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The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I College basketball. Their home games are hosted at the Breslin Student Events Center. Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995. The Spartans have won two NCAA championships and 13 Big Ten Conference Championships. Their two National Championships came in the 1979 NCAA Tournament and the 2000 NCAA Tournament. The 1979 National Championship Game is the most watched college basketball game in history, with 35.11 million television viewers.〔https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ycn-8046136〕 The 1979 team was coached by Jud Heathcote and included tournament MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Jay Vincent. The Spartans defeated the previously unbeaten Indiana State Sycamores, led by future NBA Hall of Famer Larry Bird. The 2000 National Championship team defeated the Florida Gators in the final. The team was coached by Tom Izzo and led by players Morris Peterson, A.J. Granger, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and tournament MVP Mateen Cleaves. The Spartans have participated in 18 consecutive NCAA tournaments (1998–2015), which is the third longest active streak in college basketball, behind Kansas (26) and Duke (20). It is tied for fourth longest streak of all-time (Indiana). Michigan State is 8th all-time in Final Four appearances with 9 (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2015) and have made 29 NCAA Tournament appearances. The program is also 9th all-time in NCAA tournament winning percentage. On December 13, 2003, at Detroit's Ford Field, Michigan State and the Kentucky Wildcats set the record for the highest ever attendance for a college basketball game when they played in front of 78,129 spectators. Kentucky won by a score of 79–74.〔MSU Spartans.com (Basketball Falls To No. 8 Kentucky, 79-74 ).〕 ==Coaches== Two Michigan State coaches have been inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame They are Pete Newell (class of 2006) and Jud Heathcote (class of 2009). On November 28, 2009, Tom Izzo passed Jud Heathcote's mark of 340 career wins by beating U Mass 106-68. Tom Izzo now leads all MSU basketball coaches in wins.〔(Michigan State Michigan State University Spartans, Official Athletic Site - Michigan State )〕 Of all MSU coaches who have headed the Spartans basketball squad in at least a dozen games, Izzo is second in winning percentage and no MSU coach tops him since 1910. Former coach George E. Denman won all 11 games he coached between 1901–03 and Chester L. Brewer won 70 of 95 games from 1903 to 1910.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michigan State Spartans men's basketball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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