Analyzing the MSU men's basketball 2024-25 schedule (2024)

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Date: Oct. 13

Tom Izzo will return to the U.P. for an exhibition game against Northern Michigan at the Superior Dome. Izzo grew up in Michigan’s upper peninsula and played for Northern Michigan, so this exhibition trip up north will be a special one for the Spartans’ head coach the proud program he’s built.

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Date: November 4

Michigan State basketball will open the 2024-25 regular season with a home matchup against Monmouth of the Coastal Athletic Association. The Hawks finished 18-15 last season and had a notable upset road win over West Virginia early in the season.

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Date: Nov. 7

Michigan State basketball will play a second early season home matchup before the Champions Classic against Niagara of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The Purple Eagles finished this past season 16-16 with relatively narrow losses to Notre Dame and Syracuse.

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Date: Nov. 12

Michigan State will once again compete in the annual Champions Classic event, with this year’s opponent being the Kansas Jayhawks. The matchup will take place in Atlanta and will include a Kansas Jayhawks squad expected to contend for the National Championship in 2025.

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Date: Nov. 16

Bowling Green will come to the Breslin Center for a home matchup following the Champions Classic. Former Michigan State guard Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr. is an assistant coach at Bowling Green and will make his return to the Breslin Center with the Falcons.

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Dates: November 25 – 27

Michigan State will make its sixth appearance in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational this season. The Spartans last played in the event in 2019, and have only won the tournament once before in 1991.

The bracket and schedule for this year’s event has yet to be released but here is the eight-team field: Auburn, Colorado, Dayton, Iowa State, Memphis, Michigan State, North Carolina and UConn. Michigan State will play three games in three days during the tournament.

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Date: Dec. 17

Michigan State and Oakland will reportedly renew their annual rivalry again this season in a late December matchup. This matchup will take place at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Michigan State has never lost to Oakland, but the Golden Grizzlies have played the Spartans tight multiple times. This will be the third time these two teams have played this nonconference matchup at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

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The rest of the Spartans’ nonconference schedule is still unknown. Michigan State has three more games to fill out their out-of-league slate.

If we are speculating, though, we can assume Michigan State will add at least one other big-time opponent — especially with the Gavitt Games not renewed for this year. The other games most likely will be filled out with lower-tier foes.

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The official Big Ten schedule has yet to be released, but earlier this week the league released the pairings and home/away splits for each team. Here’s a breakdown of how the Spartans’ conference schedule will eventually be constructed:

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Dates: March 12 – 16, 2025

The Big Ten Tournament will have a new look to it in 2025 with the bracket changing to a 15-team field. Only the top 15 teams in the new 18-team Big Ten will get the opportunity to compete for the Big Ten’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

The location of the Big Ten Tournament in 2025 has not been announced.