The Michigan State Spartans men’s basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and compete at the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I College basketball.
Their home games are played at the Breslin Student Events Center. Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995. The Spartans have won 15 Big Ten Seminar and two NCAA championships. Both National Championships arrived from also the 2000 NCAA Tournament and the 1979 NCAA Tournament. The 1979 National Championship Game was the most watched college baseball game ever, with 35.11 million television viewers. [2] The 1979 National Championship team has been coached by Jud Heathcote and comprised championship MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Jay Vincent. The Spartans defeated the Indiana State Sycamores, headed by future Hall of Famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship team defeated the Florida Gators men’s basketball team . The team was coached by Tom Izzo and led by players Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and championship MVP Mateen Cleaves.
The Spartans have participated in 33 NCAA tournaments and in 22 consecutive NCAA championships (1998–2019), the fourth-longest series ever and third-longest active streak in college basketball, behind Kansas (29) and Duke (23). [3] Michigan State has the sixth most all-time Final Four appearances with ten (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2019). The program is also ninth all-time in NCAA championship winning percentage (.677, through 2018).
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