Final Mar 13
BGSU 67 11.5 o149.0
AKR 96 -11.5 u149.0
Final Mar 13
DUQ 59 2.0 o130.0
SBON 64 -2.0 u130.0
Final Mar 13
BUT 57 12.0 o145.5
SJU 78 -12.0 u145.5
Final Mar 13
IND 59 2.0 o142.0
ORE 72 -2.0 u142.0
Final Mar 13
GT 70 23.0 o144.5
DUKE 78 -23.0 u144.5
Final Mar 13
ISU 92 -2.5 o146.0
BYU 96 2.5 u146.0
Final Mar 13
USF 68 3.0 o144.5
WICH 73 -3.0 u144.5
Final Mar 13
ARK 80 4.5 o147.0
MISS 83 -4.5 u147.0
Final OT Mar 13
OHIO 85 -2.5 o158.5
TOL 90 2.5 u158.5
Final Mar 13
DAV 75 4.0 o142.0
SLU 83 -4.0 u142.0
Final Mar 13
ALST 84 1.0 o137.5
TXSO 79 -1.0 u137.5
Final Mar 13
UNC 68 -6.0 o148.0
WAKE 59 6.0 u148.0
Final Mar 13
MARQ 89 -2.5 o145.0
XAV 87 2.5 u145.0
Final Mar 13
NW 63 8.5 o141.5
WIS 70 -8.5 u141.5
Final Mar 13
CHAR 59 10.0 o144.5
FAU 64 -10.0 u144.5
Final Mar 13
SJSU 52 16.0 o150.5
UNM 63 -16.0 u150.5
Final Mar 13
COLO 68 17.5 o127.5
HOU 77 -17.5 u127.5
Final 2OT Mar 13
TEX 94 6.0 o140.5
TXAM 89 -6.0 u140.5
Final Mar 13
EMU 75 4.5 o149.5
M-OH 81 -4.5 u149.5
Final Mar 13
FOR 81 6.5 o144.0
GW 88 -6.5 u144.0
Final Mar 13
BSU 62 -1.5 o134.5
SDSU 52 1.5 u134.5
Final Mar 13
MAN 65 2.5 o144.0
IONA 77 -2.5 u144.0
Final Mar 13
MORG 91 3.5 o161.5
HOW 90 -3.5 u161.5
Final Mar 13
IOWA 94 10.0 o164.5
ILL 106 -10.0 u164.5
Final Mar 13
WMU 66 10.5 o143.5
KENT 73 -10.5 u143.5
Final Mar 13
NMSU 77 1.0 o136.5
KENN 80 -1.0 u136.5
Final Mar 13
TLSA 75 3.0 o143.5
TEM 71 -3.0 u143.5
Final 2OT Mar 13
DEP 81 13.0 o143.5
CREI 85 -13.0 u143.5
Final Mar 13
STAN 73 10.5 o144.0
LOU 75 -10.5 u144.0
Final Mar 13
BAY 74 6.5 o142.0
TTU 76 -6.5 u142.0
Final Mar 13
LAS 70 12.5 o144.0
JOES 75 -12.5 u144.0
Final Mar 13
MSST 73 3.0 o158.5
MIZZ 85 -3.0 u158.5
Final Mar 13
NCCU 79 1.0 o153.0
DSU 77 -1.0 u153.0
Final Mar 13
MSM 62 4.5 o127.0
MRST 58 -4.5 u127.0
Final Mar 13
ALCN 60 3.0 o134.0
COOK 69 -3.0 u134.0
Final 2OT Mar 13
LT 75 2.0 o142.0
MTU 77 -2.0 u142.0
Final Mar 13
USC 71 10.5 o151.0
PUR 76 -10.5 u151.0
Final Mar 13
NEV 59 5.0 o138.0
CSU 67 -5.0 u138.0
Final Mar 13
UCSB 78 3.5 o151.5
CSN 72 -3.5 u151.5
Final Mar 13
SEA 69 -6.0 o133.5
AC 63 6.0 u133.5
Final Mar 13
KU 77 3.0 o153.0
ARIZ 88 -3.0 u153.0
Final Mar 13
SMU 54 7.0 o142.5
CLEM 57 -7.0 u142.5
Final Mar 13
UTSA 65 5.0 o147.0
ECU 70 -5.0 u147.0
Final Mar 13
VILL 56 7.0 o135.0
CONN 73 -7.0 u135.0
Final Mar 13
OKLA 84 6.5 o161.5
UK 85 -6.5 u161.5
Final Mar 13
CP 96 4.5 o164.0
UCRV 83 -4.5 u164.0
Final Mar 13
UNLV 58 8.0 o142.0
USU 70 -8.0 u142.0
Final Mar 13
TST 51 5.5 o128.0
CBU 55 -5.5 u128.0
Oregon 8th Big Ten23-8
Michigan State 1st Big Ten26-5

