Michigan State basketball next season: Will Denzel Valentine emerge as the …

Michigan State's Adreian Payne Is There For Child With Cancer. March 29, 2014 6:56 PM EDT. Michigan State senior Adreian Payne talks about his friendship with Lacey Holsworth, an 8-year-old cancer patient who is at Madison Square Garden this weekend

this season in large part because of its defense. But it was Michigan State's defensive effort that trumped the Cavaliers, as the Spartans moved into the Elite Eight win a 61-59 win over UVA at Madison Square Garden. I coached college for 10 yrs some pro so I and on more than I lost LOL Anyone who watched knows that State needs to thanks what I call ,The Basketball Gods for the no call on "The push off ". When State is pressed they usually use the too simple 2 

Michigan State tips off at 2:20 p.m. ET at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The weekend's college basketball betting card wraps up with Kentucky vs. Michigan at 5:05 p.m. at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.

Free Press sports writer Joe Rexrode breaks down Michigan State's 2013-14 roster and looks ahead: Keith Appling. The ending couldn't have been worse for the senior point guard, who was on his way to a career season before a wrist injury derailed it.

Michigan State is on the verge of a Final Four berth — something that was tough to imagine not too long ago. Healthy, tough and together, Michigan State playing its best basketball at the right time. By Russell Steinberg