#MUBB Faces Michigan State Sunday In NCAA Tourney

The No. 6/4 Marquette University men's basketball team (29-6, 17-3 BIG EAST) continues play in the NCAA tournament when the squad faces No. 7 seed Michigan State (20-12, 11-8 Big Ten) at 4:15 p.m. CT on Sunday, March 19 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. CBS features the national television broadcast, with Andrew Catalon (play-by-play), Steve Lappas (analyst) and Jamie Erdahl (reporter) calling the action. Westwood One will also provide national radio coverage with Kevin Kugler (play-by-play) and Jordan Cornette (analyst). Sunday's winner advances to face the Kentucky/Kansas State winner on Thursday, March 23 at Madison Square Garden.

Marquette Faced Spartans Early & Often

Marquette and Michigan State have met 55 times (MSU leads 32-23) in the all-time series, with all but four of those matchups occurred prior to the conclusion of the 1956-57 campaign.

MU claimed the first meeting, 26-19, on Feb. 16, 1922 and the two programs would compete in a home-and-home series each season for the next 20 years.

The Spartans claimed a 74-69 win in the 1959 NCAA tournament regional semifinals and most recently in postseason action earned a 61-49 decision in the first round of the 2007 tourney in Winston-Salem, N.C. The last regular-season meeting resulted in a 79-68 MSU win on Nov. 28, 2014 in the Orlando Classic.

Marquette Sets Program Record With 29th Win

Marquette's 78-61 victory over Vermont in Friday's opening round was not only its first NCAA tournament win since 2013 (lost in 2017, 2019 and 2022), it also set a program record for single-season win total.

The Golden Eagles are now 29-6 overall, surpassing the school's previous best mark of 28 (1970-71). Marquette finished 28-1 that season, falling only to No. 10 Ohio State, 60-59, in the NCAA regional semifinals in Atlanta.

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