2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans were led by 25th-year head coach Tom Izzo and play their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference.

2019–20 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 9
Record22–9 (14–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Tom Izzo (25th season)
Associate head coachDwayne Stephens (17th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Garland (13th season)
  • Dane Fife (9th season)
Captains
Home arenaBreslin Center
2019–20 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 17 Wisconsin146 .7002110  .677
No. 9 Michigan State146 .700229  .710
No. 12 Maryland146 .700247  .774
No. 21 Illinois137 .6502110  .677
No. 25 Iowa119 .5502011  .645
Penn State119 .5502110  .677
No. 19 Ohio State119 .5502110  .677
Rutgers119 .5502011  .645
Michigan1010 .5001912  .613
Purdue911 .4501615  .516
Indiana911 .4502012  .625
Minnesota812 .4001516  .484
Northwestern317 .150823  .258
Nebraska218 .100725  .219
Note: The 2020 Big Ten tournament was canceled prior to the second round due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

With a win against Ohio State on March 8, 2020, the Spartans earned a share of their third straight Big Ten regular season championship. The Spartans finished the season 22–9, 14–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Their season ended following the cancellation of postseason tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On January 5, in a game against rival Michigan, senior point guard Cassius Winston recorded nine assists to move his career total over 800 making him the first Big Ten basketball player to ever record more than 1,600 points and 800 assists in a career. On January 17, Winston recorded his 817th career assist moving him past Mateen Cleaves for the most assists in Big Ten history.

Cassius Winston was a consensus All-American for the second consecutive year, becoming only the second Spartan to become an All-American in more than one season. Winston is one of only four players in Division I history with at least 1,900 points and 850 assists for a career and was one of just seven Division I players to average at least 18.0 points, 5.5 assists, and 2.0 rebounds per game on the season.

With a win over Maryland on February 29, Tom Izzo earned his 300th career Big Ten win, leaving him 53 victories behind the all-time leader Bob Knight. The Spartans began the season as the preseason No. 1 in both the AP and Coaches polls for the first time in school history.

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