Wide: | yes |
Michigan–Michigan State women's basketball rivalry | |
Team1: | Michigan Wolverines |
Team1logo: | Michigan Wolverines logo.svg |
Team2: | Michigan State Spartans |
Team2logo: | Michigan State Spartans script.svg |
Sport: | Basketball |
Firstmeeting: | February 3, 1973 Michigan State 61, Michigan 24 |
Mostrecent: | February 18, 2024 Michigan State 70, Michigan 66 |
Total: | 100 |
Series: | Michigan State leads, 75–25 |
Largestvictory: | Michigan State, 77–34 (2005) |
Longeststreak: | Michigan State, 12 (2008–2013) |
Currentstreak: | Michigan State, 2 (2024–present) |
The Michigan–Michigan State women's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans women's basketball programs that is part of the larger intrastate rivalry between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University. The rivalry between the Wolverines and Spartans notably includes football, ice hockey, and men's basketball, but extends to almost all sports.
As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Michigan State leads the series 75–25, including winning 24 of the first 27 meetings between the two teams. With both teams being in the Big Ten Conference, the teams have met at least once a year since 1973. In February 2020, Michigan completed its first season sweep of the Spartans since the 2014–15 season.[1]
The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.
Team | Michigan | Michigan State | |
---|---|---|---|
style= | 0 | 0 | |
Final Four appearances | 0 | 1 | |
8 | 17 | ||
0 | 1 | ||
0 | 4 | ||
1 | 1 | ||
All-time program record | 561–677 | 742–480 | |
All-time winning percentage |