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| Michigan State Spartans men's basketball | |||||||||||||
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| University | Michigan State University | ||||||||||||
| First season | 1898 | ||||||||||||
| All-time record | 1851–1160 (.615) | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Tom Izzo (31st season) | ||||||||||||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||||||||||||
| Location | East Lansing, Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Arena | Breslin Center (capacity: 14,759) | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Spartans | ||||||||||||
| Student section | Izzone | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Green and white[1] | ||||||||||||
| NCAA tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| 1979, 2000 | |||||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| 1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019 | |||||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||||
| 1957, 1959, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025 | |||||||||||||
The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. The Spartans have won two NCAA National championships, 17 Big Ten Regular Season Championships, and 6 Big Ten Tournament Championships. Their home games are played at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center ("Breslin Center") in East Lansing, Michigan. Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995.
Their two national championships came in the 1979 NCAA tournament and the 2000 NCAA tournament. The 1979 national championship game was the most watched college basketball game in history, with 35.11 million television viewers.[2] The 1979 National Championship team was coached by Jud Heathcote and included tournament MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser, and Jay Vincent. The Spartans defeated the previously unbeaten Indiana State, led by future Hall of Famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship team defeated Florida in the final. The team was coached by Tom Izzo and led by players Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson, and tournament MVP Mateen Cleaves.
The Spartans have participated in 38 NCAA tournaments (tied for 10th-most all-time) and appeared in 27 consecutive NCAA tournaments (the 2020 NCAA tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the second-longest streak ever and the longest active streak in college basketball.[3] Michigan State has the sixth most all-time Final Four appearances with 10 (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2019). The program is also ninth all-time in NCAA tournament winning percentage (.686, through 2023). Michigan State also has 15 NCAA Elite Eights (6th-most all-time), and 22 NCAA Sweet Sixteens (tied for 5th-most all-time with Indiana).
On February 15, 2025, Izzo set the record for most wins by a coach in Big Ten conference play with 354.[4] On March 5, 2025, Izzo moved into a three way tie with Ward Lambert and Bob Knight for the most Big Ten regular season championships, each with 11 championship teams.
- ^ "Brand Reference Guide" (PDF). April 1, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
- ^ "NCAAB College Basketball 2018 Bracket Tournament". Yahoo Sports.
- ^ "Spartans extend NCAA tournament streak, to play Miami (Fla.) in Tulsa". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan State coach Tom Izzo breaks Bob Knight's Big Ten wins record with victory over Illinois". Yahoo Sports. February 16, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.