Spartan Brew 2/20: B1G Battle at Breslin!

Men's hoops hosts Ohio State on Sunday!

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Spartan Brew Crew
February 20, 2026

What else do we have brewing today?

🏒 Game one won
🏀 Home cookin’
💚 And much, much more

🔼 Game One Won! No. 1 Michigan State hockey took the first of its two-game series against Notre Dame at Munn Ice Arena on Thursday, winning 4-2 to improve to 23-6-0 overall this season and 14-5-0 in Big Ten play!

Trey Augustine collected 37 saves for the Spartans against the Fighting Irish.

🔼 Home Cookin’. No. 15 Michigan State men’s basketball plays its second-to-last game at the Breslin Center this Sunday, hosting Ohio State at 1 p.m. on CBS!

The Buckeyes are 17-9 overall and 9-6 so far in Big Ten play.

🔼 Road Finale. No. 18 Michigan State women’s basketball hits the road this weekend for the final time during the regular season, traveling to Minneapolis this Sunday for a 6 p.m. tipoff against Minnesota on FS1.

With two games left in the regular season, the Spartans sit in sixth place in the Big Ten standings at 10-6 in conference action. The Gophers are in fourth place at 12-4.

🔼 Texas Test. Michigan State baseball plays its second top-10 team in as many weeks this weekend, traveling to Texas for a three-game series at No. 3 Texas after taking two-of-three games at No. 8 Louisville last weekend.

🔼 Bayou Bound. Michigan State softball heads to Baton Rouge, La., this weekend for five games at the Purple & Gold Classic hosted by LSU.

The Spartans will play twice against both LSU and Howard, and open play today against Louisiana-Lafayette.

🔼 Stick The Landing. No. 11 Michigan State gymnastics is back inside Jenison Field House again this weekend, hosting No. 21 Ohio State for a Big Ten dual today at 6 p.m.

Today is the Spartans’ final Big Ten dual of the regular season, with the Big Four Meet on the schedule for next weekend.

🔼 Serve It Up. Both Michigan State men’s and women’s tennis compete this weekend — the Spartan men travel to Western Michigan on Sunday, while the women host Toledo and Dartmouth today and Sunday, respectively.

🔼 Tune Up. Michigan State track and field competes for the final time this weekend before the Big Ten Indoor Championships, splitting up between the Silverston Invitational in Ann Arbor and the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind.

🔼 Last Call. Michigan State wrestling closes out the regular season at home today, hosting Central Michigan at 7 p.m. inside Jenison Field House.

💚 ONE BIG THING

🔼 The Standard! “The Cut”, presented by Rocket, takes you inside the 17-time Big Ten Champion and reigning conference champion Michigan State men’s basketball team for the 2025–26 season.

Win or lose, the standard of Michigan State Basketball remains the same.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

*All times ET

Friday, February 20
👟 Track & Field at Silverston Invitational (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Toledo @ 5 p.m.
🥎 Softball vs. Louisiana Lafayette @ 5 p.m. (Baton Rouge, La.) | ESPN+
🏒 Hockey vs. Notre Dame @ 6 p.m. | BTN | Spartan Media Network
🤼 Wrestling vs. Central Michigan @ 7 p.m.
⚾️ Baseball at Texas @ 7:30 p.m.
🥎 Softball at LSU @ 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+

Saturday, February 21
👟 Track & Field at Alex Wilson Invitational (South Bend, Ind.)
🥎 Softball vs. Howard @ 2:30 p.m. (Baton Rouge, La.) | ESPN+
⚾️ Baseball at Texas @ 3 p.m.
🤸‍♀️ Gymnastics vs. Ohio State @ 6 p.m. | B1G+
🥎 Softball at LSU @ 7:30 p.m. | ESPN+

Sunday, February 22
🎾 Women’s Tennis vs. Dartmouth @ noon
🥎 Softball vs. Howard @ noon (Baton Rouge, La.) | ESPN+
⚾️ Baseball at Texas @ 1 p.m.
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Ohio State @ 1 p.m. | CBS | Spartan Media Network
🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Western Michigan @ 1 p.m.
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Minnesota @ 6 p.m. | FS1 | Spartan Media Network

💚 Have a great weekend, everyone!