![]() ![]() Their two National Championships came in the 1979 NCAA tournament and the 2000 NCAA tournament. Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995. Their home games are played at the Breslin Student Events Center ("Breslin Center") in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans have won two NCAA championships and 16 Big Ten Championships. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Michigan State University. Michigan State's women's basketball team will host Maryland in East Lansing on Saturday afternoon. "Does it help? Of course it helps," Izzo said when asked about the messages he and others have received this week. The Wolverines are planning several ways to show support to their in-state rivals on Saturday night, including a moment of silence, wearing green-and-white warm-up shirts and playing Michigan State's alma mater at the game. Izzo said a long list of other coaches have reached out to him and others at Michigan State to offer their help and support, including Michigan men's basketball head coach Juwan Howard. He said that being a part of the vigil was "one of the more moving moments" of his 40-year career at Michigan State. He shared the same sentiment Wednesday night while speaking to thousands of students, alumni and community members that gathered on campus for a vigil. Izzo told his team that any emotions they're feeling this week are valid. ".We also know everybody grieves different and everybody processes trauma in a million different ways." " felt that if they played it would help not only themselves maybe the campus heal a little bit," he said. He said he spoke with mental health professionals to get advice on how to approach a return to basketball. Izzo said his team practiced Wednesday and Thursday. Sporting events will resume for the Spartans on Friday, and students will return to class next week. Michigan State canceled all campus activities - including games for the men's and women's basketball teams - earlier in the week. The campus was locked down for several hours until police announced that the suspected shooter took his own life, when confronted by law enforcement. Three students were killed and five others remain hospitalized after a 43-year-old man unaffiliated with the university opened fire in a classroom building and at the student union Monday night, according to police. Spartans returning to play after campus shooting."You have to figure out a way to honor the people who were senselessly killed, and our way of being able to do that is to play the game," Izzo said during a news conference Thursday night. ![]() He said the team did not consider canceling Saturday night's upcoming road game against Michigan. The Spartans met at Izzo's home Tuesday morning to let players know how to access mental health resources if needed and to discuss a path forward. Izzo said he and his team have spent the past several days attempting to find a balance between processing the trauma of Monday night's shooting with a desire to return to some form of normalcy. Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo said Thursday it was clear that his team wanted to "get back on the floor" this week in the wake of a fatal campus shooting that claimed three lives and shut down all campus activities at the school for several days. ![]()
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