Michigan State has won at least a share of the 2025 Big Ten men’s basketball regular season title.
That came via a Thursday loss by Michigan to Maryland. The Wolverines are now two games back in the loss column to MSU, and the Spartans only have two games left to play.
With his latest accomplishment, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo has tied Indiana’s Bob Knight and Purdue’s Ward “Piggy” Lambert for the most regular-season titles in Big Ten history, with 11.
The 70-year-old Izzo earlier this season passed Knight for the most conference victories and now has 358. IU was able to momentarily keep Izzo from breaking that mark a few weeks back with a win in East Lansing, but MSU hasn’t lost a game since.
A few years ago Izzo also passed Knight for most wins by a Big Ten coach with a single team.
For his part, Izzo has been very humble about having his name in the record books with Knight.
“First of all, the guy (Knight) I guess I went by, he was a hell of a coach and a hell of a guy, and a friend of all of ours,” Izzo said on the FOX broadcast after passing Knight.
Indiana’s 71-67 win at Michigan State on Feb. 11 stands as the Spartans only home loss this season, and one of just three losses in Big Ten play.
