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No. 9 UCLA downs Michigan State for 7-0 startTy Dieffenbach threw for 198 yards and a touchdown Saturday while No. 9 UCLA held Michigan State to 156 yards of offense during a 28-10 win at Pasadena, Calif., that gave it its first 7-0 start since 2005.,Dieffenbach completed 18 of 31 passes and Anthony Woods added 112 yards on 14 carries, plus a ...

Tom Izzo, 71, scoffs at retirement talk after Spartans' exitMichigan State head coach Tom Izzo, at 71, is nowhere near ready to move on after 31 seasons with the Spartans.,He was asked after Friday's Sweet 16 loss to UConn where he sees himself in five years.,"Trying to win a national championship -- plain and simple," said Izzo, who led Michigan State to a ...

Michigan State, Louisville meet in March again with Sweet 16 on the lineTom Izzo is no stranger to high-stakes games between Michigan State and Louisville.,"We had a couple with them -- ‘09, ‘19. We've played them in Elite Eight games," said Izzo, who is in his 31st season coaching the Spartans. "One of my first games was against Louisville when Denny Crum was there. Th...

Michigan State takes command early, routs North Dakota State

Carson Cooper matched his career high with 20 points along with 10 rebounds as No. 3 seed Michigan State earned an easy 92-67 victory over 14th seed North Dakota State in a first-round East Region matchup of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Buffalo, N.Y.,Coen Carr added 17 points and Jeremy Fears ...

Michigan State takes command early, routs N.D. State

Carson Cooper matched his career high with 20 points along with 10 rebounds as No. 3-seed Michigan State earned an easy 92-67 victory over 14th-seed North Dakota State in a first-round East Region matchup of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Buffalo, N.Y., ,Coen Carr added 17 points and Jeremy Fear...

No. 3 Michigan bests No. 8 Michigan St. to finish Big Ten slate 19-1

Yaxel Lendeborg poured in a game-high 27 points on just 12 shots as No. 3 Michigan swept the season series against No. 8 Michigan State with a 90-80 victory in a Big Ten regular-season finale on Sunday afternoon in Ann Arbor, Mich.,Morez Johnson Jr. posted 18 points and seven rebounds while Roddy Ga...

No. 8 Michigan State holds off Rutgers to clinch Big Ten triple-bye

Jeremy Fears Jr. had 21 points and eight assists, Coen Carr also scored 21 points and No. 8 Michigan State clinched a triple-bye in next week's Big Ten Tournament by dispatching Rutgers 91-87 on Thursday night at East Lansing, Mich.,Fears moved into third place on the Spartans' single-season assists...

No. 8 Purdue, No. 13 Michigan State meet for smaller stakes than usual

In previous seasons, Michigan State and Purdue playing this late with both ranked among the nation's top 15 would feel like the Big Ten's most important game of the year.,But entering their only regular-season meeting on Thursday night in West Lafayette, Ind., this clash between No. 13 Michigan Stat...