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The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Podcast Discussing Michigan State Basketball.

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Michigan State basketball fanalysts Eric and Rod break down the Spartans to a level of detail that casual and hardcore Spartan fans will love.

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01:07:02

MSU Faces Bowling Green and a Returning Tum Tum Nairn

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2024/11/14

November 14, 2024: The Spartans welcome back a familiar face to the Breslin on Saturday night as Tum Tum Nairn makes his assistant coaching debut with the Bowling Green Falcons. It comes after Michigan State fell to top ranked Kansas at the Champions Classic where they shot 3-24 from 3 point range. Michigan State will look to correct those shooting woes. Other than the poor long range shooting, the offense and defense look pretty good. We will also be watching to see how Jaden Akins bounces back

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01:01:19

MSU Shows Some Promise in Loss to #1 Kansas 77-69

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2024/11/13

November 12, 2024: Michigan State falls to Kansas 77-69 in the Champions Classic in Atlanta tonight. Although there were some very encouraging signs to the offense tonight, for the second straight year they are struggling to hit beyond the arc early again the season.The Spartans went 3-24 from behind the line despite many of them being wide open. On the bright side of things, they were much improved over last year in their fast break, half court offensive tempo, and insistence on attacking the rim

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01:33:44

MSU Prepares for Final Champions Classic Matchup...

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2024/11/10

November 10, 2024: Michigan State will take on Kansas in what might be the rubber match for their meetings in the Champions Classic. The teams currently have a 2-2 record against each other in the early season premiere showdown and this is very likely one of the last years of the Classic. Conference realignments and TV deals are rapidly changing the face of the non-conference schedules meaning these marquee events are going away. Michigan State has yet to be tested this year with high end

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43:57

Niagara Falls to MSU 96-60

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2024/11/08

November 8, 2024: Michigan State played their second game of the year where Niagara falls to MSU 96-60 behind the outstanding play of Jaxon Kohler. Kohler finished the game with 20 points, 13 rebounds (6 offensive), and 2 steals in just 17 minutes on the floor. This was the first time that he finished the way we’ve been waiting for.The Spartans were also helped with great play again from their guards. Fears finished with 7 points and 8 assists to just one turnover. Akins had 10 points and 6

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50:31

Spartans Prepare for Last Warm Up Before Champions...

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2024/11/06

November 6, 2024: Michigan State will take on Kansas in the Champions Classic next week but first, they host Niagara on Thursday at the Breslin Center. This expects to be the easiest competition of the season for the Spartans.So in this game we look to see if some early signs continue for the Green & White. Namely, will they continue to hit the offensive glass hard and will we see the same Jaden Akins we saw in the Monmouth game? Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear

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01:08:40

Spartans Win the Opener 81-57 Over Monmouth

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2024/11/05

November 4, 2024: Unlike last year, Michigan State opened up the season with a win over Monmouth, 81-57. The Spartans looked different in this game in that they had their fast break humming and were dominant on the boards racking up almost 50% offensive rebounding rate. The one similarity to last season’s opener against James Madison was the dreadful 3 point shooting (3-18). Despite the shooting, Jaden Akins was phenomenal scoring 23 points, nine rebounds, 5 assists and took over the game in the

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01:02:36

MSU Readies for a New Season: Monmouth Opener

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2024/11/02

November 2, 2024: It's finally here! The MSU opener at the Breslin Center and the start of a new point guard era in the Green and White. Redshirt Freshman Jeremy Fears, Jr. will lead the team against the Monmouth Hawks in what they hope will be a better start to the season than last year. There will be quite a few things we will be looking for in the game - notably offensive rebounding and tempo. Hopefully we will see a return to the Spartans punishing teams on the offensive glass and more of a

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02:43:44

MSU Deep Dive Season Preview 2024-25

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2024/10/30

October 30, 2024: At Michigan State under Tom Izzo, we refer to various eras based on who is playing the point. So with the departure of AJ Hoggard, MSU has officially left the Hoggard Era and entered the Fears Era. Jeremy Fears, Jr. might have had his season last year cut short after suffering a gun shot wound in his leg from a random intruder over winter break. Fortunately for the Spartans and Fears, he appears to be fully healthy and ready to begin a new point guard era which looks to be one with

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54:48

MSU Beats Ferris St. 85-67 in Final Warmup Before Season

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2024/10/30

October 29, 2024: Michigan State finished its last preseason tuneup against the Ferris State Bulldogs at the Breslin Center with a 85-67 victory. There were a lot of things to like about what we saw and a few negative aspects to the team.On the positive side we saw Frankie Fidler display what looks to be his scoring acumen. The freshmen tandem guards of Kur Teng and Jase Richardson were fantastic and will be tough for Izzo to keep off the floor. Coen Carr brought a new level to his game as did

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57:14

Ferris State Game Preview

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2024/10/28

October 27, 2024: Michigan State takes on Ferris State for its only exhibition game played at the Breslin Center this season. Ferris is a perennial power int he GLIAC where Head Coach Andy Bronkema has led the Bulldogs to 4 regular season titles, 7 NCAA tournament appearances, and one national title in only 11 years. Make no mistake, Ferris will provide a good warm up challenge for the Spartans. However, this shouldn't be a game that MSU struggles so hopefully we will learn some things about the

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34:59

MSU Lands Another 4* Recruit - Cam Ward

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2024/10/23

October 23, 2024: Michigan State received its second high school commitment yesterday with the announcement of 6'8" 210 pound Cam Ward from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Ward joins fellow 4* Jordan Scott who committed recently and is also from the East coast.Ward brings a lot to the table for MSU both physically and in terms of skills. He has plus wing span of over 7' and a game that includes a good handle, scoring, and rebounding. What the coaching staff likes most, however, is his tenacity and

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01:13:51

#1 Purdue Boilermakers Preview: Painter without Edey...

