MSU vs UM BASKETBALL: THE LAST 25 GAMES

Another rivalry basketball game has come and gone, and another blowout by Michigan State against Michigan. That game had all of the excitement of a mid-afternoon nap.

When the Wolverines wake up, they will see themselves on the short-end of a long streak of wins by the Spartans. In this article, we take a look at the last 25 games in the series.

Our 25-game span covers 14 years, a time-frame that offers a good mid-range view of the series. Some would like a shorter viewpoint, so we've broken those 25 games into five sequential five-game sets. (You can get a good sense of the series by viewing it in five-game intervals.)

Here are the outcomes of the last 25 games between MSU and UM in Men's Basketball, listed in chronological order with the winner and final margin (bottom = most recent):

(1-26-03) UM by 2

(1-17-04) MSU by 17

(2-24-04) MSU by 3

(1-27-05) MSU by 11

(2-12-05) MSU by 15

• MSU 4-1 in games
• MSU +44 points

(1-25-06) UM by 5

(2-18-06) MSU by 19

(2-13-07) MSU by 15

(2-27-07) UM by 11

(1-27-08) MSU by 15

• MSU 3-2 in games
• MSU +33 points

(2-10-09) MSU by 12

(1-26-10) MSU by 1

(3-07-10) MSU by 16

(1-27-11) UM by 4

(3-05-11) UM by 7

• MSU 3-2 in games
• MSU +18 points

(1-17-12) UM by 1

(2-05-12) MSU by 10

(2-12-13) MSU by 23

(3-03-13) UM by 1

(1-25-14) UM by 5

• UM 3-2 in games
• MSU +26 points

(2-23-14) UM by 9

(3-16-14) MSU by 14

(2-01-15) MSU by 10

(2-17-15) MSU by 13

(2-06-16) MSU by 16

• MSU 4-1 in games
• MSU +42 points

Michigan scored a pair of three-game win streaks from 2011 through 2014, each of which included a one-point UM victory. If those one-point wins had been switched, the Wolverines would have lost eight of the last ten, rather than winning four of the last ten. That's a very small margin for arrogant boasting!

Here are a few other things we can conclude from reviewing the list of actual games played:

• Over the last 10 games, MSU leads, 6-4 (and the Spartans have outscored the Wolverines by 68 points).
• Over the last 15 games, MSU leads UM 9-6 (outscoring them by 86 points).
• Over the last 20 games, MSU leads UM 12-8 (outscoring them by 119 points).
• Over the last 25 games, MSU leads UM 16-9 (outscoring them by 163 points). The Spartans have had at least one double-digit victory during all but two calendar years since that time (2003, 2011).
• The Wolverines have won by double-digits over the Spartans only one time since Monica Lewinsky became a household name, and that one game was nine years ago.
• Four of the last six UM wins have been by five points or less.
• The last seven MSU wins have been by double-digit margins.
• 13 of the last 14 MSU wins over UM have been by double-digit margins.

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