Michigan State Spartans men's basketballUniversityMichigan State UniversityFirst season1898–99; 128 years agoAthletic directorHead coachTom Izzo32nd season, 764–310 (.711)LocationEast Lansing, MichiganArenaBreslin Center(capacity: 14,759)NCAA divisionDivision IConferenceBig TenNicknameSpartansColorsGreen and whiteStudent sectionIzzoneAll-time record1,888–1,170 (.617)NCAA tournament record78–38 (.672)NCAA Division I tournament champions1979, 2000Conference tournament championsBig Ten: 1999, 2000, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019Conference regular-season championsBig Ten: 1957, 1959, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Michigan State University.
1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournamentThe 1979 NCAA Division I basketball tournament involved 40 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division Icollege basketball. The 41st annual edition of the tournament began on March 9, and ended with the championship game on March 26, at the Special Events Center on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. A total of 40 games were played, including a national third-place game.
1979 NBA draftThe 1979 NBA draft was the 33rd annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA), held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on Monday, June 25. In this draft, the 22 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players; it went ten rounds and selected 202 players.
Showtime LakersIn basketball, Showtime was an era in Los Angeles Lakers history from 1979–80 to 1990–91, during which the team became known for an up-tempo, run-and-gun style of play and a Hollywood-celebrity following at The Forum.
List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchiseThe National Basketball Association (NBA) is a men's professional basketball league of 30 teams in North America (29 in the United States and one in Canada). The NBA was founded on June 6, 1946, in New York City, as the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The league adopted the NBA name at the start of the 1949–50 NBA season when it merged with the National Basketball League (NBL).
Los Angeles LakersThe Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. The Lakers play their home games at Crypto.com Arena, an arena they share with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
National Basketball AssociationNorth American professional basketball leagueThe National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional basketball league in the world. The league is headquartered in New York City and Secaucus, New Jersey.
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournamentThe NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played mostly during March, the tournament was first conducted in 1939 and currently consists of 76 teams.
Point guardThe point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player on the court, although this may not always be the case. Point guards are expected to control the pace of the game. They effectively "run" the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that it gets to the right player at the right time.
BasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each (excluding substitutes) oppose one another on a rectangular court. Players compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop (a basket mounted to a backboard) at each end of the court. Teams alternate between offense (when they attempt to score), and defense (when they try to prevent the opposing side from scoring).
List of first overall NBA draft picksThe first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins the NBA draft lottery; in most cases, that team had a losing record in the previous season.
NBA FinalsThe NBA Finals is the annual championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Eastern and Western Conference champions play a best-of-seven series to determine the league champion. The team that wins the series is awarded the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy, which replaced the original Walter A. Brown Trophy in 1976–77 following the ABA–NBA merger, though under the name "World Championship Trophy" before being renamed in 1983-84.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.