2009–10 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Ohio State†	14	–	4	.778	29	–	8	.784
No. 10 Purdue	14	–	4	.778	29	–	6	.829
No. 13 Michigan State	14	–	4	.778	28	–	9	.757
No. 16 Wisconsin	13	–	5	.722	24	–	9	.727
Illinois	10	–	8	.556	21	–	15	.583
Minnesota	9	–	9	.500	21	–	14	.600
Northwestern	7	–	11	.389	20	–	14	.588
Michigan	7	–	11	.389	15	–	17	.469
Indiana	4	–	14	.222	10	–	21	.323
Iowa	4	–	14	.222	10	–	22	.313
Penn State	3	–	15	.167	11	–	20	.355

† 2010 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 3, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 15th year. The Spartans played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. MSU finished the season with a record of 28–9, 14–4 in Big Ten play to earn a share of the regular season championship. The Spartans received a bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed, their 13th consecutive trip, and advanced to the Final Four, their sixth trip to the Final Four under Izzo, before losing to Butler.

The Spartans finished the 2008–09 season with an overall record of 31–7, 15–3 to win the Big Ten regular season championship. Michigan State received a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, their 12th straight trip to the Tournament, and advanced to the National Championship game, their second trip to the title game under Tom Izzo.

The Spartans lost Goran Suton (10.4 PPG, 8.4 RPG, 1.6 APG) to the NBA Draft following the season.

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