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Yahoo
18-04-2025
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Social media reacts to MSU basketball's latest transfer portal addition
Michigan State basketball added another key player to its 2025-26 roster on Friday via the transfer portal. Samford transfer guard Trey Fort announced his commitment to Michigan State on Friday afternoon. Fort reportedly visited Michigan State earlier this week, which must have helped seal the deal in his commitment to join the Spartans. Advertisement Fort averaged 14.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in 24.6 minutes of action during this past year at Samford. This will be Fort's sixth college team in the past six year, spending time at Tennessee-Martin, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Howard College, Mississippi State and Samford. With Michigan State making another splash via the transfer portal, fans and media were certainly intrigued and ready to weigh in on social media. Check out some of the best social media reactions following Fort's commitment to Michigan State: 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. This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Best social media reactions to Trey Fort committing to MSU basketball
USA Today
18-04-2025
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- USA Today
Social media reacts to MSU basketball's latest transfer portal addition
Social media reacts to MSU basketball's latest transfer portal addition See how fans and media have reacted to Trey Fort's transfer commitment to Michigan State Michigan State basketball added another key player to its 2025-26 roster on Friday via the transfer portal. Samford transfer guard Trey Fort announced his commitment to Michigan State on Friday afternoon. Fort reportedly visited Michigan State earlier this week, which must have helped seal the deal in his commitment to join the Spartans. Fort averaged 14.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game in 24.6 minutes of action during this past year at Samford. This will be Fort's sixth college team in the past six year, spending time at Tennessee-Martin, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Howard College, Mississippi State and Samford. With Michigan State making another splash via the transfer portal, fans and media were certainly intrigued and ready to weigh in on social media. Check out some of the best social media reactions following Fort's commitment to Michigan State: 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
18-04-2025
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Trey Fort transfers to Michigan State basketball after season as Samford shooting guard
The roster-depleted Michigan State basketball team landed Samford transfer Trey Fort from the portal, according to and a post on his personal Instagram. The well-traveled 6-foot-4, 200-pound shooting guard has one year of eligibility remaining and will be on his sixth college. Advertisement Fort averaged 14.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 24.6 minutes for the Bulldogs. The native of Florence, Mississippi, shot 37.9% from 3-point range (44.8% overall) and 73% at the free-throw line while adding 0.8 steals with 1.1 turnovers. After beginning his career in 2020-21 at Tennessee-Martin (2.6 points/0.5 rebounds in 7.3 minutes over 11 games), Fort played for two different junior colleges the following two seasons before joining Mississippi State for the 2023-24 season (5.0 points/1.8 rebounds in 11.2 minutes over 20 games). The 24-year-old's first collegiate season did not count because of the NCAA's COVID waiver. Fort and Samford played at Breslin Center on Nov. 19, an 83-75 MSU victory in which he was held to four points on 1-for-8 shooting, including 0-for-5 from 3-point range, with four rebounds, two assists and three turnovers. The addition of Fort helps coach Tom Izzo fill the void left by the graduation loss of Jaden Akins, Jase Richardson's entry to the NBA draft and the transfer of Tre Holloman to North Carolina State for his final year of eligibility. The Richardson-Holloman-Akins trio combined to go 153-for-458 from 3-point range as the Spartans finished 329th out of 355 Division I teams at 6.1 3-pointers made and 311th at 19.5 3-point attempts per game. MSU ranked 317th in 3-point percentage (31.1%). Advertisement Along with outbound transfer Xavier Booker (who committed to UCLA) and the graduation departure Frankie Fidler, MSU will lose nearly 82% of its made 3-pointers and nearly 83% of its attempts from behind the arc. Michigan State Spartans forward Jaxon Kohler tries to rebound against Samford Bulldogs guard Trey Fort during the first half at the Breslin Center in East Lansing on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Fort is the Spartans' second portal addition, joining 6-7 wing Kaleb Glenn (Florida Atlantic/Louisville), who will be a junior. MSU now has 10 scholarship players for next year with the two inbound transfers and incoming freshmen Cam Ward and Jordan Scott, and Izzo likely will add one or two more players during the offseason. MSU is expected to return Jeremy Fears Jr., Jaxon Kohler, Coen Carr, Carson Cooper, Kur Teng and Jesse McCulloch from a 2024-25 team that went 30-7, made the Elite Eight, won the Big Ten title by three games and finished ranked No. 7 in the final major polls. Advertisement Contact Chris Solari: csolari@ Follow him @chrissolari. Subscribe to the "Spartan Speak" podcast for new episodes weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Trey Fort transfers to Michigan State basketball from Samford
USA Today
18-04-2025
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- USA Today
Analyzing Michigan State basketball's 2025-26 roster, potential rotation
