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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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01:05:41

#14 Iowa Hawkeyes Preview: Is this Fran McCaffrey's...

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2024/09/09

September 9, 2024: After 5 straight years in the NCAA tournament, the Hawks missed the Tourney this year without the services of any of the Murray twins. It was a largely forgettable year for Iowa and head coach, Fran McCaffrey with a middle of the pack Big Ten finish and a team that statistically wasn't nearly as good as recent years.The Hawkeyes struggled more than their usual abysmal self on defense and with a less than elite offense were relegated to the ho hum season. Of note for this year is

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#15 Penn State Nittany Lions Preview: Looking to...

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2024/09/05

September 5, 2024: Head coach Mike Rhoades took over at Penn State after the premature departure of Micah Shrewsbury. He was left with pretty much a decimated roster and had to rebuild from transfers and a couple players from his previous coaching job.Surprisingly, the experiment sort of worked last year as the Nittany Lions became a competitive team in January and fought hard to be at the bottom of the middle of the pack in the Big Ten. Of course, the question is whether they can build on last

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#16 Northwestern Wildcats Preview: Can the 'Cats Keep...

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2024/09/02

September 2, 2024: Chris Collins has gone from us questioning if he would hold onto his job into now sending the Wildcats to back to back NCAA tournament bids and wins. Clearly the greatest coach Northwestern has ever had Collins will now try to establish something new - consistent winning.But he will have to do this without Big Ten killer, Boo Buie, who led the team the last two years with outstanding play at the point. In a traditionally difficult place to recruit, Collins will once again have to

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#17 Washington Huskies Preview: Looking for a...

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2024/08/29

August 29, 2024: The Big Ten welcomes in four teams from the PAC-12 this year which includes the Washington Huskies. Not only are the Huskies facing change by coming into a new league but they also have a new coach. Danny Sprinkle takes over for Mike Hopkins who only managed to go 12 games over .500 overall in seven seasons in Seattle. Sprinkle will largely take over an entirely new roster but one that includes transfer, Great Osobor, from Utah State who will be the corner piece of the program this

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01:05:01

#18 Minnesota Golden Gophers Preview: Johnson...

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2024/08/26

August 26, 2024: The season isn't far away so it's time to start our previews and sneak peak into teams in the Big Ten's 18 teams. We always begin our trek following Rod's expectations from 18 to 1. This year, Rod will again project Minnesota as the cellar dweller. Head coach, Ben Johnson, seems to be snake bit in Minneapolis. After an impressive inaugural season piecing together a bunch of mid major transfers to field a competitive team he followed it up with a disastrous season. However, last

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01:32:21

What We Learned From MSU's Spain Exhibition

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2024/08/20

August 20, 2024: Michigan State left for Spain for an exhibition basketball tour. College teams are only allowed to do this every 4 years or so but it had been 9 years for MSU since their last overseas trip. Coach Izzo felt it was time with a new point guard and five new players on the roster.The Spartans opened up play with a close victory over the Madrid All-Stars on Thursday followed by a blowout win over the Valencia All-Stars on Sunday. The all-star teams are composed of various pro and

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15:06

Freshman Kur Teng Talks About Being a Spartan

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2024/08/15

August 15, 2024: 6'5" freshman wing Kur Teng hails from New Hampshire which is not traditional recruiting territory for Michigan State. However, Kur committed to MSU back in April of 2023 so he was convinced early and has been following the Spartans ever since. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we recommend you go to get your MSU T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts — Nudge Printing. (https://www.nudgeprinting.com) Nudge is owned and operated by Gabe and

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Freshman Jase Richardson Talks Grading Coen Carr's...

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2024/08/08

August 8, 2024: We met with incoming Freshman Jase Richardson and talked to him about his experience so far at MSU. He discussed his recruitment with Tom Izzo and described how it was different than other coaches.Finally, Jase is probably most famous with fans because he is the son of former MSU & NBA great, Jason Richardson. Richardson is probably best remembered for his insane leaping and athleticism and lots and lots of dunks. The question we all want to know is who does Jase think is a

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Jesse McCulloch Talks Hoops and Leaving the Country...

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2024/08/01

August 1, 2024: The second commitment to this year's freshman class was Jesse McCulloch from Cleveland, OH. The 6' 9" 215 pound power forward visited with us today to discuss his initial thoughts on MSU and coach Izzo.Jesse talked about a host of things including his recruitment, what it's like in practice, his bond with the other freshmen, and excitement to leave the country for the first time when the team heads to Spain. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only

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New MSU Center Szymon Zapala Talks Hoops and Setting...