Oregon @ Michigan State preview

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Last Meeting ( Feb 8, 2025 ) Oregon 74, Michigan St. 86

Projected as the Big Ten's fifth-best team in the preseason, Michigan State made a mockery of the official media poll by winning the regular-season title by three games.

The seventh-ranked Spartans played so well down the stretch -- beating five Top 25 opponents during their active seven-game winning streak -- that virtually every bracketologist believes Michigan State has clinched a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

So that begs the question: What will motivate the top-seeded Spartans (26-5) as they prepare to face eighth-seeded Oregon (24-8) on Friday afternoon in the Big Ten tournament's first quarterfinal at Indianapolis?

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, the Big Ten Coach of the Year, could take a shortcut and just tell his players it's a matchup between the league's two hottest teams, as the Ducks carry an eight-game winning streak into the Friday contest.

Instead, Izzo is more likely to appeal to his players as humans.

"Winning ways are winning ways," Izzo said. "Every time you take the court, if you're really growing to be special as a person, every time you compete, you're going to try to compete to win. That's easier said than done."

Indeed. Particularly because there is little correlation between how Michigan State has fared in the Big Ten tournament and what it has gone on to achieve in the NCAA Tournament.

Since the Big Ten started playing a postseason tournament in 1998, the Spartans have reached eight Final Fours. Three times, they won the Big Ten tournament first. Three times, they lost their opener. Once they lost in the semis, and once they lost in the final.

"If you lose a game, whether the first or second (game), you're going to learn a lesson that's hard to swallow," Izzo said. "What I'm going to tell them is, 'You don't need to learn the lesson. I've been there, done that.'

"'This is one time when my experience can help you. It's not as much fun as you think. You know, having Saturday night off is not that good. There's a million Saturdays between now and death. Enjoy them then. That's now. Let's see if we can do our job and play to the level that we need to play to.'"

Michigan State reached the top of the Big Ten without getting anybody on the all-Big Ten first or second teams. That was partially because nobody racked up huge numbers being a part of Izzo's 10-man rotation.

Freshman Jase Richardson (11.6 ppg) earned third-team recognition as he took his play to another level over the last month. Since joining the starting lineup Feb. 8, he has averaged 16.9 points while shooting 53 percent from the field. Senior Jaden Akins (12.9 ppg) also earned third-team honors.

Oregon earned two spots on the third team, too: Seven-foot senior Nate Bittle and sophomore point guard Jackson Shelstad. Bittle has averaged 18.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 3.3 blocks during the Ducks' eight-game streak while Shelstad (13.4 ppg) scored a team-high 18 in Oregon's 72-59 second-round win over Indiana on Thursday.

Shelstad remembers well the Ducks' regular-season meeting with Michigan State. Not just because that 86-74 loss Feb. 8 in East Lansing, Mich., was Oregon's last defeat, but because the Ducks squandered a 50-36 halftime lead.

"When we played Michigan State the first time, we played really hard the first half, we got a lead," Shelstad said. "Then the second half we kind of laid our foot off the gas and they went on their run. We just know we have to play a full 40 minutes to compete with them.

"They're going to play physical, play really hard, so we're just going to have to bring that same energy."

--Field Level Media

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