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Jack Breslin Arena
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Compton Family Ice Arena
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Compton Family Ice Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Suncoast Credit Union Arena
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Suncoast Credit Union Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Pinnacle Bank Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Jack Breslin Arena
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Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion
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Williams Arena
Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball History
Michigan State University first fielded a men's basketball team in 1898, less than a decade after the sport's invention. By 1957, the school won its first Big Ten title and made its first appearance in the Final Four under coach Forrest "Forddy" Anderson. Michigan State won its first national championship under Jud Heathcote in 1979 when Earvin "Magic" Johnson helped lead the Spartans to a 75-64 victory over Larry Bird and the Indiana State Sycamores, in the most-watched men’s college basketball game of all-time.
Current head coach Tom Izzo, a former assistant at MSU, replaced Heathcote upon his retirement in 1995 and guided MSU to its second national championship victory in 2000. With the Spartans, Izzo has netted an additional National Championship game appearance in 2009, eight Final Four runs, six Big Ten tournament titles, over 700 career wins and a record for 11 Big Ten regular season championships, tied with Bob Knight and Ward Lambert. In 2025, the Spartans advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2019.
Michigan State Spartans Team Info
Conference: Big Ten
Team Colors: Green and white
Team Rivals: Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin
Michigan State Spartans at Breslin Center
East Lansing, Michigan is home to one of the premier basketball programs in the Big Ten Conference. The Michigan State Spartans play at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center, which opened in 1989 and seats 14,797.
Tickets for the Spartans' 2025-26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster.
The Michigan State Spartans play their basketball games at Jack Breslin Student Events Center (or Breslin Center) in East Lansing, Michigan. The seating map for Breslin Center can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).
Little Cesars Arena is an incredible venue. The staff was so kind, friendly and helpful. The Spartans basketball game was so much fun and just electric. Great atmosphere and experience!
It was a great game but where was everyone? There were entire sections that were empty, why? Oh, I know why. You have priced out the average family.
Great experience, awesome atmosphere at LCA in Detroit! Glad to see our Spartans getting back on track, after going through a slump. Tough road ahead but I have confidence that the team will persevere through the adversity. Go Green Go White!
Fantastic experience seeing Michigan State in Detroit. The only minus was the TERRIBLE announcer. Let's hope they do better next year.
Our first event at the new Acrisure Arena in the Coachella Valley! We had center court seats and talk about a final five minute showdown between Arizona and Michigan State! Great arena and great fans bases to this battle! Congratulations Arizona Wildcats on your tournament Win! BEAR DOWN!
It was a great place to watch basketball! Will be getting tickets for hockey! Going to see Heart Dec 28th wondering about that!
Good experience. Can't wait for another college or NBA basketball game in the valley.
This was my first experience at the Acrishure arena, and I loved it. I'm an MSU alum and was treated to a terrific basketball game featuring two excellent teams. And the arena is in a great location - wide open spaces with spacious parking - and a nice array of vendors.
Great experience all around not a bad seat in the arena from what I could tell.
Awesome except Bass on Music is Terrible !! Everything else excellent especially the W