Magic Johnson may be the enduring face of Michigan State basketball. Mateen Cleaves came to represent its heart while leading the Spartans to the 2000 national championship. Gregory Kelser, however, personifies the soul of the program. Kelser collaborated with Johnson to lead MSU to its first NCAA title in 1979. Here he discusses his role in the Spartans' victory over Indiana State and Larry Bird and how that game triggered college basketball's surge of popularity that continues to this day. He also provides insight and opinion on the successes, failures, players, personalities, and coaches who came before and after him at Michigan State, including Jud Heathcote, Tom Izzo, Scott Skiles, and Steve Smith.

Magic Johnson may be the enduring face of Michigan State basketball. Mateen Cleaves came to represent its heart while leading the Spartans to the 2000 national championship. But Gregory Kelser personifies the soul of the program. Kelser, of course, collaborated with Johnson to lead MSU to its first NCAA title in 1979. In this book, Kelser discusses his role in the Spartans 75-64 victory over Indiana State and Larry Bird and how that game triggered the surge of popularity that has imbedded terms like March Madness into Americas consciousness.

Davis recounts the dramatic story of how two legendary players--Earvin Magic Johnson and Larry Bird--burst on the scene in a 1979 NCAA championship that gave birth to modern basketball.

Michigan State Spartans is a beginner's history of the Michigan State University men's basketball team. Beginning with program's early years, readers will experience the team's highest and lowest moments and meet the key players and legendary coaches who made it happen. Short biographies, fun facts, informative sidebars, and revealing quotes and anecdotes combine with action-packed photographs to enhance the Spartans' story, allowing your readers Inside College Basketball! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Journalists who have covered the NCAA Tournament known as March Madness over the past 25 years share their experiences and opinions in this collection of short stories.

Founded in 1896, the Big Ten is the United States’ oldest Division-I college athletic conference. Since 1990 the conference has actually consisted of eleven teams: University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Michigan, Michigan State, University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin. The Big Ten currently holds the record for the most Final Four appearances. Basketball in the Big Ten Conference is packed with a wealth of fascinating information and statistics about one of the nation’s most popular sports and most successful college conferences, including conference history; teams and mascots; player and coach profiles; conference rivalries; and important game and tournament highlights.