Michigan State University Athletics
Michigan State to Play at Butler in Gavitt Games
6/24/2021 1:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State's men's basketball team will play at Butler in the 2021 Gavitt Tipoff Games, matchups between teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big East Conference.
The Michigan State at Butler game is one of eight to be held this year in the sixth edition of the Gavitt Games, named in honor of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference and a basketball visionary.
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season.
This will be the 25th all-time meeting between Michigan State and Butler, but will be the first time Spartans Head Coach Tom Izzo will lead his team to play in a game at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Michigan State leads the all-time series between the teams, 13-11. Butler won the last meeting between the teams, 52-50, on April 3, 2010 in the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis. The Spartans have a 4-8 record all-time in games played at Butler, including a 4-7 mark at Hinkle Fieldhouse. This will be MSU's first game at Butler since a 77-71 win on Dec. 20, 1971.
MSU has an all-time record of 74-57 against teams that currently make up the Big East Conference.
Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons
Television information will be announced at a later date, with games appearing on FS1 or BTN.
The Michigan State at Butler game is one of eight to be held this year in the sixth edition of the Gavitt Games, named in honor of Dave Gavitt, the founder of the Big East Conference and a basketball visionary.
Scheduled through 2022, the Gavitt Tipoff Games will be played on consecutive days in the first full week of the college basketball season.
This will be the 25th all-time meeting between Michigan State and Butler, but will be the first time Spartans Head Coach Tom Izzo will lead his team to play in a game at historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.
Michigan State leads the all-time series between the teams, 13-11. Butler won the last meeting between the teams, 52-50, on April 3, 2010 in the NCAA Final Four in Indianapolis. The Spartans have a 4-8 record all-time in games played at Butler, including a 4-7 mark at Hinkle Fieldhouse. This will be MSU's first game at Butler since a 77-71 win on Dec. 20, 1971.
MSU has an all-time record of 74-57 against teams that currently make up the Big East Conference.
Each BIG EAST team will participate a minimum of six times, while Big Ten programs will take part a minimum of four times. Teams from both conferences already meet in some traditional rivalry games, and those matchups will continue in the upcoming seasons
Television information will be announced at a later date, with games appearing on FS1 or BTN.
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