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 Tim 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