The No. 8 Michigan State Spartans travel to Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon to play the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. It is always an honor to play at the Mecca of Basketball, even though ...

EAST LANSING — You won’t find another arena in this world that’s been as unkind to Michigan State’s men’s basketball team as Madison Square Garden. Not over the last dozen games.

The Michigan State men’s basketball team took down Rutgers at Madison Square Garden in New York, 81-74, to improve to 8-0 in the Big Ten and push their winning streak to 12 games. Freshman Jace ...

One thing is certain when Rutgers basketball takes on eighth-ranked Michigan State Saturday at Madison Square Garden: The World’s Most Famous Arena will be a sea of red. As of Wednesday more ...

• TV/Radio: CBS/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 197 (MSU broadcast), 372 (Rutgers broadcast) • Records/Rankings: MSU is 16-2 overall, 7-0 ...

Here's a look back at what happened the last six times the rivals met with this much on the line, including three times in ...

Streak, extended. Depth and tenacity remained guiding forces for No. 8 Michigan State basketball, which rode a hot-shooting second half and pulled away to an 81-74 victory over Rutgers on Saturday ...

EAST LANSING — Madison Square Garden has been unkind to Tom Izzo. Rutgers hasn’t been much more hospitable to No. 8 Michigan State in recent years, either. The Big Ten-leading Spartans (16-2 ...

NEW YORK — To hear Tom Izzo, it was as if Michigan State basketball hadn ... to preserve Saturday’s 81-74 victory at Madison Square Garden. But more to prepare his players for what’s ...

Rutgers assistant coach Brandin Knight (center) carries on as head coach head coach Steve Pikiell (left) tries to call a time out during the second half of a Big Ten men’s basketball game ...