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SSR: Gymnastics closes out historic season, men’s basketball makes final NCAA tourney push
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Spartan Newsroom (https://news.jrn.msu.edu/category/news/sports/page/5/)
The No. 1 seed Spartans start their postseason campaign against the No. 7 seed Ohio State Buckeyes this Saturday. After a big victory over No. 2 seed Wisconsin to move on in the tournament, the Buckeyes came into East Lansing just as hot as they did the last time after they swept Wisconsin.
In the final regular season game of the year, Michigan State fell to the Indiana Hoosiers by a score of 64-65.
EAST LANSING – The No. 16 ranked Michigan State men’s tennis team suffered its first home loss of the season in an intense matchup against No. 46 Cornell on Sunday. Despite the loss, the Spartans have been dominating the season, as they went into the match with a 14-2 overall record. Before losing to No.
Michigan State gymnastics celebrated its senior class and finished first in the MSU Quad Meet with a season-high 198.15 points on Saturday. That number is also the second-highest score in program history.
Senior night at the Breslin Center for the final home game of the season is always a special night. Michigan State made it a memorable game against the Northwestern Wildcats as they looked to end a three-game losing streak and head into Indiana for the season’s final game with a positive tournament outlook.
After clinching its first-ever Big Ten regular season title, the Michigan State hockey team looked to sustain its intensity to finish off the series against the Wisconsin Badgers. However, the Badgers were not ready to be swept, once again, by the newly crowned Big Ten champions and took the 4-1 victory on their senior night.
Since 2019, one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States has been the sports gambling industry. According to the American Gaming Association, $119.8 billion was wagered on sports in 2023 across the United States. When the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018, the legalization of sports gambling across the country began. As of 2024, 38 states have legalized sports gambling. Twenty-eight of those states have also legalized online sports gambling. One of those states is Michigan.
Lions fans across Michigan celebrated as the NFL team made their historic run to the NFC title game. This run came after a playoff drought lasting 32 years. The drought brought on questions of “curses,” which were directed not only to Lions fans but also the city of Detroit.
Long trends were broken Sunday as former Division II player Dale Bonner hit a three over the outstretched arm of senior guard Tyson Walker with only 0.2 seconds left to lift the Buckeyes to a 60-57 win.