EAST LANSING -- You can officially start planning your winter around the Michigan State basketball schedule.
Television networks released tipoff times for their college basketball games on Thursday, giving nearly all of the Spartans' 31 regular season games a television designation and tipoff time.
Key games include a 7 p.m. tipoff for the Spartans opener against potential No. 1 Kansas and a 7:30 p.m. tipoff for their ACC/Big Ten challenge game at Louisville on Nov. 27. The Spartans will play a Sunday CBS game at Michigan at 3:45 p.m. on Feb. 24. The Spartans' regular season finale will also be against Michigan, at either 4, 6 or 8 p.