Happy 70th Birthday on Tuesday (June 16) to longtime @MSU_Hockey coach Tom Newton. In retirement, he now serves as an instructor for Great Lakes Hockey. @BGSUHKY
Happy 56th Birthday to @MSU_Basketball alum Matt Steigenga.
His senior year at South Christian High in 1988 was notable, earning him the Michigan Mr. Basketball award and leading his team to its first-ever Class B state championship. @sailorsports
On this day in 1979, Larry Bird and Indiana State played Magic Johnson's Michigan State squad in the final of the men's NCAA tournament.
The Spartans won the game 75-64, led by Magic's 24 points, to capture their first men's basketball championship 🏆
In five games in that tournament, both Bird and Magic averaged double-doubles, with Magic nearly averaging a triple-double.
47 years ago today, @MSU_Basketball won its first national championship, beating undefeated Indiana State with Larry Bird, 75-64. Earvin @MagicJohnson was named the Final Four's MVP.
Read today that 61% of Michigan Athletic Directors are against adding a shot clock.
I have yet to talk to anyone in the basketball community that is against the shot clock. Yet 61% of AD’s are against it. Blatant disregard for what people want. Feels like government.
In the same conversation…I have yet to talk to anyone that prefers the girls playing after the boy’s and this is a rule that has been forced upon schools and it is completely unwanted.
It’s time that the MHSAA and the AD’s of the state represent the athletes on these issues.
25 years ago today - Mar. 16, 2001 - @MSU_Basketball defeated Alabama State, 69-35, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Andre Hutson was 7-for-7 from the field in a 15-point, 11-rebound performance.
Lansing Community College's men's basketball team beat Henry Ford College in overtime Saturday to win its district and punch its ticket to the NJCAA Division II national tournament for the first time in a decade.
Story.
https://t.co/D2XE2oACXH
“I want my country and my family to know that I died fighting, not hiding.”
MSU honored Earl “Chuck” Kohler last night, one of 12 living Pearl Harbor veterans. Oh, and Jaxon Kohler’s great grandpa.
“We’re all fighters … and we’re all badasses.”
Story: https://t.co/LK5F0OLkbw
From playing high school hockey at Walled Lake Northern to the biggest stage in the world. 🥅
Connor Hellebuyck came up clutch with a HUGE stop in the gold medal game — and it all started right here in Michigan.