In 2024 Michigan State, always a basketball fixture under future Hall of Fame coach Tom Izzo, had a “down year”, per say.
The Spartans finished 20-15 and 10-10 in conference.
All that being said, they still made it to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament before bowing out to North Carolina.
In 2025 they came in like a freight train, going 30-7 overall, 17-3 in conference, and winning the Big Ten regular season title.
This earned them a 2 seed in the Big Dance, which they rode all the way to the Elite Eight where they lost a close contest to 1 seed Auburn.