<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Conference regular season champions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1957, 1959, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2018 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represents Michigan State University (MSU) and competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I College basketball . Their home games are played at the Breslin Student Events Center . Tom Izzo has been the head coach since 1995 . The Spartans have won two NCAA championships and 14 Big Ten Conference Championships . Their two National Championships came in the 1979 NCAA Tournament and the 2000 NCAA Tournament . The 1979 National Championship Game was the most watched college basketball game in history, with 35.11 million television viewers . The 1979 National Championship team was coached by Jud Heathcote and included tournament MVP Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser and Jay Vincent . The Spartans defeated the previously unbeaten Indiana State Sycamores, led by future Hall of Famer Larry Bird . The 2000 National Championship team defeated the Florida Gators in the final . The team was coached by Tom Izzo and led by players Morris Peterson, Charlie Bell, Jason Richardson and tournament MVP Mateen Cleaves . </P> <P> The Spartans have participated in 32 NCAA tournaments and in 21 consecutive NCAA tournaments (1998--2018), the fifth - longest streak ever and third - longest active streak in college basketball, behind Kansas (28) and Duke (22). Michigan State has the seventh most all - time Final Four appearances with nine (1957, 1979, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2010, and 2015). The program is also ninth all - time in NCAA tournament winning percentage (. 677, through 2018). </P>

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