The Spartans finished the 2015 – 16 season with a record of 29 – 6 , 13 – 5 to finish in second place in Big Ten play . MSU won the Big Ten Tournament and received the conference 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament , their 19th straight trip to the Tournament . As a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region , they were upset by No. 15 seed Middle Tennessee in the First Round
Big Ten Tournament
2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team