2008 – 2010
Michigan State Basketball
Jersey Style
Updated wedge design with simplified front.
Jersey
- State Script Logo appears above the player numerals
- Font used for player numerals and last names retained from first generation Nike basketball jerseys
- Reflective Michigan State Helmet Logo at the point of the V-neck
- Plain front other than the State Script Logo and player numerals
- Two vertical stripes on either side of the player last names and numerals
- Attached to the stripes are opposite color slices
- Player last names on the back above the player numerals
Shorts
- Michigan State Helmet Logo on the bottom right leg
- Nike logo on the upper left leg
- Plain front other than the Michigan State Helmet Logo and Nike logo
- Two vertical stripes from the back of the jerseys continue down the shorts and taper off at the bottom of the shorts
Notable
The 2008 – 2010 Michigan State basketball jerseys were first revealed when presidential candidate Barack Obama visited East Lansing on October 2, 2008 – Michigan State University gave the president-to-be one of the new jerseys with his last name on the back
2008 - 2009 Mid-Season Changes
- Beginning with the Michigan State vs. Robert Morris game on March 20, 2009 (72 – 66 Win), and for the next three games, Michigan State wore a patch on the left shoulder commemorating the NCAA tournament, which was a blue circle with the NCAA logo in white – all 65 teams invited to the tournament wore the same patch on either the right or left shoulder
- For the Michigan State vs. Connecticut game on April 4, 2009 (82 – 73 Win), Michigan State wore a Final Four patch on the left shoulder.
- For the Michigan State vs. North Carolina game on April 6, 2009 (89 – 72 Loss), Michigan State wore a Final Four patch on the left shoulder.
2009 - 2010 Season Changes
Aerographics mesh design added to the back of the jerseys – items found in design: Michigan State Helmet Logo inside a circle with sunbeams extending to the corners of the jersey
2009 - 2010 Mid-Season Changes
- For the Michigan State vs. Wisconsin game on January 6, 2010 (54 – 47 Win), and for the next nine games, Michigan State wore a black oval patch with the letters E.P.M. on the left shoulder in memory of Tom Izzo’s father-in-law Efrain Portillo Marinez, who passed away two days prior.
- For the Michigan State vs. Purdue game on February 9, 2010 (76 – 64 Loss), Michigan State debuted an entirely new jersey style – Michigan State continued to wear the new style for the remainder of the 2009 – 2010 season
Photography Credits: images of 2008 – 2010 jersey, 2008 – 2010 shorts, 2008 – 2009 mid-season changes and 2009 – 2010 mid-season changes are courtesy of MSU Athletic Communications; image of 2008 – 2010 notable is courtesy of AFP; image of 2008 – 2009 mid-season changes is courtesy of APt. Spartan Jerseys claims no ownership to these images.