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Video: Tom Izzo, Michigan State players recap rematch victory

Tom Izzo, Josh Langford and Rocket Watts met with the media after knocking off Michigan on Sunday evening.

Video: Juwan Howard, Michigan players talk loss at Michigan State

Juwan Howard, Isaiah Livers and Mike Smith met with the media after Michigan’s loss in East Lansing.  

Game 22: Michigan at Michigan State Open Thread

Michigan and Michigan State tip at 4:30 p.m. on CBS to wrap up the regular season at the Breslin Center. Join the discussion in the open thread on the forum

Second Look: Making sense of a Michigan-Michigan State rematch

Michigan handled Michigan State on Thursday night in a second-half blowout that wasn’t as close as the final 69-50 score indicated. The Wolverines suffocated Michigan State’s offense and slowly pulled away despite playing a sloppy first half. Now, the two teams will meet again for...

Five Key Plays: Michigan 69, Michigan State 50

After losing to Illinois by 23 on Tuesday, Michigan bounced back in a big way Thursday, beating Michigan State, 69-50. The win clinched the Wolverines’ first Big Ten championship since 2014, sending Juwan Howard and his team into jubilation at midcourt after the final buzzer....

RIVALRY POD PART II: Michigan 69, Michigan State 50

Michigan wrapped up its Big Ten Championship on Thursday night with a win over Michigan State. Brendan and Dylan discuss the game last night, the celebration, Michigan’s seniors and what could be different when these two teams meet again on Sunday. Listen to “RIVALRY POD...

Driven by their past, the old men of Michigan hang a banner

Isaiah Livers was the last to cut down a piece of the net. He’d thought about this moment, put it on his “checklist,” he said, when he returned to Ann Arbor for his senior season. When it came, he had already been subbed out for...

Game 21: Michigan State at Michigan Recap

On paper, Michigan versus Michigan State was fairly straightforward with one caveat: rivalry games are never entirely straightforward. For 15 minutes or so on Thursday night, it looked like this game might drift down that slippery slope. Michigan looked like the better team, but it...

Video: Juwan Howard, Michigan players talk Big Ten Championship

Juwan Howard and his players met with the media after blowing out Michigan State on Thursday night. The Wolverines honored their seniors, cut down the news and beat their rivals in the final home game of the 2020-21 season. Here’s what Howard and his players...

Photo Gallery: Michigan 69, Michigan State 50

Video: Tom Izzo, Joey Hauser recap loss at Michigan

Tom Izzo and Joey Hauser met with the media after Michigan’s blowout win in Ann Arbor.

Game 21: Michigan State at Michigan Open Thread

Michigan and Michigan State tip at 7:00 p.m. tonight on ESPN. Dive into the game preview and join the discussion on the forum.

Game 21: Michigan State at Michigan Preview

With one weekend left in the regular season, we finally get the rivalry that matters the most: Michigan and Michigan State. The Wolverines and Spartans face off tonight (7:00 p.m., ESPN) in Ann Arbor, then do it all again on Sunday afternoon in East Lansing....

Film Room: Lessons and adjustments from Michigan’s loss to Illinois

Film Room is an X’s and O’s breakdown of Michigan basketball by Gibson Pyper. Pyper has diagrammed almost every offense in college and professional basketball at The Basketball Playbook and is an expert on the X’s and O’s of the game. If you want to...

Michigan’s toughest stretch finally showed its weaknesses

Two weeks ago, Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico watched as her team was “snubbed” from the NCAA committee’s top-16 rankings. Irate, she called athletic director Warde Manuel—her team had proven everything it could in the games it played, and it wasn’t their fault the Wolverines...