which should lead to a relatively fast paced and fun game that the Spartans will be more than happy to play. The game will be one of the last games of the first round probably slated to finish in the early hours of Saturday.
Finally, we began the discussion with rumors about the Indiana and Iowa head coaching jobs and Drake features prominently in both openings.
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MSU Bracket Reveal & the North Carolina Conspiracy

March 17, 2025: Michigan State got their expected at-large bid to the NCAA tournament last night and will be the 2 seed in the South. Their first round opponent is Bryant who we will go into in greater depth over the next few days. But 7 other Big Ten teams made the field and we discussed their draw in some depth.
Also, Bracket Dom joined us once again to discuss the strange development in this year’s selection committee where North Carolina made the dance and West Virginia was left out. Adding to the controversy, North Carolina’s AD was the head of the selection committee and had a stipulation in his contract of a $100,000 bonus if the Tar Heels made the NCAA Tournament. We delve into that and many of the other questions in the seeding.
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MSU Falls to Wisconsin 77-74 in BTT Semis

March 15, 2025: Michigan State had their 8 game winning streak against Big Ten opponents broken today as the Spartans fell to the Wisconsin Badgers, 77-74. Wisconsin had a huge showing from their star player, John Tonje, who finished the game with 32 points.
Most bracteology sites have MSU slated for a 2 seed whether they won the game or not. So MSU will wait for selection Sunday to find out their seeding, matchup, and location in their record breaking 27th straight appearance.
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MSU Beats Oregon in 1st Round 74-64, Wisconsin Next in the Semis

March 14, 2025: Michigan State took care of business in their first game in the Big Ten Tournament beating Oregon in convincing manner, 74-64 in the quarterfinals. The Spartans came out with good energy and despite letting Oregon keep it close throughout the first half, they closed the half strong heading into the locker room up 10.
From there, it was pretty even as Oregon made a quick push to cut the lead to 1 but just as quickly gave it all back and MSU cruised into the finish line with a 10 point win. Coen Carr had a standout game in this one with 8 rebounds (3 offensive), 10 points including 1-1 from behind the arc. They will take on the Badgers in the semifinals who blew out UCLA on the backs of an Big Ten Tournament record tying 19 3-pointers.
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BTT Quarterfinal Matchup Against Oregon

March 13, 2025: Michigan State begins its quest for a second banner tomorrow as it opens Big Ten Tournament play as the one seed against 8 seed Oregon. As you may recall, Oregon had a sizable half time lead over the Spartans at the Breslin Center in their only matchup this season. But then MSU put the clamps down and Jase Richardson went wild leading to a very comfortable win for the good guys.
Oregon advanced to the quarterfinals by edging out Indiana in front of a very partisan crowd in Indianapolis. Oregon comes in as a definite NCAA tournament team and decidedly middle of the pack on both offense and defense in the Big Ten. They are also riding an 8 game winning streak which will collide with MSU’s 7 game streak.
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MSU Punks UM 79-61 on Senior Day

March 9, 2025: Michigan State hosted Michigan to close the season on Senior Day and pounded the Wolverines 79-62 to win the Big Ten outright by 3 games. The 3 game margin is similar to Purdue’s the last three years and 17 Big Ten wins marks a record for the MSU program.
The win came largely on the back of a blistering first half by the Spartans where they clamped down on the Wolverines on defense and were hitting on all cylinders on the offensive end as well. Frankly, UM just looked shell shocked and headed to the locker room down 50-28.
The second half felt more like a meaningless exhibition until the very end as MSU was celebrating its seniors. As is tradition at MSU, seniors check out of the game and kiss the logo at center court - a tradition as well known as the first quarter wave at Children’s hospital in football at Iowa. However, Michigan reserve guards Phat Phat Brooks and LJ Cason decided to stand at center court in the way as MSU tried to cycle through its seniors. Tre Holloman took issue with those guys ruining his senior teammates’ tradition and started a shoving match. Double technical fouls assessed and the game was over.
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MSU Welcomes UM to East Lansing on Senior Day

March 7, 2025: Michigan State returns to East Lansing for senior day against hated rival Michigan. They also return already as outright champs of the Big Ten with an opportunity to win the league by an amazing 3 games. Not bad for a team projected to finish 5th preseason.
Since the last meeting of the teams in Ann Arbor, they’ve both gone in opposite directions. MSU has not stopped winning whether on the road or at home and UM has lost most of thosegames getting blown out once at home and losing another. Now a struggling Michigan team that looks worn out limps into the Breslin for one last regular season game.
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MSU Clinches Outright Big Ten Title in Iowa City, 91-84

March 6, 2025: Michigan State was severely tested by the Hawkeyes in Iowa City on senior night in a game MSU needed to win in order to win the Big Ten Title outright. The Spartans got the job done 91-84 with a blistering second half to the second half where they scored 43 points in the final 12 minutes of the second half.
Iowa led at half by 7 and was up by as many as 14 points where they had flipped the script and were looking more like MSU with their attacking style at the rim and rebounding. Maybe Iowa wore down like most of MSU’s opponents late in games and their defense became leaky. Either way, MSU gets the win on the road and can return to East Lansing outright Big Ten Champs with a home date against Michigan on Senior night.
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MSU Looks to Clinch Big Ten Championship Against Iowa on the Road

March 5, 2025: Michigan State heads to Iowa City for its last road game of the year against a flailing Hawkeye team. The game has Big Ten title implications as a win assures MSU with no worse than a tie for Tom Izzo’s 11th Big Ten title. And this Iowa team is really struggling on both ends of the court - especially the boards where they are almost inconceivably bad.
Iowa’s star big man, Owen Freeman, is out for year now and Iowa has really been struggling inside. They Hawks have gone 2-6 since his departure and they are probably one win away from making the Big Ten Tournament meaning they need to win at home on senior night against MSU or on senior night in Lincoln over the Huskers.
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