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2024/10/21

October 21, 2024: Once again, we have Purdue as the expected Big Ten champion this year. However, this season Painter's crew will have to do it without two time national player of the year Zach Edey. We expect that the season's success or 'failure' will largely come down to the play of point guard Braden Smith. Smith showed another gear last year with not only his shooting but also his composure. Teams were much less successful rattling the Sophomore in 2023-24 with pressure. This year's team has

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01:05:41

#2 Indiana Hoosiers Preview - Hoosiers Go Heavy in...

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2024/10/17

October 17, 2024: Earlier last season we thought Mike Woodson was a coach who wouldn't be returning. Despite the underwhelming results with what Indiana has brought to the court, the Hoosiers have doubled down on Woodson by spending big in the portal to bring some big names to Bloomington.Most notably, is Oumar Ballo from Arizona. The 7 footer is rumored to have received over $1 million and there are big expectations for what he can do in the league. Although it pains us to put both Indiana schools

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41:48

#3 UCLA Bruins Preview - Reloading in the Portal

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2024/10/14

October 14, 2024: There's no question that last season was a disappointing year for fourth year head coach, Mick Cronin, as the Bruins had a losing record and missed the NCAA Tournament. The young team struggled especially on the offensive side ranking a dismal #152 in Division 1.But this year offers a lot of promise as Cronin has gone to the portal and brought in a lot of promising transfers. Also, five of their top 8 scorers last year are back and they expect to be instantly competitive in the

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MSU Defeats NMU 70-53 in the Superior Showdown...

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2024/10/13

October 13, 2024: Michigan State visited Marquette, MI today to take on Tom Izzo's alma mater, Northern Michigan, in a rare early preseason exhibition game. Another signature event scheduled by the Spartans as they played in the Superior Dome where Izzo's number was retired earlier. As for the game, despite being one of the better teams in the D2 GLIAC, NMU wasn't able to really put up much resistance falling to the Spartans 70-53. MSU didn't look too sharp but did some things well especially on

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01:26:01

MSU Lands 4* Jordan Scott and Northern Michigan Pregame

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2024/10/11

October 11, 2024: Thursday evening, Virginia 4* high school recruit, Jordan Scott, committed to Michigan State. Scott is a 6'7" wing who ranks inside the top 75 in most recruiting rankings. He is talented and versatile where he has played positions 1-5 on his AAU team in the UnderArmor circuit. Scott is a winner and comes from great college basketball pedigree as both his parents played high level D1 basketball. The Spartans head to Marquette, MI to take on head coach Tom Izzo's alma mater, the

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#4 Illinois Fighting Illini Preview: Rebuilding Again...

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2024/10/09

October 9, 2024: Head coach, Brad Underwood, just had his most successful season at Illinois leading the Illini to a Big Ten Tournament championship, second place in the Big Ten regular season, and a trip to the Elite 8. Although it seems Underwood has struggled to maintain a core of recruits to stick around Champaign more than a few years, he has had a number of successful years of play. Last year the Illini were carried by the all everything Terrance Shannon. The season for Illinois looked to be

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#6 Ohio State Buckeyes Preview: No Longer the...

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2024/10/07

October 7, 2024: Ohio State finally parted ways with Chris Holtman last season after many years of underperformance. There's definitely patience at a football school like Ohio State but it isn't unlimited. A general lack of success and missing the tournament multiple years in a row led to his dismissal. Surprisingly, the Buckeyes ended up hiring interim coach, Jake Diebler, who had quite a bit of success to close out the Big Ten season last year. But he remains an unknown quantity in the coaching

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01:35:11

#7 Michigan Wolverines Preview: Dusty May Hired to...

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2024/10/03

October 3, 2024: The expressions "dumpster fire, clown show, apocalypse" to describe last year's season for the Wolverines probably all work. Michigan had their worst finish in 60 years and a number of really weird circumstances.Head coach Juwan Howard started the season recovering from a heart surgery and while serving as an assistant coach got tossed from a game. Howard got into some sort of altercation with the team's strength and conditioning coach leading to him leaving the school. Point guard

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01:03:55

#8 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Preview: Top 5 Recruits...

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2024/09/30

September 30, 2024: The 2023-24 season was obviously a disappointment for the Scarlet Knights as they failed to make the tournament for the second straight year. It wasn't entirely unexpected with the loss of Paul Mulcahy and Cam Spencer to the transfer portal.However, Rutgers made a huge splash by early Spring where it became clear that they were going to land two top 5 high school recruits in Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey. (To put it in perspective, MSU has only had one class with 2 top 5 recruits

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