USF's our week 2 opponent if anyone He didn't play much at Penn State, so it's hard to say if he'll give our defense much of a challenge; he's also got to pick up an entirely new playbook, and USF has a new coaching staff. But hey, this far out from the season any news is interesting news, amirite?
Round 2 of a 16 team tournament puts #10 seeded Michigan State versus #2 Colorado Buffaloes. MSU won their conference to reach the tournament while CU received an at-large bid when they lost to #1 overall seed Colorado State University in their conference final. CU is 16-2 overall MSU is 14-2 overall
#10 MSU takes on #7 Stanford in the 16 team MCLA National Championship Tournament live from South Carolina.
I know this is kind of last minute but check out the link above. It's the kickoff event to a three day long forum in Chicago that includes Coaches Izzo, D, Anastos, Merchant, Cathy George (volleyball) & Stacy Slobidnik-Stoll (women's golf) plus several PhD's that teach at Broad. The Hollis event is $50 and includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a Q&A with Hollis after the presentation. It looks like about 75 people have signed up so far.
Next season is the first for Big Ten hockey, and the schedule is out. In all, every team plays every other twice at home and twice on the road.
Gary Harris is coming back next year: Now all we have to do is wait for Adreian Payne. Hopefully this decision sways the big fella to come back.
Looks like Chris Durkin just committed to State! Pretty excited about this pickup, I'm sure Mike will have more later but just wanted to post to let TOC know.
Great article the showcases what I love about Izzo, Spartan basketball and March Madness.