Analyzing Michigan State basketball's 2025-26 roster, potential rotation With the addition of Kaleb Glenn and Trey Fort, here's one guess at what MSU's rotation will look like next season. With the recent additions of Trey Fort and Kaleb Glenn, the Michigan State basketball 2025-26 roster is nearly set. There will probably be at least one more move this offseason as the Spartans could use another point guard to spell Jeremy Fears Jr., but most of the major moves, both in terms of departures and additions, should be set, which gives us a better outlook for next season. Below, we take a look at how the Spartans' rotation could shake out now that we have a good idea of who they will have available. Notes Tom Izzo made a subtle comment this past week that he doesn't think the door is 'fully closed' on Jase Richardson coming back to MSU. While this would be surprising, it's not impossible, but for the sake of this article, I'm going to assume he won't be back. I think we will see a lot of lineup variation next season, depending on match-ups. Specifically, I think Jaxon Kohler could play a sort of Tre Holloman-type role, where he moves between positions and in-and-out of the starting lineup depending on who they are playing, but I am going to give my best guess for the rotation I expect to see most often. So, while I refer to a 'bench' in the projected rotation below, some of those players will be starters who slide to other positions, similar to how we saw Tre Holloman move from starting shooting guard to backup point guard at times last year. I am fully expecting MSU to bring in a point guard, as I mentioned above. While this could be a freshman, I'm thinking they will bring in a veteran via the transfer portal, and will include that in the rotation projection below. Roster Analysis Below, we analyze each of MSU's scholarship players currently on the roster. Guard Kur Teng, sophomore Kur Teng appears to be a talented shooter, but I think the Spartans will continue bringing him along slowly this year. The addition of Trey Fort allows him to slowly grow into a bigger role without any added pressure. Forward Jesse McCulloch, sophomore While McCulloch is still listed as a forward, the word on the street is he has added muscle and has looked good in practice at center, which is great to hear for the Spartans. I expect him to backup Carson Cooper next year in that spot. Guard Jeremy Fears Jr., redshirt sophomore While Jeremy Fears Jr. competently ran the offense last year, it's no secret that he wasn't a major threat himself on offense. The Spartans will need him to take a step forward in that department this summer. Forward Coen Carr, junior In a lot of ways, this past season became the Coen Carr show at MSU as the Spartan phenom showed increased rebounding and defensive ability to complement his insane athleticism. The Spartans will look for him to take another step this summer and become an elite, All-Big Ten level scorer. While I think Carr is a cheat code at power forward, I think the Spartans, for several reasons, will mostly keep him at small forward, but I do think they will choose to slide him up to power forward for at least a few minutes per game, or in certain match-ups. Forward Kaleb Glenn, junior Kaleb Glenn is very fun in transition, can shoot the ball, and has plenty of length and athleticism. The one knock on him is his defense, but I expect Izzo to get him right in that department. Glenn will likely play backup small forward, coming in when Coen Carr needs a rest or slides up to the four-spot. Forward Jaxon Kohler, senior As I noted above, I think the Spartans have a chance to use Kohler as a big man version of Tre Holloman this year, moving him in-and-out of the starting lineup or between the four and five spots depending on match-ups. Guard Trey Fort, senior MSU fans are going to love Trey Fort. His specialty? Transition threes. What does Tom Izzo do almost better than anyone? Create open threes in transition. It's a great fit and should be a lot of fun. Center Carson Cooper, senior Carson Cooper continues to quietly be a strong defender and competent, efficient player for the Spartans. He will finally get his chance to be the full-time starter this year. Forward Jordan Scott, freshman I'm personally not expecting Scott to play much this year unless he comes in further along than expected, but he could find some minutes at the three if they decide they do want to use Coen Carr more as a four this year, but I'm not expecting that. Forward Cam Ward, freshman Unlike Scott, I am expecting Ward to find some minutes this year at both the four and five. There is a bit of a logjam there, but I think Ward's talent will be so undeniable, they will find minutes for him. Potential Rotation Starters: PG: Jeremy Fears Jr. SG: Trey Fort SF: Coen Carr PF: Jaxon Kohler C: Carson Cooper Rotation Pieces: PG: Transfer SG: Kur Teng SF: Kaleb Glenn, Jordan Scott PF: Coen Carr, Cam Ward, Kaleb Glenn C: Jaxon Kohler, Jesse McCulloch, Cam Ward Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan state news, notes, and opinion. You can also follow Andrew Brewster on Twitter @IAmBrewster.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
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Michigan State basketball hosting transfer SG on official visit
Michigan State basketball is in pursuit of a transfer portal shooting guard, one that will replace the void that Jase Richardson and Tre Holloman's void left in the rotation. On Tuesday, it has been made clear that the Spartans have a target they are closing in on. Michigan State is currently hosting Samford shooting guard transfer Trey Fort on an official visit. Fort is coming off of a season with Samford that he averaged 14.6 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists on 44.8% field goal and 37.9% 3-point shooting splits. He is a 6-foot-4 shooting guard. Advertisement Prior to Samford, Fort has spent time at Tennessee-Martin, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Howard College and Mississippi State, making him a kid who has been at five schools in five years and will conclude his sixth and final season in college basketball at a sixth school. Justin Thind of 247Sports reported the news, and shared that Fort was on his official visit with Michigan State. Fort only played one minute in MSU's NCAA Tournament game against Mississippi State and in November's game against MSU with Samford, he scored four points on 1-for-8 shooting. We will see if this recruitment progresses into Michigan State landing their starting shooting guard for 2025-26. Advertisement 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 Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Michigan State basketball hosting Trey Fort on official visit
