{"id":1851651,"date":"2023-02-17T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851651"},"modified":"2023-02-17T16:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T21:54:47","slug":"bigger-than-the-game-michigan-basketball-plans-touching-tribute-for-rivalry-matchup-with-spartans-days-after-msu-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bigger-than-the-game-michigan-basketball-plans-touching-tribute-for-rivalry-matchup-with-spartans-days-after-msu-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bigger Than The Game\u2019: Michigan Basketball Plans Touching Tribute For Rivalry Matchup With Spartans Days After MSU Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbigger-than-the-game-michigan-basketball-plans-touching-tribute-for-rivalry-matchup-with-spartans-days-after-msu-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851651&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>When you are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/university-of-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue and Maize<\/a> Meet their in-state nemesis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan-state-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan State Spartans<\/a>Family members can split, and tempers can flare. The century-old rivalries will be forgotten when they meet on Saturday at Ann Arbor&#8217;s basketball court.<\/p>\n<p>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-warn-of-shots-fired-at-michigan-state-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shooting<\/a> that took three lives on Michigan State\u2019s campus earlier this week, the University of Michigan has planned to honor the victims and show support for its rival school during its annual basketball game against the Spartans at Crisler Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan is working on a variety of recognitions for MSU. \u201cspecially designed team warm-up shirts,\u201d A \u201cSpartan Strong\u201d flag displayed in the Michigan student section, the Michigan band learning and playing MSU\u2019s fight song, and a moment of silence for the victims.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Special things slated for Saturday&#8217;s game with Michigan State \u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2714\ufe0f Honoring victims of the Michigan State and our community\ud83d\udc9a\ud83d\udc99<br \/>\u2714\ufe0f A Maize Out<br \/>\u2714\ufe0f 2013 Final Four Reunion<\/p>\n<p>\u303d\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForCompetitorsOnly?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForCompetitorsOnly<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoBlue?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoBlue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpartanStrong?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpartanStrong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ett6CEUh3Y\">pic.twitter.com\/ett6CEUh3Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michigan Men&#8217;s Basketball (@umichbball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/umichbball\/status\/1626333281787736064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Students Arielle Anderson, Alexandria Verner and Brian Fraser were all killed. Five others were also injured Monday night following a shooting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/police-reveal-possible-motivations-behind-michigan-state-university-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A 43-year-old man<\/a> Students were attacked at two locations on Michigan State&#8217;s campus by the suspect. According to police, the suspect was not affiliated with the university and later committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State University canceled classes through the end of the week, and the men\u2019s basketball team postponed a home game scheduled for Wednesday against Minnesota as the campus reels from the tragedy. The Spartans\u2019 game against Michigan will be its first time taking the court since the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Izzo is the long-serving head coach of Michigan State. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/college\/michigan-state\/spartans\/2023\/02\/16\/michigan-state-basketball-tom-izzo-michigan-rivalry-msu-school-shooting\/69912934007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> that after talking with mental health professionals earlier this week, they decided that it\u2019s important for the team to play to begin the healing process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of help from some mental health professionals that I think really helped me,\u201d Izzo commented on Thursday. \u201cThey felt that if (MSU\u2019s basketball team) played it would help not only themselves, the team, but maybe the campus heal a little better. And so we agreed that would be our battle cry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Legendary MSU player, Mark Steiger, said that Saturday&#8217;s match against Michigan would be more than a rivalry game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s some things that aren\u2019t rivalries. There\u2019s some things that are bigger than the game,\u201d He said. \u201cThe game is gonna be really important to me, as it has been for all 28 years I\u2019ve been here. But there\u2019ll be a little asterisk on it. And I\u2019m gonna have to do a good job of holding my emotions, their emotions. Everybody\u2019s emotions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the game has taken on a greater meaning following the East Lansing tragedy, Juwan Howard, Michigan&#8217;s head coach, still expects a hard-fought contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect two competitive teams to still go out there and compete,\u201d Howard stated Friday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/wolverines\/2023\/02\/in-atypical-atmosphere-michigan-expects-typical-competition-vs-michigan-state.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> MLive. \u201cMe and Coach Izzo \u2026 we put our hearts into our players and helping them go through whatever they go through, and preparing them to play the game they truly love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know once that ball goes up it\u2019s going to be all about the game of basketball, and both teams trying to, at the end of day, win,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Maize and Blue face off against their in-state nemesis Michigan State Spartans, families divide and tempers flare. But when the two rivals meet on the basketball court in Ann Arbor on Saturday, the century-old hostilities will take a back seat. In the wake of the shooting that took three lives on Michigan State\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1851654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7142,8356,4525,6528,12515,4601,18607,3641,13741,4300,18972,14101,9122],"class_list":["post-1851651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-basketball","tag-bigger","tag-days","tag-game","tag-matchup","tag-michigan","tag-msu","tag-plans","tag-rivalry","tag-shooting","tag-spartans","tag-touching","tag-tribute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}