Michigan State

 BIG TEN NETWORK: SCHOOL DAYS 2009 

The Big Ten network is dedicating entire days of TV programming to each of the 11 Big Ten schools. The Michigan State programming days are:

OTHER SCHOOLS: 
  Monday, June 1 | Sunday, June 14 | Wednesday, July 29
 
 
MICHIGAN STATE PROGRAMMING (All times ET, schedule subject to change)
6:00a (CBK) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Basketball 12/22/07 - Michigan State 78, Texas 72
The No. 10 Spartans gave the No. 5 Longhorns their first loss of the season. The first half ended with a 13-0 Michigan State run and it wasn't until the final minute when Texas threatened to come back. With only 1:15 left, Longhorn junior A.J. Abrams made four three-pointers in a 36-second span to cut Michigan State's lead to five. But a crucial block by MSU's Raymar Morgan prevented the Longhorns from threatening any further.
8:00a (CFB) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Football 9/23/00 - Michigan State 27, Notre Dame 21
The Fighting Irish trailed 20-7 entering the fourth quarter, but mounted a furious rally to take the lead with eight minutes left. But the Spartans' true freshman quarterback, Jeff Smoker, completed a 68-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-10 with less than two minutes remaining, and the No. 20 Spartans beat the No. 18 Irish for the fourth season in a row.
10:00a (HCKY) Big Ten Men's Hockey 2/14/09 - Michigan State 2, Ohio State 1
After the Buckeyes tied the game with a late goal, the teams skated through a five-minute overtime period, then headed to a shootout, where Spartans won, 2-1, in four rounds.
12:00p (ROW) Big Ten Rowing Championships 5/2/09 -
The No. 3 Spartans earned their second Big Ten Conference title in a row and third in five seasons. Five Michigan State student-athletes were named to the All-Big Ten Team.
1:00p (SOC) Big Ten Men's Soccer 11/2/08 - Michigan State 1, Northwestern 0
The Spartans won their first-ever regular season Big Ten Men's Soccer Championship by defeating No. 6 Northwestern. Senior Louis Stephens III scored the match's only goal in the 55th minute.
3:00p (MAG) Big Ten Short Stories: Michigan State Spartans - Segments include former MSU track All-American Judi Brown Clarke, Mike Hall going through a Tom Izzo-led basketball practice, a portion of NBA Draft #1 Picks with Magic Johnson, Sam Puryear, MSU golf's head coach and junior football player and piano wiz Jon Misch.
3:30p (MISC) Michigan State Campus Programming:MSU Today 10
4:00p (CFB) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Football 10/21/06 - Michigan State 41, Northwestern 38
Michigan State pulled off the biggest comeback in Division 1 football history, rallying from a deficit of 38 points to defeat Northwestern.
6:00p (MAG) Big Ten Short Stories: Michigan State Spartans
6:30p (CBK) The Greatest Stories of Michigan State Basketball - From the Spartans' National Championship season in 1979 to the title in 2000 under head coach Tom Izzo, all the greatest plays, players and performances that define Spartan basketball are remembered in this Big Ten Network original production.
8:00p (CBK) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Basketball 2005 NCAA Elite Eight 3/27/05 - Michigan State 94, Kentucky 88 (2 OT)
Tom Izzo's Michigan State team defeated Tubby Smith's Kentucky Wildcats in one of the most memorable NCAA Tournament games in history. The second-seeded Wildcats rallied from an eight-point deficit in the final 5:25 of regulation, capped by Patrick Sparks's buzzer-beating three-pointer that bounced on the rim four times before dropping. Michigan State's Alan Anderson made four free throws in the final 15 seconds of the second overtime to send the Spartans to the Final Four.
10:00p (CFB) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Football 10/13/90 - Michigan State 28, Michigan 27
Michigan was ranked No. 1 going into the game in Ann Arbor.  A Desmond Howard touchdown and the extra point would have tied the game at 21, but a failed two-point conversion kept the Wolverines out of the national title hunt and gave the Spartans the victory.
12:00a (MISC) Michigan State Campus Programming: MSU Today Presents - A Study in Jazz
12:30a (MISC) Michigan State Campus Programming: MSU Today 12
1:00a (SOC) Big Ten Men's Soccer 11/16/08 - Michigan State 1, Indiana 0
Despite the Hoosiers' first-half dominance (a 9-3 shot advantage in the first 45 minutes), the Spartans scored the game's only goal and secured both the regular season and conference tournament titles for the first time in MSU history.
3:00a (CBK) The Big Ten's Greatest Games: Basketball 2/13/99 - Michigan State 84, Minnesota 82
In this battle of two ranked teams with NCAA Tournament hopes, Michigan State staged a tremendous comeback in the second half, despite 29 points from the Gophers' Quincy Lewis.  Mateen Cleaves drove the length of the court and hit a layup with one second remaining, cementing Michigan State's victory and leaving the Golden Gophers squarely on the bubble for a tournament bid.
5:00a (MAG) Big Ten Short Stories: Michigan State Spartans
5:30a (MISC) Michigan State Campus Programming: MSU Today Presents - Rumba Sinfónica!
 

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