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Michigan State's NCAA Division I-A program offers 14 varsity sports for men and 15 for women. Since their teams are called the Spartans, MSU's mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty. The university participates in the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports except ice hockey, which competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. The current Athletic Director is Ron Mason, who served as head hockey coach from 1979 to 2002, retiring with a 608-261-64 record at MSU. MSU's Spartan Marching Band plays the fight song at every university event, and both students and alumni sing along. Michigan State is the only division one athletic program to have multiple national championships in both football and basketball.
MSU's men's basketball team has won the National Championship twice: in
1979 and again in 2000. In 1979, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, along with Greg
Kelser, Jay Vincent, and Mike Brkovich, led the MSU team to a 75-64 win
against the Larry Bird-led Indiana State Sycamores. In 2000, three
players from Flint, Michigan, Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, and Mateen
Cleaves led the team to 1st second national title. Dubbed the
"Flintstones", they key to the Spartans' win against the University of
Florida. On December 13, 2003, Michigan State and Kentucky played in the
Basketbowl, in which a record crowd of 78,129 watched the game in
Detroit’s Ford Field. Kentucky won 79-74. The team currently plays at
the Breslin Student Events Center under head coach Tom Izzo, who has a
233-97 record. Izzo's coaching has helped the team make four of the last
eight NCAA Final Fours, winning the title in 2000.
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