EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo’s first road trip of the week ... And his first thoughts weren’t about his team’s upcoming trip to Madison Square Garden to face Rutgers on Saturday, but rather ...

Tom Izzo and No. 8 Michigan State basketball has two demons to try and conquer Saturday — a talented Rutgers squad and the Madison Square Garden aura.

NEW YORK — To hear Tom Izzo, it was as if Michigan State basketball hadn ... their own late-game gaffes to preserve ...

EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo’s first road trip of the week didn’t take ... And his first thoughts weren’t about his team’s ...

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

Michigan State could put together its best start to a season ever as Tom Izzo closes in on Bob Knight's Big Ten wins record.

EAST LANSING — Tom Izzo was asked, a little more than two ... until Saturday’s game in New York against Rutgers at Madison Square Garden (1:30 p.m., CBS). After hosting the Gophers, MSU ...

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 ...