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Watch Tom Izzo postgame comments after Iowa loss: ‘Somebody better hope we don’t get on a streak’

Tom Izzo spoke to the media after a frustratingly close loss to Iowa.

Michigan State Basketball dropped their fourth straight game on Tuesday 84-78 against Iowa, but not for a lack of effort. The Spartans looked like they could have beaten No. 8 Iowa on the road in Iowa City, no small feat, and looked like a much more dangerous team than in their last two games against Ohio State and Rutgers.

After the game, Tom Izzo spoke to the media in what was a very interesting press conference following perhaps the toughest stretch of his career. Below, we compiled the most intriguing quotes in an interview that covered fouls, Aaron Henry playing time, and a warning for the rest of the league.

We’ll start with my personal favorite:

Izzo comments that he genuinely thought the Spartans would win:

On Aaron Henry’s late missed field goal and the extreme foul disparity in the game:

On the unique circumstance that has come with a long road trip:

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Michigan State Basketball drops close game on the road to No. 8 Iowa

The Spartans lost a very close game to Iowa, extending their losing streak to four games in conference play.

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Michigan State Basketball dropped a close game on Tuesday night to Iowa and has now lost four straight games in conference play. That is the longest losing streak in Big Ten play for the Spartans since 2006. The final score was 84-78 in Iowa City.

This one hurt, and might be one of the final blows in MSU’s NCAA Tournament hopes. The Spartans had every opportunity to win the game, but ultimately couldn’t pull it out at the end of the game.

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MSU played Iowa star Luka Garza about as well as you can, and he still ended up with 27 points and 12 rebounds. For the Spartans, this was another game from Aaron Henry where you can start to see why he is a likely NBA Draft pick this year. He finished with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists with 4 made threes. He also had a block and a steal.

Joshua Langford shot the ball well from three tonight, but it was his poor shooting on twos that hurt the team, especially at the end of the game. Went 3-for-6 on threes but just 2-for-10 on twos, and missed a crunch time mid-range jumper that sealed the loss for MSU.

The other story of the night, and this is no surprise against Iowa, was the foul disparity. MSU was charged with 28 fouls with led to 35 free throws for Iowa, while the Spartans only shot 15 free throws on 17 called fouls for the Hawkeyes.

If Michigan State has any shot at the tournament, they need to start stringing together wins and stop the losing streak starting this Saturday versus Nebraska.

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Tom Izzo shuffling starting lineup against Iowa, Marcus Bingham and Foster Loyer to start

Tom Izzo is making some needed changes to his starting lineup to prevent more of a slide, adding Marcus Bingham and Foster Loyer.

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Tom Izzo continues to search for answers to fix his sliding Michigan State basketball team, and will try out a new lineup tonight against Iowa. Marcus Bingham and Foster Loyer will get the nod at center and point guard, respectively, with a new look for the Spartans against Iowa.

This will likely make the lineup:

  • PG Foster Loyer
  • SG Joshua Langford (or Rocket Watts)
  • SF Aaron Henry
  • PF Joey Hauser
  • C Marcus Bingham

The big move here will be the removal of Thomas Kithier from the lineup. Kithier is a solid player who excels at doing ‘the little things’ but his continued role as a starter has frustrated fans as the team continues to slide. He provides little-to-no rim protection and scoring, two things the team has lacked over this tough stretch of games.

Loyer will be the latest player to get a shot at point guard, after Rocket Watts and AJ Hoggard failed to turn the team’s fortunes around.

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Michigan State Basketball vs. Indiana game on Sunday postponed due to COVID-19 issues

MSU’s home game against Indiana, scheduled for Sunday, will now be postponed due to COVID-19 concerns within Michigan State’s program.

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On Wednesday, it was announced that Michigan State Basketball’s game against Iowa on Thursday was postponed due to COVID-19 issues within MSU’s program. On Thursday, another hit came when Jeff Goodman of Stadium reported that MSU’s game at home against Indiana will also be postponed.

Based on the information we have received, it seems as though at least three Spartans have now contracted COVID-19, starting with roommates Mady Sissoko and Steven Izzo. They were the first players in the program that we knew about to contract the illness. Of course, head coach Tom Izzo dealt with it back in November.

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The Big Ten has been postponing games, not canceling them, so these should be made up once the Spartans have a clean bill of health.

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Michigan State Basketball vs. Iowa postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

A big game in the Big Ten will be postponed after multiple Spartans tested positive for COVID-19.

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Michigan State Basketball fans were hit with a bombshell on Wednesday when the team announced that freshman Mady Sissoko and sophomore Steven Izzo (son of coach Tom Izzo) tested positive for COVID-19. Just a few hours later on Wednesday evening, MSU announced that their game with Iowa will be postponed.

The game was scheduled to be played on Thursday evening. The team did announced that there was an additional COVID-19 positive test that led to the postponement, although the name of that individual was not released.

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No other information has been released, but it is promising that it is postponed, but not canceled, which is consistent with how the Big Ten has handled these situations thus far this season.

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Watch: Notre Dame Linebacker Commit Nolan Ziegler Makes Plays

Among the remaining participants in this Michigan high school football playoffs entering Saturday was Catholic Central.

Among the remaining participants in the Michigan high school football playoffs entering Saturday was Catholic Central. That team has Notre Dame linebacker commit Nolan Ziegler. During Saturday’s game against Davison, Ziegler showed why he’s heading to the next level:

Ziegler, a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, committed to the Irish in August. He was recruited by Clark Lea and Jeff Quinn while also fielding offers from such schools as Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Virginia Tech and Boston College. He has another year of high school, and new Irish defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman will have had a year under his belt by the time Ziegler arrives in South Bend, so there will be some stability with the defensive scheme at that point. In the meantime, he can continue to develop into a more complete player.

