Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Michigan State Spartans basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The team currently plays at the Breslin Student Events Center. Since 1995, Tom Izzo has been the team's head coach, presiding over a prolonged period of success.Michigan State basketball team has a long history that is rich in tradition. The team has won two NCAA championships and 13 Big Ten championships in basketball. The Spartans won the National Championship in both the 1979 NCAA Tournament and 2000 NCAA Tournament. The 1979 National Championship story line was highly touted as Magic vs. Bird on YouTube. The 1979 championship game is largely credited with launching March Madness. And despite a smaller total American population, the 1979 Championship game remains the highest watched college basketball game in history, with 35.11 million viewers. It was achieved by a team under the coaching of Jud Heathcote that included MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Jay Vincent. MSU beat the then undefeated Indiana State Sycamores, led by future NBA hall of famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship on YouTube was achieved by Morris Peterson, A.J. Granger, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and MVP Mateen Cleaves leading the team in a victory over the Florida Gators.Michigan State basketball has been selected for 17 consecutive NCAA tournament bids (1998–2014) as of the end of the 2014 regular season, which is the third-longest active streak of NCAA tournament bids, behind Kansas (25) and Duke (19). Overall, Michigan State has been to the Final Four a total of eight times in its history (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2010), which is tied for 8th all time, and has made 27 NCAA Tournament appearances. The program is also 9th all time in NCAA tournament winning percentage.On December 13, 2003, Michigan State and Kentucky played at the most-attended college basketball game in history known as the Basketbowl. They played this game in front of 78,129 people at Ford Field, a football stadium converted to a basketball court for this game in Detroit. Kentucky won by a score of 79–74.. }
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- Michigan_State_Spartans_men's_basketball abstract "The Michigan State Spartans basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The team currently plays at the Breslin Student Events Center. Since 1995, Tom Izzo has been the team's head coach, presiding over a prolonged period of success.Michigan State basketball team has a long history that is rich in tradition. The team has won two NCAA championships and 13 Big Ten championships in basketball. The Spartans won the National Championship in both the 1979 NCAA Tournament and 2000 NCAA Tournament. The 1979 National Championship story line was highly touted as Magic vs. Bird on YouTube. The 1979 championship game is largely credited with launching March Madness. And despite a smaller total American population, the 1979 Championship game remains the highest watched college basketball game in history, with 35.11 million viewers. It was achieved by a team under the coaching of Jud Heathcote that included MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Jay Vincent. MSU beat the then undefeated Indiana State Sycamores, led by future NBA hall of famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship on YouTube was achieved by Morris Peterson, A.J. Granger, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and MVP Mateen Cleaves leading the team in a victory over the Florida Gators.Michigan State basketball has been selected for 17 consecutive NCAA tournament bids (1998–2014) as of the end of the 2014 regular season, which is the third-longest active streak of NCAA tournament bids, behind Kansas (25) and Duke (19). Overall, Michigan State has been to the Final Four a total of eight times in its history (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2010), which is tied for 8th all time, and has made 27 NCAA Tournament appearances. The program is also 9th all time in NCAA tournament winning percentage.On December 13, 2003, Michigan State and Kentucky played at the most-attended college basketball game in history known as the Basketbowl. They played this game in front of 78,129 people at Ford Field, a football stadium converted to a basketball court for this game in Detroit. Kentucky won by a score of 79–74.".