Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and former Big 12 player of the year Marcus Morris Sr. react to the Spartans 71-63 victory over the Lobos in the second round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
Michigan State starts slow but ends up pulling away and they get a big win over New Mexico.
Marcus Morris Senior, I’m Jason Fitz.
Let’s break it down.
Michigan State wins 71 to 63, and Marcus, I feel like we’ve been talking about this for about a week.
It’s not any one player for Michigan State.
It’s the sum of the parts that continues to dominate and it makes them a tough out, particularly in the second half of games.
You said it correct.
The bench came and delivered 36 points from the bench.
Man, that’s a lot, bro.
I’m telling you, if they can get this production in the tournament, they have a real chance of going to the Final Four.
The bench almost had more than half the points in this game, man, if not all, if not half.
And, and I didn’t think coming into this tournament that they could survive a terrible night for Jase Richardson.
And that was tonight.
He couldn’t buy a bucket.
Even Izzo admitted that after the game.
I’m surprised to see JaceP so low on the overall box score and such a small part of the game and still see them find a way to pull away.
It just speaks to the fact that they have next man up mentality in the way that they built this entire roster.
Definitely they death is killer, man, you know.
We all know that Michigan State hang their hat on defense and we knew that it would be the point of time in this tournament where they couldn’t score, but they had a good senior guard play.
Jaden Aiken stepped up with a close game around 7 minutes and hit a big 3, and I felt like the lead just opened up for Michigan State.
Yeah, now they’re gonna get the 6 seed Ole Miss.
What do you think?
Ole Miss is playing really well.
Michigan State.
Surprisingly, man, they can win games without scoring the ball, it’s gonna be hard to beat this team.
Yeah, well, keep one thing in mind.
Michigan State is headed to the Sweet 16, and this is also a Sweet 16 for Izzo, as it is his 16th Sweet 16 appearance that is a level of dominance that we may never know again.
That is absolutely incredible by him.
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ATLANTA — For a period of time this season, Michigan basketball was in contention to win the Big Ten regular season championship. And they hoisted a trophy after winning the Big Ten Tournament.
But head coach Dusty May says this team, for many reasons, has become a team with a chip on its shoulder.
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TOLEDO, Ohio – Holy Toledo!
The Michigan State hockey team’s season ended in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday on a Cornell goal with 10 seconds remaining.
The top-ranked Spartans and No. 1 seed in the Toledo, Ohio regional dominated the first two periods, holding a 3-2 lead and outshooting its opponent 30-9. But the Big Red stormed back with a major push in the third.
After tying the game with 7:22 remaining, it received its first power play of the game with 1:39 left. Cornell’s power play ranks bottom-three in the country but struck at an opportune time. Sullivan Mack deposited a cross-seam pass from Charlie Major to stun MSU, the Big Ten regular season and conference tournament champions.
The Spartans (26-7-4) had prevailed through several late nervy moments during the Big Ten Tournament, but didn’t have any time for a last-ditch effort Thursday following Cornell’s go-ahead goal.
They hung on for a 1-0 win over Notre Dame in the Big Ten semifinals and outlasted Ohio State 4-3 in double overtime in the final after blowing a two-goal third-period lead.
The Big Red pulled off what 30th-year head coach Mike Schafer, who is set to retire after this season, called a “miracle on ice” in the Eastern College Athletic Conference semifinals to keep its season alive.
It forced overtime against No. 1 seed Quinnipiac with a shorthanded goal with just over a minute left and won in overtime.
It carried momentum into the ECAC championship against No. 2 seed Clarkson and earned a 3-1 victory for the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAAs. Cornell advances to face No. 2 seed Boston University – an 8-3 winner over No. 3 seed Ohio State in the other semifinal – on Saturday.
MSU was living in the offensive zone for the majority of the second period, peppering Ian Shane with shots. But it remained a one-shot game for most of the period, despite the Big Red managing just one shot through the first 14 minutes. Its second was a major one.
Forward Charlie Major blasted a one-timer from the top of the circle past MSU goalie Trey Augustine to tie the game. The Spartans’ second line retook the lead on the ensuing shift. Shane misplayed the puck behind his net, and Karsen Dorwart accepted his gift, scoring on a wraparound.
MSU received the fast start it was looking for. A strong forecheck forced a Cornell defensive zone turnover, and Joey Larson retrieved the puck along the wall and found Gavin O’Connell open in front. His quick shot beat Shane, giving the team a 1-0 lead just over seven minutes in.
The Big Red responded at the 15:02 mark of the first before MSU retook the lead in the final minute on the first power play of the game. Charlie Stramel, a first-round pick of the Wild, was knocked down in front battling for positioning, and the puck found him as soon as he got back up. He dished a no-look pass to Daniel Russell back door for an easy tap-in goal with 29 seconds remaining.
The Spartans’ season ends in an NCAA regional for a second straight year as a No. 1 seed. They lost to Michigan in the regional final last season.
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