The only podcast devoted entirely to Michigan State men's basketball.
On this special episode of Impact Izzone from Greenville: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath preview Michigan State's NCAA Tournament first round matchup with Davidson.
On this special episode of Impact Izzone from Indianapolis: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath recap Michigan State's Big Ten tournament quarterfinal win against Wisconsin and preview the Spartans matchup with Purdue in the semifinals.
On this special episode of Impact Izzone: Brendan Schabath, Trent Balley and Luke Sloan recap Michigan State's Big Ten tournament-opening win against Maryland, preview the Spartans quarterfinal matchup against Wisconsin and discuss some early results from other teams in the tournament.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan, Trent Balley and Brendan Schabath recap Michigan State's senior day win against Maryland and preview the Big Ten men's basketball tournament with full predictions for the bracket.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath are joined by Julian Mitchell and Natalie Kerwin, alumni of WDBM and former co-hosts of Impact Izzone. The crew recaps Michigan State's win over Purdue and loss to Michigan, finishing the show with a preview of Thursday's Ohio State game. Julian and Natalie also share their thoughts on life after college and give some updates on their careers.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath take a deep dive into the state of Michigan State men's basketball following three straight losses and defeats in seven of the Spartans last 11 games.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Brendan Schabath, Trent Balley and Luke Sloan are joined by special guest Rico Beard, host of The Valenti Show with Rico on 97.1 The Ticket. Brendan, Trent, Luke and Rico recap Michigan State's win over Michigan, preview this week's games against Maryland and Rutgers, discuss various storylines surrounding the Spartans and run through Rico's thoughts on some football topics.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan, Trent Balley and Brendan Schabath share their favorite Christmas gifts and New Years resolutions, recap Michigan State's games over winter break, run through an Impact Izzone Mailbag, preview the Spartans upcoming games and finish with an edition of the College Basketball Bonanza w/ Brendan Schabath.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan, Trent Balley and Brendan Schabath are in the Christmas spirit! The trio recaps Michigan State's wins over Louisville and Toledo, previews the Spartans games against Minnesota and Penn State and runs through a College Basketball Bonanza.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath recap Michigan State's performances in the Battle 4 Atlantis, preview the Spartans upcoming games with Louisville and Toledo and debut the College Basketball Bonanza.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan and Trent Balley recap Michigan State's loss to Kansas and win over Western Michigan, preview the Spartans upcoming game against Butler and share stories from WDBM's trip to New York City.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Bailey, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath make predictions for Michigan State's season, preview the Big Ten and break down Michigan State's season opener against Kansas in the Champions Classic.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Bailey, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath check in from Big Ten basketball media days at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana. Trent, Luke and Brendan discussed the most significant takeaways from Michigan State men's and women's basketball's media appearances and took a look around the Big Ten after the coaches and players hit the podium.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath celebrate March Madness by discussing Michigan State's NCAA tournament draw, previewing the Spartans' first four matchup with UCLA and diving into the rest of this year's NCAA tournament bracket. Follow @WDBMSports on Twitter for more Michigan State men's basketball coverage.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath discuss Michigan State's vengeful win over the No. 2 Michigan Wolverines to close out the regular season. The crew looks at the Big Ten Tournament pool and predicts how far the Spartans can get, starting with their Thursday matchup against Maryland. Finally, they talk big picture and predict what seed the Spartans will get in the NCAA Tournament.Â
On this rapid episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath give their takes on what went wrong for the Michigan State Spartans in their weekend loss to Maryland before recapping what went right in their bounce-back win over Indiana on Tuesday. The crew then looks at some big picture questions regarding the Spartans' NCAA Tournament hopes and previews Thursday's matchup with No. 2 Michigan before wrapping it up with The 4-Point Play.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley and Brendan Schabath recap the Spartans' monumental upset over No. 4 Ohio State on Thursday. They then look at the big-picture implications for the Spartans, including scenarios for them to make the NCAA Tournament. They round out the show by previewing Sunday's matchup with the Maryland Terrapins.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath break down Michigan State's two-game winning streak, with victories over Indiana and No. 5 Illinois. They discuss what these wins mean for the Spartans' big picture before looking ahead to Thursday's matchup with No. 7 Ohio State. Brendan rounds out the show with a new edition of "4-Point Play" (even though it may or may not be a 5-point play).
