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USA Today
4 days ago
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- USA Today
MSU basketball listed among top teams in Big Ten in latest preseason rankings
Today's edition of the ROTHSTEIN 45 is now LIVE following recent 10:1. Purdue2. Houston3. St. John's4. Florida5. Michigan6. UConn7. UCLA8. BYU9. Duke10. Texas TechCC: @FDSportsBook, @ Michigan State basketball remains just outside of the top 20 in the latest preseason rankings from one of the game's top analysts. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports has released an updated batch of preseason rankings for the 2025-26 college basketball season, and the Spartans remain listed just outside the top 20. Rothstein has the Spartans at No. 21 in his updated version of the rankings that were released on Tuesday. Among Big Ten teams, the Spartans rank No. 5 in Rothstein's list but there is a notable drop off after the top three. He has Purdue (No. 1), Michigan (No. 5) and UCLA (No. 7) all in the top 10, and then next from the Big Ten is Oregon (No. 20) one spot before the Spartans. Michigan State is the reigning Big Ten champs and went the furthest of any team from the league in the NCAA Tournament by reaching the Elite Eight this past season. However, the Spartans have lost a number of key pieces off that highly-successful team, including leading scorers Jase Richardson and Jaden Akins -- so many like Rothstein anticipate a step back from the Spartans next season. As I've said during most of this offseason, I feel like anywhere from No. 15 to No. 25 is about right for the Spartans in next year's preseason poll. I would be quite surprised if they were any higher than No. 15 and shocked if they were unranked when the official preseason polls drop in a few months. Click on the post below to see the complete updated rankings from Rothstein: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
6 days ago
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- USA Today
Spartans to reportedly play regular NCAA Tournament team in season-opener
Colgate has made the NCAA Tournament five of the last seven seasons as the Patriot League champions Michigan State basketball's season-opening opponent has been released. College basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported a handful of notable opening night matchups for the upcoming 2025-26 season, which included the Spartans' opener. According to Rothstein, Michigan State will play Colgate in the season-opener on November 3. The game will be played at the Breslin Center, according to Rothstein. Colgate went 14-19 last season, and finished in third place in the Patriot league. Prior to last year, Colgate had reached the previous four NCAA Tournaments and five of the last six. The full Michigan State schedule has not yet been released, but it should be coming out very soon. The Spartans will be playing an exhibition game at UConn in the middle of November as a prep matchup for this season opener against Colgate. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
08-08-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Tom Izzo names the best outside shooter on the Spartans roster for next season
Tom Izzo tells me that Kur Teng has separated himself as Michigan State's best outside under-the-radar piece to monitor in East Lansing as the Spartans look to transition post Jaden Akins/Jase Richardson on the wings. Michigan State basketball appears to have a potential star shooter ready to breakout this season. Spartans head coach Tom Izzo recently spoke with CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jon Rothstein where he named one particular player as his best outside shooter. And that is Kur Teng. Per a post on social media platform X, Rothstein said Izzo told him that Teng "has separated himself as Michigan State's best outside shooter." You can see the full social media post from Rothstein below: As Rothstein pointed out, Michigan State is in need for guys like Teng to step up to replace a lot of last year's outside shooting contributions from Jase Richardon, Jaden Akins and also Tre Holloman -- who transferred to NC State. Teng was a four-star prospect and ranked just outside the top 60 nationally in the 2024 class. During his true freshman season this past year, he appeared in 19 games off the bench and averaged 0.5 points per game. He is expected to have a much larger role on the Spartans this season, so it's great to hear that Izzo said his outside shot is one of the best on the team at this point in the offseason. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
17-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Spartans remain positioned near top 20 in latest preseason rankings from Jon Rothstein
Michigan State basketball landed just outside the top 20 in the latest released preseason poll for the 2025-26 season. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports released an updated preseason poll for the next college basketball season, and he has the Spartans sitting just outside the top 20. Michigan State came in at No. 21 in the updated poll from Rothstein. Among Big Ten teams, Michigan State is ranked fifth. The Spartans are behind Purdue (No. 1), Michigan (No. 5), UCLA (No. 7) and Oregon (No. 20). Rothstein's rankings include the top 45 teams in the country, so he also had six Big Ten teams listed below the Spartans on the list: Illinois (No. 22), Wisconsin (No. 23), Ohio State (No. 26), Washington (No. 30), Maryland (No. 35), USC (No. 38) and Nebraska (No. 41). Michigan State has typically been sitting right around this same spot in each of Rothstein's updated rankings throughout the offseason. This seems like the perfect landing spot for a Spartans team that has plenty of unknowns going into next season, but certainly has the potential to again be a contender in the Big Ten should everything come together. Click on the post below to see the complete updated rankings from Rothstein: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
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- Yahoo
UConn, Illinois basketball finalizing Black Friday showdown at MSG
The post UConn, Illinois basketball finalizing Black Friday showdown at MSG appeared first on ClutchPoints. The UConn Huskies and the Illinois Fighting Illini are reportedly on the verge of making official a Black Friday date at Madison Square Garden in New York, according to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports and College Hoops Today. Advertisement 'NEWS: UConn and Illinois are finalizing an agreement to meet on November 28th — Black Friday — at MSG, according to multiple sources,' Rothstein shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday. The news of the matchup has left fans buzzing with reactions online. 'Should be a home and home!!!' one said. 'Illinois will just get blown out of the water in MSG like they did against Duke this year,' a fan predicted. From a different commenter: 'They want that crucial rematch 😭😭' 'We should get another game in Chicago in 2027,' an Illinois fan suggested. 'REMATCH BABY,' commented an excited fan, who's already looking forward to that Black Friday showdown in the Big Apple. Advertisement Should this game get finalized, Illinois will get a chance to score some measure of revenge against the team that eliminated it from the Elite Eight round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. In that contest, Dan Hurley's No. seed Huskies flummoxed Brad Underwood's No. 3 seed Fighting Illini on both ends of the floor to score a 77-52 victory at TD Garden in Boston. Donovan Clingan, who now plays for the Portland Trail Blazers, led the way for UConn with 22 points and 10 rebounds to go with five blocks and three steals. Marcus Domask paced Illinois with 17 points, as his team shot just 25.4 percent from the floor. The Huskies then proceeded to beat the No. 4 seed Alabama Crimson Tide in the Final Four and the No. 1 seed Purdue Boilermakers in the national championship game to successfully become two-peat champions. Having Illinois on UConn's 2024-25 assignments will strengthen the Huskies' schedule that already features non-conference games against the likes of the BYU Cougars, Arizona Wildcats, Texas Longhorns and reigning NCAA champions Florida Gators. The Fighting Illini, on the other hand, have out-of-conference games versus Alabama and Missouri. The Huskies went 24-11 in the 2024-25 season and exited the Big Dance in the second round, while the Fighting Illini put together a 22-13 record and also struck out of the national tourney in the second round.
