Category: Michigan State

MSU Football offers Florida 3-star CB Serious Stinyard

Michigan State football has extended an offer to a three-star cornerback from Florida only a few days before National Signing Day

Michigan State football has extended an offer to a three-star cornerback from Florida only a few days before National Signing Day.

Serious Stinyard of Tampa, Fla. announced on Monday night that he’s received a scholarship from the Spartans. He announced his offer from the Spartans via social media platform X.

Stinyard is a three-star cornerback in the 2025 class. He ranks as the No. 74 cornerback in 247Sports’ rankings for the class.

Michigan State is one of more than 10 programs to extend an offer to Stinyard. He also holds notable offers from NC State, Kansas State, Minnesota, West Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky and Tulane.

Stinyard is expected to sign his National Letter of Intent (NLI) on Wednesday when the early signing period opens. At this time, there is no clear cut favorite or verbal commitment for Stinyard, according to 247Sports.

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Four Spartans earn All-Big Ten Honorable Mention

See which Spartans received All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors this year

Michigan State football was shut out of the All-Big Ten offensive and defensive teams, but they did have a number of players earn Honorable Mention honors.

On the defensive side of the ball, three Spartans received All-Big Ten Honorable Mention: linebacker Jordan Turner, cornerback Charles Brantley and defensive end Khris Bogle. On the other side of the ball, only offensive lineman Luke Newman received All-Big Ten Honorable Mention for the Spartans.

Michigan State had a pair of special teams All-Big Ten selections in kicker Jonathan Kim and punter Ryan Eckley. Both players made the second team for the coaches, while Kim made the second team for the media and Eckley was third team.

Michigan State football finished the season with a 5-7 overall record and 3-6 mark in Big Ten play. The Spartans missed out on a bowl game for a third straight year and for the fourth time in the last five seasons.

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Spartans move up in latest ESPN ‘Bracketology’ update

Michigan State’s strong showing in Maui has them moving up in Joe Lunardi’s latest “Bracketology” update

Michigan State’s strong showing in Maui has them moving up in Joe Lunardi’s latest “Bracketology” update on ESPN.com.

Lunardi released his latest batch of NCAA Tournament bracket projections on Tuesday, which saw the Spartans move up to a No. 7 seed. Lunardi currently has Michigan State facing off against No. 10 seed Georgia in the first round of the South Region.

Michigan State is one of 10 schools from the Big Ten in Lunardi’s current bracket projection. Purdue is the highest-seeded Big Ten team as a No. 3 seed, with Oregon right behind as a No. 4 seed.

Michigan State is currently 6-2 overall on the year, with a notable victory over North Carolina. The Spartans return to the court on Wednesday in a road Big Ten opener against Minnesota.

Click here to see the complete bracket projection from Lunardi.

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Prediction and betting odds for MSU Basketball vs. Minnesota on Wednesday

Analyzing Wednesday’s Michigan State-Minnesota game with odds and lines, predictions and best bets

The Spartans head up north for their Big Ten opener.

Michigan State basketball will face Minnesota on Wednesday night in their first game of league play this year. The Spartans will play a pair of conference games this week, with the second coming on Saturday at home against Nebraska.

Michigan State is 6-2 overall following a strong showing in the Maui Invitational. The Spartans finished in third place in the event after knocking off North Carolina in their final game last Wednesday.

Minnesota is 6-3 overall after a shakey start to the year. The Golden Gophers have yet to pick up a marquee win, and have dropped one game against a mid-major foe (North Texas) and narrowly gotten by a number of other mid-major opponents.

Check out the game odds, prediction and viewing options below.

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Michigan State vs. Minnesota game odds:

All College Basketball Odds via BetMGM:

  • Point spread: Michigan State -5.5
  • Money line: Michigan State -205 / Minnesota +168
  • Over-under: 130.5

Michigan State vs. Minnesota prediction, pick

There’s no such thing as an easy road game in Big Ten play — but this may be the “easiest” on the Spartans’ slate this year. Minnesota isn’t the same NCAA Tournament bubble team as last year, and if Michigan State is truly going to contend for a Big Ten title then they better win this one. I think they do through a strong defensive effort.

Prediction: Michigan State 75, Minnesota 67

Michigan State vs. Minnesota channel, start time, streaming:

The Michigan State vs. Minnesota game starts at approximately 8:30 p.m. ET and can be seen on Big Ten Network.

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MSU DE, former 4-star recruit Ken Talley to enter transfer portal

DE Ken Talley is the first known Spartans player to enter the transfer portal and leave the program since the regular season ended

The first ripple of a potential wave of players entering the transfer portal for Michigan State football has struck.

