MSU basketball favored vs. rival Michigan on Saturday

MSU basketball is listed as a road favorite over Michigan in Saturday night’s matchup in Ann Arbor

Michigan State basketball is listed as a road favorite over Michigan in Saturday night’s matchup in Ann Arbor, Mich.

The Spartans are listed as a 5.5-point favorite over the Wolverines. Odds courtesy of FanDuel.

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Michigan State comes into this matchup with a 16-9 overall record and 8-6 mark in conference play. Michigan is 8-17 overall and 3-11 in Big Ten play this year.

Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on Fox.

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MSU basketball listed as slight favorite at Minnesota

Michigan State basketball will head to Minnesota as a slight favorite on Tuesday night

Michigan State basketball will head to Minnesota as a slight favorite on Tuesday night.

The Spartans are listed as a 3.5-point favorite against the Golden Gophers. Odds courtesy of FanDuel.

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Michigan State enters this matchup with a 14-8 overall record and 6-5 mark in conference games this year. The Spartans have won two straight and 10 of their last 13 matchups since early December.

Minnesota comes into this tilt with a 14-7 overall record and 5-5 mark in Big Ten play. The Golden Gophers also are riding a two-game winning streak, which included an impressive overtime victory over Northwestern this past weekend.

Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET and will be available via streaming only on Peacock.

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MSU Basketball opens as heavy favorites over Penn State in Thursday’s matchup

Michigan State basketball is expected to make easy work of Penn State on Thursday night

Michigan State basketball is expected to make easy work of Penn State on Thursday night.

The Spartans have opened as a 13.5-point favorite over Penn State in Thursday night’s home conference matchup. Betting odds courtesy of FanDuel.

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Michigan State enters this matchup on a four-game winning streak and holds an 8-5 overall record. Penn State has also experienced success lately with wins in three of their last four games. The Nittany Lions are 7-6 overall this year.

Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET from the Breslin Center. The game is available via streaming only on Peacock.

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Penn State announces NIL merger of Success With Honor and Lions Legacy Club

Happy Valley United is the result of an NIL collective merger at Penn State.

Penn State continues to be evolving in the era of Name, Image, and Likeness. On Thursday, Penn State announced a merger between two core NIL collectives with Success With Honor and the Lions Legacy Club to form the the new group named Happy Valley United NIL.

Success With Honor was originally launched with a focus on benefitting student-athletes in each of Penn State’s 31 sports programs. The Lions Legacy Club was established to focus solely on efforts related to football players. Now, the two groups will work as one with a stronger and, hopefully, more connected outlet for benefitting Penn State’s athletes.

“Both groups have been great supporters of our NIL efforts to date, but this merger was an important step in our ever-changing collegiate athletics landscape,” Penn State athletics director Pat Kraft said in a released statement. “It was imperative for these two powerful collectives to join forces to provide a large breadth of NIL opportunities for student-athletes in all 31 of our sports programs to continue to push us forward.”

According to the release from Penn State, the new collective group will be powered by Blueprint Sports, which is led by Penn State alum Rob Sine. The new group will work to establish advisory boards specifically for football, basketball, and Olympic sports. In addition to accepting donations from fans and alums to benefit specific sports, fans will also be given opportunities to purchase select merchandise and collectibles to also help benefit the NIL initiative.

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