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Perhaps the first family of hoops in Minnesota is the Dahlmans. Nathan is an assistant coach for the Braham girls basketball team.

Helped Orr High School to its first state tournament in 1976 before playing at Gustavus Adolphus.

Although final exams come every year, dealing with them this past week was a much different story for MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo.

Despite losing all eight of its games against Michigan State since 1998, in recent years, the Golden Grizzlies have presented problems for the Spartans before MSU pulled away at the end.

What happened: The Spartans improved to 8-2 after steamrolling the Golden Grizzlies on Thursday night at the Breslin Center.

East Lansing -- Michigan State's most appreciative player could be the veteran who often appears to get more of a workout on the bench than the court.

Raymar Morgan has no issues with sacrificing himself for family, both real and perceived.

Braham's Noah and Isaiah Dahlman For most of the country, Michigan State's game on Friday night against the Wofford Terriers was nothing more than a game to get the highly-ranked Spartans back on track after tough losses to Florida and North Carolina.

Isaiah Dahlman had the feel-good moment of the evening in a matchup with his brother, scoring with 1:59 left in Michigan State's 72-60 win over Noah Dahlman and Wofford at Breslin Center.

Michigan State's men's basketball team will try to bounce back from a disappointing loss at North Carolina when Wofford visits the Breslin Center tonight.

Another high-profile loss has Michigan State reeling a bit. The Spartans should be comforted by the knowledge that they'll have a pretty accurate scouting report on their next opponent's best player.

Tom Izzo became the winningest coach in the history of MSU men's basketball Saturday as the Spartans routed Massachusetts 106-68 in the third place game of the Legends Classic at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J. Izzo surpassed his predecessor, Jud Heathcote, who notched 340 wins during his tenure in East Lansing.

Atlantic City, NJ- Hoping to play David to #2 Michigan State's Goliath, Derek Kellogg 's UMass Minutemen started a lineup that featured two starters getting their first starts of the season and a third getting his first career start at his position.

Kalin and Korie. Lucas and Lucious. Similar names, similar games, similar frames.

Michigan State players, from left, Draymond Green, Isaiah Dahlman and Durrell Summers celebrate the Spartans' 75-71 win against Gonzaga on Tuesday night.

EAST LANSING -- Michigan State played another exhibition game without some of its top players, again denying coach Tom Izzo the chance to get a gauge on his team's progress before the start of the 2009-10 season.

Tickets to Michigan State's non-conference basketball games are available for purchase.

By Cash Kruth It started out ugly. Very ugly. Missed layups, ice-cold shooting and lacking two starters because of injury contributed to a slow and sloppy first half in the No.

The first glimpse of the nation's top 25 college basketball teams was released on Thursday, and the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll has the Kansas Jayhawks as the No.

The MSU men's basketball team has just about everything against Division 2 teams under head coach Tom Izzo.