Michigan State Basketball continues tumble in AP Poll, falls to No. 23

Michigan State, despite the win on Saturday, have still taken a hit in the AP Poll as they fell from No. 17 last week to No. 23 this week. 

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Michigan State, despite the win on Saturday, have still taken a hit in the AP Poll as they fell from No. 17 to No. 23. They did lose to Minnesota on Monday by a score of 81-56. They finally got their first win of Big Ten Play on Saturday against Nebraska, 84-77. Aaron Henry led the way with a career-high 27 points. The Spartans will be needing performances like that if they want to stay in contention for a fourth straight Big Ten Conference regular season championship.

Other Big Ten schools to make the Top 25 are No. 5 Iowa, No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 10 Michigan, No. 12 Illinois, No. 15 Rutgers, and No. 16 Minnesota. Ohio State, Northwestern and Indiana received votes, but did not make the Top 25.

Michigan State has two games this week and both are at the Breslin Center. First the Spartans host No. 15 Rutgers on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. EST. Then Purdue comes to town on Friday to play at 7:00 p.m. EST.

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Can the Spartans even their Big Ten record with a pair of wins this week? It’ll be tough, but if the Spartans can get good performances from guys like Henry or Joey Hauser or Rocket Watts they will.

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The Harvester Club: Farmland fantasy in Iowa

The Harvester Club exists simply to be a place where members and their guests can experience great camaraderie while enjoying a game they love. It is a golf club, nothing more and nothing less. Built on the enduring principles of the past, The …

The Harvester Club exists simply to be a place where members and their guests can experience great camaraderie while enjoying a game they love. It is a golf club, nothing more and nothing less. Built on the enduring principles of the past, The Harvester Club is an old-fashioned golf club dedicated to the simplicity and authenticity of the game. Honoring, preserving, and advancing the timeless traditions of the game of golf are at the core of our beliefs. Members will experience a challenging yet enjoyable round of golf with few rules, no tee times and fast play, all while being surrounded by others that share the same love for the game.

Peace and quiet pervade as the facilities offer everything you need and nothing that you do not. The club offers the perfect retreat set in off-the-beaten path Rhodes, Iowa, a 30-minute commute from nearby capital Des Moines. The golf course opened in 2000 as a championship public golf course. In 2002, became the #1 golf course in Iowa and ranked as high as #52 in Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern List in both 2006 and 2007. After 17 years of operating as a public golf course, The Jensen Family, who has owned the property since the beginning, decided to close the doors and bring upon a grand venture: remodel the golf course, renovate the facilities, and make the switch to a quaint and quiet private club.

Keith Foster was hired in 1998 to design the original golf course and was brought back in 2017 to work with the Jensen Family to accomplish their goal; utilize a very good existing golf course and enhance it with ideas that many of America’s great golf courses were built upon in the Golden Age of Golf Architecture. Dickson Jensen, owner, has always believed “great golf courses are not built, they are found.” A variety of oaks, rolling terrain, and a 60-acre lake with meandering creeks and watering ponds for livestock give the property a dramatic flare and allowed Foster to bring unbelievable golf holes to life. Great vistas combined with firm and fast conditions allow for each step at The Harvester Club to be tranquil yet cautious as the green complexes will be sure to test every part of the player’s game.

The Harvester Club is all golf. No pools, tennis facilities, or spas are a part of The Harvester Club’s vision. While these features at clubs can be very beneficial, they often distract from the golf experience. This allows both the grounds team and clubhouse team to be solely focused on members, golf, and offering a truly unique experience.

The golf course lays out in a par 72 with four one-shotters and four par 5’s. The golf course has tremendous variety and each hole is cut from different cloth and does not have a weak or goofy hole on property. You can ask a foursome what their favorite and least favorite hole was and will likely get a different answer for each player. The unique experience at The Harvester Club is something you will be hard pressed to find anywhere!

For more information, visit www.theharvesterclub.com.

Michigan State punter, tight end Tyler Hunt scores team’s first rushing TD of the season

Michigan State tight end, and former punter, Tyler Hunt scored the Spartans first rushing touchdown of the season against Iowa.

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Well, this game has been.. interesting.

Michigan State is currently getting pummeled by Iowa in a sloppy game on the road, but there was one fun development in the second half for the Spartans.

MSU was able to score their first points of the day, and their first rushing touchdown of the season, on a handoff to tight end, and former punter, Tyler Hunt. Hunt rumbled and bumbled his way to the touchdown, leaping over Iowa defenders to make the score.

You can watch it below:

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Michigan State Football vs. Iowa: Where to watch, listen, stream

MSU travels to Iowa this weekend to take on the sagging Hawkeyes. Here is everything you need to know to watch the game.

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Michigan State Football looks to move above .500 for the first time this season with another upset on the road over Iowa this weekend. Iowa looks to avoid going 0-3 after tough losses to Purdue and Northwestern. This will definitely be a dogfight between two teams in very different positions.

Below, find all the details you need to watch, listen to, or stream the game:

Kick-off: 12:02 p.m. ET, Saturday, Nov. 7

TV: ESPN

Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch

Online radio broadcast:  TuneIn

Satellite radio: XM channel 383; SiriusXM.com 973

Odds: Iowa -7

Complete list of Michigan State radio affiliates.

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