<P> In 1999 -- 2000 . Seniors Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson led the way for the Spartans as they began the season ranked No. 3 in the country . However , Cleaves sustained a stress fracture in his right foot prior to the season which forced him to miss the non-conference schedule and MSU fell to 9 -- 4 and ranked No. 11 in the country . After Cleaves ' return , MSU finished the Big Ten regular season with a 13 -- 3 conference record and 23 -- 7 overall while being ranked No. 2 in the country and earned a share of the Big Ten title , their third consecutive Big Ten championship . The Spartans went on to win the third annual Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed , defeating No. 25 Illinois for the championship for the second consecutive year . The Spartans were awarded the No. 1 seed , their second consecutive No. 1 seed , in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament . From there , the Spartans cruised to their third consecutive Sweet Sixteen with wins over Valparaiso , and Utah . MSU continued their National Championship push by reaching their second consecutive Final Four with wins over Syracuse and Iowa State . MSU won every game by double digits despite playing the best possible seed in each round . In their Final Four matchup , Michigan State faced off against fellow Big Ten foe , Wisconsin , beating them in a hard fought game , 53 -- 41 . In the National Championship game , the Spartans triumphed over the Florida 89 -- 76 , despite losing Cleaves to an ankle injury 3 : 42 into the second half . The win marked MSU 's second National Championship in basketball and Izzo 's first and only championship to date . </P>
<P> In 1999 -- 2000 . Seniors Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson led the way for the Spartans as they began the season ranked No. 3 in the country . However , Cleaves sustained a stress fracture in his right foot prior to the season which forced him to miss the non-conference schedule and MSU fell to 9 -- 4 and ranked No. 11 in the country . After Cleaves ' return , MSU finished the Big Ten regular season with a 13 -- 3 conference record and 23 -- 7 overall while being ranked No. 2 in the country and earned a share of the Big Ten title , their third consecutive Big Ten championship . The Spartans went on to win the third annual Big Ten Tournament as the No. 2 seed , defeating No. 25 Illinois for the championship for the second consecutive year . The Spartans were awarded the No. 1 seed , their second consecutive No. 1 seed , in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament . From there , the Spartans cruised to their third consecutive Sweet Sixteen with wins over Valparaiso , and Utah . MSU continued their National Championship push by reaching their second consecutive Final Four with wins over Syracuse and Iowa State . MSU won every game by double digits despite playing the best possible seed in each round . In their Final Four matchup , Michigan State faced off against fellow Big Ten foe , Wisconsin , beating them in a hard fought game , 53 -- 41 . In the National Championship game , the Spartans triumphed over the Florida 89 -- 76 , despite losing Cleaves to an ankle injury 3 : 42 into the second half . The win marked MSU 's second National Championship in basketball and Izzo 's first and only championship to date . </P>
when was the last time michigan state won march madness
when was the last time michigan state won march madness
2000
2000