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Michigan State Spartans women's basketball

Michigan State Spartans
2016–17 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team
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University Michigan State University
Conference Big Ten
Location East Lansing, MI
Head coach Suzy Merchant (10th year)
Arena Breslin Student Events Center
(Capacity: 16,280)
Nickname Spartans
Colors Green and White
         
Uniforms
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Home jersey
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Team colours
Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2005
NCAA Tournament Final Four
2005
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
2005
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
2005, 2006, 2009
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1991, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
AIAW Tournament appearances
1977
Conference tournament champions
2005
Conference regular season champions
2011, 2014

The Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Spartans play home basketball games at the Breslin Student Events Center on the university campus in East Lansing, Michigan.

The Spartans began play in 1972. In 1991, the Spartans made their first ever NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, their first postseason appearance since the 1977 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament. In 2005, the Spartans won 33 games (a school record), advancing all the way to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament Championship, before losing 84–62 to Baylor. The Spartans have been to 14 NCAA Tournaments in the past 25 years, the most recent being in 2014.

The Spartans have made 14 appearances in the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. Their combined record is 17–14.


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