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2024/07/26

July 25, 2024: In a bit of a surprise move, Tom Izzo and the Spartans brought in 6' 11" grad transfer Szymon Zapala in after the departure of Mady Sissoko. In a transfer portal move that few knew was happening until the deal was pretty much done, Zapala brings his skills from Longwood University to East Lansing.The Polish native offers an intriguing skill set and options for Michigan State next year. Aside from the obvious depth at the 5, Szymon has the ability to step out and hit outside shots and

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MSU Players at Moneyball 2024

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2024/07/18

July 18, 2024: Moneyball, the free pro-am tournament featuring Michigan State's roster and various current and former D1, D2 players is once again under way in the Lansing area. Hosted at Holt High School, the tournament highlights 12 of MSU's 13 scholarship players with only Jeremy Fears left out while recovering from his surgery over Christmas from a sustained gunshot wound.The night Eric attended saw all but Fidler and Booker play with the surprise addition of Fears in place of Booker. Today's

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Will College Athletes Soon be Employees? Sports Legal...

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2024/07/11

July 11, 2024: We are lucky to have the best expert in the legal field, Professor Michael McCann, join us for a deep discussion on what is happening to the NCAA from a legal perspective. Professor McCann was on the legal team for Maurice Clarett's when he sued the NFL and helped write the book on Ed O'Bannon's legal challenge for NIL.Today's discussion goes over a lot of what is going on with the NCAA in the courts and potential upcoming strategies. What will happen with the House decision? What

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Robbie Hummel - What Happened to MSU, Purdue Making...

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2024/07/05

July 5, 2024: Robbie Hummel returned to the show again to talk Big Ten Hoops, Purdue making the Final Four, the prospects of Zach Edey in the NBA, and what went wrong with Michigan State last year.Robbie brings his usual honest and folksy analysis to college basketball with a small dose of Indiana Hoosier shade. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we recommend you go to get your MSU T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts — Nudge Printing.

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01:14:37

Summer 2024 Recruiting Update

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2024/06/28

June 27, 2024: It might be the off season but that doesn't mean Michigan State's coaching staff isn't busy working on its future roster. With the era of the transfer portal, roster construction has changed and the importance a staff puts on new recruits has altered.The Spartans, however, have been operating similar to how they have in the past with Coach Izzo chasing the high school prospects hard and establishing deep relationships with players and families. Today, we cover the top recruits Izzo

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Jay Bilas on MSU with Fears, End of the Pac-12, and...

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2024/06/20

June 20, 2024: College basketball analyst and ESPN commentator, Jay Bilas, returns the show to discuss the college basketball landscape again. After our discussion with Jay last summer, we wanted to get his expanded thoughts on the direction the NCAA athletics has moved over the past year and where it is headed.The House decision is awaiting approval in the court system which will affect the revenue sharing between the NCAA, universities, and athletes. But how long it lasts, whether it works in

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39:05

Saddi Washington Joins the Coaching Staff

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2024/06/13

June 13, 2024: One of the worst kept secrets came to fruition as Tom Izzo and the Spartans officially named former UM assistant coach, Saddi Washington, as a new assistant coach. Despite his 8 year stint in Ann Arbor, Saddi actually has very deep ties to Michigan State as his father, Stan, was a former star at MSU from 1964-66.Saddi Washington will replace outgoing associate coach Mark Montgomery who took the head coaching position at UD Mercy this Spring. Doug Wojcik will then assume the position

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01:14:07

NCAA Tourney to expand, NCAA ain't going anywhere and...

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2024/06/06

June 6, 2024: We were joined again this week with prolific sports columnist Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News to talk college hoops. DeCourcy is also a regular on the BTN so he follows the Big Ten very closely as well as the college basketball landscape in general. We talked about what the Big Ten expansion means for basketball by adding a famed program like UCLA.We touched upon how the game has or has not changed with the addition of NIL and unlimited transfers as well as Tom Izzo's concerns

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01:19:21

Ranking the Best MSU Teams That Didn't Win it All

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2024/05/30

May 30, 2024: Summer brings us time to reflect on the Spartan teams of the past and current events in the college basketball world. Today, we decided to riff off a column by Graham Couch from the LSJ and look back at past MSU teams to rank which teams were the best that never won it all.Although the LSJ column focused just on past Izzo teams, Rod decided to head into the vault and add a team from the Heathcote area in his top 10. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear

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Welcome to the BiG USC. Trojan basketball with Marc...

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2024/05/23

May 23, 2024: One of the new additions to the Big Ten this year will be the USC Trojans. Best known for their football, the Trojans have had some success on the hard court as well. Especially located in Southern California, USC has access to some great talent and money.However, USC just had their long time coach, Andy Ensfield, depart for other opportunities and welcomes in a coaching lightning rod - Eric Musselman. Whether Musselman keeps his shirt on is unlikely, how he navigates the portal and

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01:07:47

MSU Lands 7' Transfer Center in the Portal - Szymon...

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2024/05/14

May 14, 2024: Today, the MSU Spartans landed what appears to be the last piece of the roster puzzle in 7 foot 240# Szymon Zapala. With this center, addition it appears that Tom Izzo has added depth inside without upsetting the dynamics in the locker room with Kohler and Cooper. Zapala played his first three seasons at Utah State in a limited role behind a future NBA center and Euro league center. So last year he headed out East to Longwood University where he started 24 games and averaged 9.8 ppg,

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