Spartan Brew 1/26: Connect Four

MSU men's hoops looks to make it four wins in a row this weekend!

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Spartan Brew Crew
January 26, 2024

What else are we serving up in today's Brew?

🏀 Make it four
🏒 Whack-a-mole
💚 And much, much more

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Connect Four. Riding a three-game win streak, Michigan State men’s basketball looks to make it four in a row when it travels to take on No. 13 Wisconsin today at 8 p.m.

The Badgers are 15-4 overall and sit alone at the top of the Big Ten standings at 7-1, their lone loss coming at Penn State earlier this month.

🔼 Whack-A-Mole. It’s Round 2 between Michigan State and Minnesota hockey this weekend, with Munn Ice Arena the setting this time around!

The Spartans traveled to Minnesota in late November and played a pair of overtime contests against the Gophers.

🔼 Rivalry Time. Michigan State and Michigan women’s basketball match up for the first time this year tomorrow at noon at the Breslin Center!

The rivalry game will be a battle of styles, as Michigan State continues to fill up the scoreboard (86.9 ppg), while Michigan continues to keep opponents off of it (58.8 ppg allowed).

Saturday will also serve as the Spartans’ Alumni Game, where they will honor the 10-year anniversary of the 2014 Big Ten Championship team.

🔼 Go West, Young Men. Malibu is the setting this weekend for Michigan State men’s tennis, with UC Santa Barbara serving as the opponent for an early-season road trip.

The Spartans dominated opening weekend, surrendering just one total team point in matchups against Western Michigan and Brown.

This weekend’s dual will be UC Santa Barbara’s first competition of the year.

🔼 Top-20 Tilt. Michigan State gymnastics hosts its first ranked opponent at Jenison Field House this weekend when No. 20 Iowa comes to town Sunday for a 1 p.m. dual.

The meet will serve as Alumni Day and as a celebration for 50 years of Spartan gymnastics!

🔼 Closing It Out. Michigan State wrestling closes out its three-dual homestand tonight against No. 17 Wisconsin, its fourth straight top-20 opponent.

The Badgers are 6-2 so far this season, with a 27-15 loss to No. 7 Ohio State serving as its only Big Ten competition.

🔼 Split It Up. Michigan State track & field will be sending athletes to multiple events this weekend!

The Spartans will have sprinters, jumpers, Pentathlon and Heptathlon athletes at the highly-competitive PNC Lenny Lyles Invite in Louisville, Ky., and the distance squad will be in Ann Arbor at the Michigan Invite.

🤔 SPARTAN TRIVIA

For Bragging Rights. What is Michigan State women’s basketball’s all-time record against Michigan?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 Getting Better. What offseason?

Michigan State football is attacking every day — only 218 days until kickoff against Florida Atlantic!

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Friday 1/26

👟 Track & Field at Lenny Lyles Invite — Louisville, Ky.

👟 Track & Field at Michigan Invite — Ann Arbor, Mich.

🏒 Hockey vs. Minnesota @ 6 p.m. | B1G+ | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

🤼 Wrestling vs. Wisconsin @ 7 p.m. | Watch

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Wisconsin @ 8 p.m. | FS1 | Listen

Saturday 1/27

👟 Track & Field at Lenny Lyles Invite — Louisville, Ky.

👟 Track & Field at Michigan Invite — Ann Arbor, Mich.

🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Michigan @ noon | B1G+ | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

🏒 Hockey vs. Minnesota @ 4 p.m. | Listen | Live Stats | Tickets

Sunday 1/28

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. UC Santa Barbara @ 10 a.m. — Malibu, Calif.

🤸‍♂️ Women’s Gymnastics vs. Iowa @ 1 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Scoring | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 34-18!

💚 Have a great weekend, everyone!