On this episode of Impact Izzone: The crew breaks down the Spartans' back-to-back losses to No. 15 Iowa and Purdue. Then, they discuss the big picture implications of this season for MSU, and if there is any hope left at an NCAA Tournament berth. Finally, they talk about 2022 five-star center Enoch Boakye decommitting from MSU before making predictions for the Spartans' clash with Indiana this weekend and rounding out the show with "The 4-Point Play."
On this episode of Impact Izzone: The crew is back! In their first episode together since early January, Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath recap the Michigan State Spartans' two-game winning streak over Nebraska and Penn State. They then look ahead to the Spartans' weekend matchup with No. 15 Iowa before Brendan rounds out the show with a new installment of "4-Point Play."
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath are joined alongside special guest Eric Bach to break down Michigan State's road loss to No. 8 Iowa. The trio also discusses the team's outlook moving forward, previews the upcoming Nebraska game, and closes the show with the four-point play with Brendan Schabath. Follow @WDBMSports on Twitter for more Michigan State basketball coverage.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath, alongside special guest Eric Bach, discuss the breaking news of Michigan State's cancellation of the Iowa game, recap the Purdue loss, debate about some big picture issues for the Spartans and finish the episode with the four-point play. Follow @WDBMSports on Twitter for more MSU men's basketball coverage.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: the crew of Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath take a look back at No. 23 Michigan State's three-game losing streak before giving their thoughts on back-to-back wins over Nebraska and No. 15 Rutgers. They then look ahead to the Spartans' matchup with Purdue and round out the show with a new edition of "4-Point Play" hosted by Schabath.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Luke Sloan and Brendan Schabath break down the Spartans' road loss to Northwestern for their first loss of the season. The crew then previews the No. 12 Spartans' Christmas Day matchup with the No. 9 Wisconsin Badgers before rounding out the show with a brand new segment called "4-Point Play" hosted by Schabath.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Brendan Schabath and Luke Sloan give their reactions to the No. 4 Spartans' victories over Detroit Mercy and Western Michigan this weekend to improve to 5-0 on the season. The crew then looks ahead to the Spartans' matchup with the No. 18 Virginia Cavaliers on Wednesday and takes a look at the Big Ten standings to round out the show.Follow the crew on Twitter: Trent Balley (@TrentBalley) Brendan Schabath (@Bschabath3) Luke Sloan (@Luke_Sloan7) WDBM Sports (@WDBMSports)
On this week's edition of the Impact Izzone podcast, Trent Balley, Brendan Schabath and Luke Sloan break down the No. 8 Michigan State Spartans' wins over Notre Dame and No. 6 Duke to improve to 3-0 on the season. The crew then discusses the effect on Cassius Winston of the Russell Westbrook trade to to Washington Wizards. They round out the show by looking ahead to the Spartans' back-to-back home matchups with Detroit Mercy and Western Michigan.
On this episode of Impact Izzone: Trent Balley, Brendan Schabath and Luke Sloan recap the Michigan State Spartans' 83-67 victory over the Eastern Michigan Eagles, as they improve to 1-0 on the brand new season. The crew discusses the starting lineup and depth of the team before making some predictions regarding the Spartans' upcoming matchups vs. Notre Dame at home on Saturday and at Duke on Tuesday.Â
On the season premiere of Impact Izzone: new host Trent Balley is joined by Brendan Schabath and Luke Sloan to discuss Michigan State's selections in the NBA draft and preview the 2020 Spartans.
On this episode of Impact Izzone, Julian Mitchell, Trent Balley, and Natalie Kerwin discuss what life has been like over this past week. They recap the MSU season and go back through the predictions from the first episode of this season. Finally, Natalie and Julian say their goodbyes to Impact Izzone and MSU. Tune in next season for Impact Izzone with Trent Balley!
