1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team

The 1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the Big Ten Conference. They played their home games at Jenison Fieldhouse in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by Gus Ganakas in his fourth year as head coach of the Spartans. They finished the season 13–11, 6–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball
Kodak Classic champions Senior Bowl Classic champions
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	13–11 (6–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Gus Ganakas (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Robert Nordmann Matthew Atich
Captain	Bill Kilgore
Home arena	Jenison Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

1972–73 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Indiana	11	–	3		.786			22	–	6		.786
No. 10 Minnesota	10	–	4		.714			21	–	5		.808
Purdue	8	–	6		.571			15	–	9		.625
Illinois	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Ohio State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	10		.583
Iowa	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Michigan State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	11		.542
Wisconsin	5	–	9		.357			11	–	13		.458
Northwestern	2	–	12		.143			5	–	19		.208
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Spartans finished the 1971–72 season 13–11, 6–8 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

Roster and statistics

1972–73 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
No	Name	Pos	Year	Height	Pts	Reb
10	Brad VanPelt	F	SR	6–5	1.0	–
11	Gary Ganakas	G	SR	5–5	4.6	2.0
12	William Glover	G	SO	6–2	2.8	0.5
22	Bill Kolgore	C	SR	6–7	16.7	10.0
23	Benny White	G	FR	6–8	1.3	0.3
24	Cedric Milton	C	FR	6–8	1.8	1.7
25	Terry Furlow	F	FR	6–3	5.7	3.5
31	Mike Robinson	G	JR	5–11	25.3	4.2
32	Peter Davis	G	SO	6–1	3.3	1.0
34	Joe Schakleton	F	SO	6–2	1.1	0.8
41	Thomas Mcgill	F	SO	6–4	1.0	–
44	Allen Smith	F	SO	6–5	11.7	0.6
45	Lindsay Hairston	C	SO	6–7	11.5	7.9
–	Steve Borenstein	G	SO	5–10	2.0	–
–	Terry Fagan	G	JR	5–9	–	–
–	Dave Jackson	F	FR	6–3	–	–
–	Jim Shereda	C	SR	6–8	–	–

Source^[1][2]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov. 28, 1972*		Toledo	W 98–96	1–0	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 2, 1972*		No. 13 Kentucky	L 66–75	1–1	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 9, 1972*		at South Carolina	L 64–83	1–2	Carolina Coliseum  Columbia, SC
Dec 16, 1972*		at Western Michigan	W 76–73	2–2	University Arena  Kalamazoo, MI
Dec 19, 1972*		Central Michigan	W 96–74	3–2	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Dec 29, 1972*		at Rochester Kodak Classic semifinals	W 103–61	4–2	Community War Memorial  Rochester, NY
Dec 30, 1972*		vs. Arizona State Kodak Classic final	W 83–74	5–2	Community War Memorial  Rochester, NY
Jan 2, 1973*		vs. Mississippi State Senior Bowl Classic semifinals	W 90–82	6–2	Jaguar Gym  Mobile, AL
Jan 3, 1973*		at South Alabama Senior Bowl Classic final	W 86–78	7–2	Jaguar Gym  Mobile, AL
Jan 6, 1973		Northwestern	W 90–77	8–2 (1–0)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 13, 1973		Michigan Rivalry	L 71–78	8–3 (1–1)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 15, 1973		at Iowa	W 76–74	9–3 (2–1)	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
Jan 20, 1973		at Wisconsin	L 80–93	9–4 (2–2)	Wisconsin Field House  Madison, WI
Jan 22, 1973		No. 16 Indiana	L 89–97	9–5 (2–3)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Jan 27, 1973		at No. 8 Minnesota	L 77–93	9–6 (2–4)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
Feb 3, 1973		Iowa	W 94–89	10–6 (3–4)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 7, 1973*		at Notre Dame	L 72–85	10–7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center  South Bend, IN
Feb 10, 1973		at Michigan Rivalry	L 81–97	10–8 (3–5)	Crisler Arena  Ann Arbor, MI
Feb 17, 1973		Purdue	L 84–88	10–9 (3–6)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Feb 19, 1973		at No. 11 Indiana	L 65–75	10–10 (3–7)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
Feb 24, 1973		at Illinois	L 71–81	10–11 (3–8)	Assembly Hall  Champaign, IL
Feb 26, 1973		Ohio State	W 87–83	11–11 (4–8)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
Mar 3, 1973		at Northwestern	W 86–72	12–11 (5–8)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
Mar 10, 1973		Wisconsin	W 79–78 ^OT	13–11 (6–8)	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source^[3]^[2]

Awards and honors

• Mike Robinson – All-Big Ten First Team

References

1. "1972-73 Michigan State Spartans Roster and Stats | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2019. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
3. "1972-73 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results".