2009 – 10 Michigan State Spartans men 's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 2009 – 10 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach was Tom Izzo who was in his 15th year . The Spartans played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing , Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference . MSU finished the season 28 – 9 , 14 – 4 in Big Ten play to earn a share of the Big Ten regular season championship for the 12th time in school history . They lost to Minnesota in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament . The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed , their 13th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament under Izzo . They defeated New Mexico State , Maryland , Northern Iowa , and Tennessee to advance to the Final Four . In the Final Four , the Spartans ' sixth trip to the Final Four under Izzo , they lost to Butler
Big Ten Tournament
2010 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2009–10 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team