The Spartans, led by coach Tom Izzo in his eighth year, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive year and advanced to the Elite Eight before losing to Texas.

The Spartans lost sophomore Marcus Taylor (16.8 points and 5.3 assists per game) to the NBA draft following the season.

The Spartans, despite the loss of their leading scorer, Marcus Taylor, began the season ranked No.

After two early wins, MSU suffered losses to Villanova[1] and Oklahoma State in the Great Alaska Shootout.

MSU began the Big Ten regular season losing four of their first six games and fell out of the rankings.

[12] The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA tournament for the sixth consecutive year.