Recorded days before the news of the NCAA canceling the tournament, the crew of Julian Mitchell, Trent Balley, and Natalie Kerwin recapped Michigan State's five-game stretch to end the season and give their opinions on the All-Big Ten honors that came out. Lastly, they invited Brock Balley of Brocketology on the podcast to talk MSU's title hopes and seeding in the tournament.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Julian Mitchell, Trent Balley and Natalie Kerwin try to make sense of Michigan State's three-minute crumble against Maryland. The Big Three also talk about the Big Ten Conference, whose winning the regular season, POY and more. Finally, they end the show with a preview of Thursday's game against Nebraska.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone the crew of Julian Mitchell, Trent Balley and Natalie Kerwin are joined by special guest Jayna Bardahl, men's basketball beat reporter from The State News. They foursome recap Michigan State's loss to Michigan in Ann Arbor and the big win over Illinois. They also get into the twitter mailbag and answer your questions. Lastly, the group previews Saturday's matchup with No. 9 Maryland.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone, host Julian Mitchell, Trent Balley and Natalie Kerwin open the show talking about Julian and Trent's hilarious trip to Madison Wisconsin. They breakdown the Spartans recent losses to Wisconsin and Penn State and look ahead to a rivalry matchup with Michigan and away against Illinois.
The men's basketball beat takes a moment to reflect on the passing of Kobe, Gianna and the seven others lost in the helicopter crash, discuss MSU's week on the road, break down the hectic Big Ten, and preview MSU's upcoming week.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Julian Mitchell, Natalie Kerwin and Trent Balley recap Michigan State's victory over Wisconsin and preview the team's next two road games against Indiana and Minnesota.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Julian Mitchell, Natalie Kerwin and Trent Balley recap Michigan State men's basketball's recent stretch of games, including games against Michigan, Minnesota and Purdue. The trio then runs through Twitter questions and previews the Spartans next contest against Wisconsin.
On this week's episode of Impact Izzone: Julian Mitchell, Natalie Kerwin and Trent Balley headline episode three of season seven with an update on Michigan State men's basketball's recent games in Maui, and the team's game against Duke. The trio then answers Twitter questions and previews the Spartans next game against Rutgers.
On this episode of Impact Izzone, Julian, Trent, and Natalie break down the big win for the Spartans over Seton Hall and look towards the Maui Invitational.
Check out this rapid reaction podcast episode of Impact Izzone as Trent Balley, Julian Mitchell and Joe Dandron break down the Spartans 69-62 loss to Kentucky in the Champions Classic, recorded live from New York City postgame.
The Impact Izzone crew is back for the first episode of season seven, as Michigan State is set to begin its 2019-20 season against Kentucky in the Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden. Host Julian Mitchell returns for his second season behind the mic, joined by newcomers Natalie Kerwin and Trent Balley, who made their Izzone debuts in the episode.The trio kicks off the show with a recap of MSU's exhibition game against Albion and a discussion on Joshua Langford's lingering foot injury and its effect on the team.Later in the episode, the three beat reporters give their predictions for MSU's season as a whole and individual player performances.Julian, Natalie and Trent close the episode with a preview of the Spartans' opening night game against Kentucky in New York City.
Take a listen to our men's basketball postgame show recorded from the confines of the Breslin Center at the end of our recorded broadcast of tonight's action between MSU and Albion. Henry Menigoz and Joe Dandron break down the impending matchup with Kentucky next Tuesday and what MSU showed in their first real-live action this season.
Julian is joined by Joey Ellis, Kyle Turk, Amanda Poole and Focal Point's Griffin Stroin in the final episode of season six of Impact Izzone. The crew wraps up the MSU men's basketball season including each of their thoughts on the overall season. They also talk about the upcoming recruiting class and what it means for the Spartans. In part two of the show, Julian hosts the Impact Izzone awards, including awards for Most Improved Player, freshman of the year and Most Valuable Player.