Defensive end Ken Talley made it known on Tuesday that he will enter the transfer portal when it officially opens next week. The postseason transfer portal will open on December 9, and Talley is the first known Spartan to announce he’ll enter the portal.

Talley is a former four-star prospect who originally committed to Penn State out of the 2022 class, but transferred to Michigan State prior to ever playing for the Nittany Lions of the 2022 season. In his two seasons with the Spartans, he appeared in 15 games and recorded 11 tackles — three were for loss and 1.5 were sacks.

Talley will have two years of eligibility remaining for wherever he lands out of the portal.

Stay with Spartans Wire as more transfer portal news is set to break over the next week.

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MSU Basketball to play Rutgers at Madison Square Garden in January

Michigan State basketball will return to Madison Square Garden next month

Michigan State basketball will return to Madison Square Garden next month.

The Spartans officially announced on Tuesday that their originally scheduled road game against Rutgers on January 25 will now be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was reported before the season that this schedule update would occur but it was not made official until this week.

The game will tip off at 1:30 p.m. ET and will be televised on CBS.

Michigan State and Rutgers last played each other at Madison Square Garden in 2023. The Scarlet Knights came out on top in that matchup.

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MSU Basketball listed surprisingly low in initial NET rankings

The initial NET rankings were released on Monday, and Michigan State basketball was surprisingly low

The initial NET rankings were released on Monday, and Michigan State basketball was surprisingly low.

Michigan State came in at No. 41 in the first batch of rankings released on Monday. That is surprisingly low for a team that is just outside the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 and just inside at No. 25 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

The NET rankings — which stands for NCAA Evaluation Tool — is used as the contemporary sorting tool to measure a team’s quality and help evaluate team resumes for selection and seeding in the NCAA tournament. This is simply another tool similar to KenPom or other similar power rankings systems.

Michigan State is 6-2 overall and 1-2 in Quad 1 games this year. The Spartans’ rankings is most likely lower than expected due to narrow wins over Bowling Green and Samford — who are not highly-rated teams.

The Spartans will get the opportunity to boost their NET ranking in a pair of conference games this week. Michigan State first heads to Minnesota on Wednesday before hosting Nebraska on Saturday.

Click here to see the complete NET rankings as they stand today.

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MSU G Jase Richardson set to return at Minnesota on Wednesday

Michigan State basketball is set to get back one of its top scorers for Wednesday’s Big Ten opener against Minnesota

Michigan State basketball is set to get back one of its top scorers for Wednesday’s Big Ten opener against Minnesota.

Spartans freshman guard Jase Richardson is “good to go” for Wednesday’s road game against Minnesota. Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press reported the notable injury news on Monday evening.

Richardson sat out the final game of the Maui Invitational due to concussion protocol. Michigan State was able to win that game against North Carolina despite Richardson being out.

Through seven games this year, Richardson is averaging 10.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game. He ranks third on the Spartans in scoring.

Tipoff from Minnesota is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

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Michigan State women’s hoops ranked in AP Top 25 poll this week

Michigan State women’s basketball is ranked for the first time in the Robyn Fralick era

Michigan State women’s basketball is ranked for the first time in the Robyn Fralick era.

The Spartans cracked the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 on Monday for the first time since Fralick took over as the head coach. Fralick is in her second season in leading the Spartans.

Michigan State was ranked at No. 24 in this week’s poll. The Spartans are one of nine schools from the Big Ten to be ranked this week. UCLA leads the way as the No. 1 school in the country.

Michigan State is a perfect 8-0 on the season. Last week, the Spartans won the Acrisure Classic with wins over Cal and Vanderbilt.

Click here to see the complete AP Top 25 poll for this week.

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Michigan State basketball back in the top 25 of USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

The Spartans are ranked for the first time this year.

Michigan State basketball is ranked for the first time this year.

The Spartans cracked the top 25 of the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll for the first time this season on Monday. Michigan State came in at No. 25 in the updated poll released this week.

Michigan State is coming off an impressive showing at the Maui Invitational, where they won two of three games to finish in third-place. That included a notable victory over North Carolina to wrap up the tournament and improve to 6-2 overall on the year.

The Spartans are one of six teams from the Big Ten ranked this week. The other ranked Big Ten teams are Purdue (No. 7), Oregon (No. 10), Wisconsin (No. 11), Illinois (No. 17) and Michigan (No. 23).

Click here to see the complete rankings from USA TODAY Sports.

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