Michigan–Michigan State women's basketball rivalry

The Michigan–Michigan State women's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans women's basketball programs that is part of the larger intrastate rivalry between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The rivalry between the Wolverines and Spartans notably includes football, ice hockey, and men's basketball, but extends to almost all sports.

Michigan–Michigan State
women's basketball rivalry

Michigan Wolverines Michigan State Spartans
Sport	Basketball
First meeting	February 3, 1973 Michigan State 61, Michigan 24
Latest meeting	February 23, 2020 Michigan 65, Michigan State 57
Statistics
Meetings total	93
All-time series	Michigan State leads, 72–21
Largest victory	Michigan State, 77–34 (2005)
Longest win streak	Michigan State, 12 (2008–2013)
Current win streak	Michigan, 2 (2020–present)

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Locations of Michigan and Michigan State

History

As of February 2020, Michigan State leads the series 72–21, including winning 24 of the first 27 meetings between the two teams. With both teams being in the Big Ten Conference, the teams have met at least once a year since 1973. In February 2020, Michigan completed its first season sweep of the Spartans since the 2014–15 season.[1]

Accomplishments by the two rivals

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Team	Michigan	Michigan State
National titles	0	0
Final Four appearances	0	1
NCAA Tournament appearances	8	17
Big Ten Tournament titles	0	1
Big Ten regular season titles	0	4
Big Ten Players of the Year	0	1
All-time program record	561–677	742–480
All-time winning percentage	.453	.607

Game results

All-time meetings

Michigan victories

Michigan State victories

Tie games

Vacated wins

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 February 3, 1973 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 61–24 2 February 13, 1973 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 48–33 3 January 24, 1974 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 73–35 4 January 22, 1975 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 54–36 5 February 28, 1975 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 65–53 6 January 20, 1976 East Lansing, MI Michigan 61–58 7 January 24, 1977 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 63–62 8 February 14, 1977 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 96–71 9 February 18, 1978 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 80–47 10 March 2, 1978 Rochester, MI Michigan State 83–69 11 February 17, 1979 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 78–77 12 March 1, 1979 Rochester, MI Michigan State 73–66 13 January 15, 1980 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 70–65 14 January 6, 1981 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 71–69 15 January 5, 1982 East Lansing, MI Michigan 78–76 16 November 27, 1982 Grand Rapids, MI Michigan State 80–63 17 February 6, 1983 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 74–60 18 February 13, 1983 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 77–67 19 February 5, 1984 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 76–63 20 February 12, 1984 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 68–66 21 January 25, 1985 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 60–56 22 February 22, 1985 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 77–65 23 January 24, 1986 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 68–62 24 February 23, 1986 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 75–70 25 January 18, 1987 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 73–65 26 February 13, 1987 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 74–69 27 January 22, 1988 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 66–59 28 February 19, 1988 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 79–65 29 January 27, 1989 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 47–45 30 February 24, 1989 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 58–48 31 January 28, 1990 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 71–65^OT 32 February 23, 1990 East Lansing, MI Michigan 62–56 33 January 4, 1991 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 68–63 34 March 7, 1991 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 71–62 35 February 7, 1992 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 76–55 36 March 6, 1992 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 58–52 37 January 13, 1993 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 65–62 38 February 10, 1993 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 67–63 39 January 12, 1994 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 74–62 40 February 9, 1994 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 78–62 41 January 6, 1995 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 80–75 42 February 19, 1995 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 70–65 43 March 3, 1995 Indianapolis, IN Michigan State 81–59 44 January 5, 1996 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 66–65 45 February 18, 1996 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 87–81 46 January 19, 1997 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 76–67 47 November 22, 1997 East Lansing, MI Michigan 89–72 48 January 18, 1998 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 81–65 No. Date Location Winner Score 49 January 20, 1999 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 76–75^OT 50 February 14, 1999 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 70–56 51 March 14, 1999 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 69–68 52 December 30, 1999 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 64–61 53 February 20, 2000 East Lansing, MI Michigan 90–87^OT 54 January 25, 2001 East Lansing, MI Michigan 58–49 55 January 2, 2002 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 58–45 56 January 30, 2003 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 73–56 57 February 16, 2003 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 82–55 58 January 18, 2004 East Lansing, MI #25 Michigan State 67–33 59 February 12, 2004 Ann Arbor, MI #17 Michigan State 59–54 60 January 2, 2005 Ann Arbor, MI #10 Michigan State 70–60 61 February 23, 2005 East Lansing, MI #6 Michigan State 77–34 62 January 1, 2006 East Lansing, MI #10 Michigan State 77–44 63 February 23, 2006 Ann Arbor, MI #14 Michigan State 68–42 64 January 18, 2007 Ann Arbor, MI #23 Michigan State 66–48 65 January 13, 2008 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 64–55 66 January 31, 2008 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 61–58 67 March 30, 2008 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 45–40^OT 68 January 15, 2009 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 41–37 69 February 19, 2009 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 52–27 70 December 31, 2009 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 86–71 71 February 11, 2010 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 50–45 72 March 5, 2010 Indianapolis, IN Michigan State 61–50 73 January 9, 2011 Ann Arbor, MI #11 Michigan State 63–56 74 February 13, 2011 East Lansing, MI #11 Michigan State 69–56 75 January 4, 2012 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 60–55 76 February 5, 2012 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 65–63 77 February 4, 2013 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 61–46 78 February 16, 2013 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 70–69 79 March 8, 2013 Hoffman Estates, IL Michigan State 62–46 80 January 12, 2014 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 79–72 81 March 7, 2014 Indianapolis, IN #19 Michigan State 61–58 82 January 4, 2015 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 74–65 83 February 5, 2015 East Lansing, MI Michigan 72–59 84 March 5, 2015 Hoffman Estates, IL Michigan State 69–49 85 February 3, 2016 East Lansing, MI #17 Michigan State 85–64 86 February 19, 2017 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 86–68 87 March 3, 2017 Indianapolis, IN Michigan State 74–64 88 January 23, 2018 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 74–48 89 February 11, 2018 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 66–61 90 January 27, 2019 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan State 77–73 91 February 24, 2019 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 74–64 92 January 5, 2020 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan 89–69 93 February 23, 2020 East Lansing, MI Michigan 65–57 94 January 28, 2021 East Lansing, MI Series: Michigan State leads 72–21

References

1. Reider, Sean (February 24, 2020). "'The tide has been turning': Women's basketball players, coaches discuss the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry". StateNews.com. State News, Inc. Retrieved February 25, 2020.