July 2, 2025: Tonight we were joined by MSU assistant coach, Saddi Washington who joined the team last year after a long stint in Ann Arbor. Washington is the son of former MSU great, Stan Washington, one of the all time greats in MSU basketball history. Coach Washington talked to us about his career and what he has learned under some great head coaches: Tom Izzo, John Beilein, and Greg Kampe. We talked about the current team and what he expects from the new freshmen, veterans, and transfers too...
Jul 03, 2025•55 min
June 28, 2025: It might be the off season but there’s still a lot going on at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Incoming sophomore transfer, Kaleb Glenn, tore his patellar tendon and is out for the year. We discuss the implications of the injury, our expectation for its impact, and more. Then we move on to talk about the new offers for high school players for 2026 and what it might say about where Tom Izzo sees his needs next year. Finally, we discuss the NBA Draft and Jase Richardson going in...
Jun 28, 2025•57 min
June 18, 2025: We are joined this week with MSU assistant coach, Jon Borovich. Borovich joined the staff 3 years ago from Northwestern although he has had a long history with Tom Izzo. Not only did he serve as a grad assistant perviously under Izzo but he worked under former Izzo assistant coaches Mark Montgomery and Brian Gregory. Borovich goes over the upcoming roster: where he has seen development with returning players and what to expect from the transfers and high school additions. In short...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 12 min
June 12, 2025: It’s easy to forget with the constant buzz about the transfer portal but high major D1 schools still do recruit high school athletes. Of course, MSU is no stranger to going after big fish and the 2026 class is no different. Some very interesting recruitments include legacy kids like Jaxon Richardson, Mateen Cleaves Jr., and KJ Torbert. However, in a sign of the times, there is a very good chance that Michigan State not only won’t have any Michigan based kids in its recruiting clas...
Jun 12, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 319
June 5, 2025: Michigan State let go its athletic director, Allan Haller, a few months ago for a variety of reasons. By all accounts, Haller was doing a good job in managing the athletic hiring and firing and administration of the programs at MSU. However, he struggled coordinating and successfully fund raising both for the department and for the ‘off the books’ NIL. So Michigan State hit the transfer portal and found J Batt from Georgia Tech where he comes with 3 years experience as the AD for t...
Jun 05, 2025•53 min•Ep. 318
May 29, 2025: Michigan State continued to round out its roster as it added 6’ 3” Sophomore Divine Ugochukwu from the University of Miami (Florida). The point guard who started over half of Miami’s games last year had a good freshman year averaging 5.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg, with an assist to turnover ratio of 2.3:1.6. He shot 63% at the rim which would have made him a leader at MSU last season. His most obvious deficiency is his 3 point shooting which was a little under 18%. Divine is predicted to be the...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 317
May 22, 2025: Today’s the finale of our Big Ten Recap where we talk about the top of the standings of the Big Ten. We review Purdue, Wisconsin, UCLA, Michigan, and Maryland. As we all know, MSU lapped the field in the Big Ten this year but the top was in doubt as teams like back to back champ Purdue showed signs of competing at the top and Wisconsin had a very surprising run exceeding most analysts’ expectations largely on the back of John Tonje. For MSU fans, Michigan was an extremely frustrati...
May 22, 2025•55 min•Ep. 316
May 15, 2025: Part two of our Big Ten Recap is here where we talk about the middle of the pack of the Big Ten. We review Minnesota, Rutgers, Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon, and Illinois. There was turmoil in this group with two coaching changes: Ben Johnson getting fired at Minnesota and Mike Woodson being encouraged to retire at Indiana. Rutgers had two top 5 Freshman but were unable to put any viable pieces around them and finished well out of the NCAA bubble conversation. Meanwhile, Ohio State c...
May 15, 2025•48 min•Ep. 315
May 8, 2025: Today marks the first of our three part series recapping the season for the Big Ten’s teams. We begin our tour with Washington and then continue through Penn State, Nebraska, Iowa, USC, and finish with Northwestern. The group of teams included some interesting storylines with first year coaches Danny Sprinkle from Washington and Eric Musselman at USC. It also included the final year of Fran McCaffrey who was let go at Iowa. A lot of teams that obviously struggled but intrigue on whe...
May 08, 2025•57 min•Ep. 314
May 1, 2025: Today’s show is on the current roster status of MSU and its upcoming 2025-26 Big Ten Schedule. Last week we discussed the possibility of 5 star recruit Darius Adams joining the Spartans after decommitting from UConn. Those who follow Michigan State recruiting know that Adams was a target of MSU’s in this class. He ended up at Maryland and we discuss what that means. Also, Jase Richardson has declared for the draft but has yet to hire an NBA agent which means that he could still retu...
May 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 313
April 23, 2025: This episode focuses on two things, MSU’s season in review and the potential recruitment of Darius Adams. At one time, MSU was one of the final teams angling to bring 5 star McDonad’s All-American, Darius Adams, but lost out to UConn. Well, UConn, brought in a lot of portal guards and they allowed Adams out of his commitment. This left a question whether Adams might be the final piece at guard that Michigan State would be adding this off-season. The rest of the show is devoted to...
Apr 24, 2025•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 312
April 16, 2025: Michigan State continues to expand its roster and just as we expected, they looked to add another guard. Well, in comes Trey Fort, a 6’4” SG from Samford who averaged 41% from 3 this year and has one year left in eligibility. Although he isn’t a primary ball handler, he should help in MSU’s backcourt. The probable addition of Fort brings up the next obvious question - who’s next for MSU? We discuss the positional needs the Spartans will still have for next season. We also spent s...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 311
April 11, 2025: With the departure of MSU’s seniors, graduate students, and Jase Richardson to the NBA, there was an obvious need for bodies to complete next year’s roster. So Tom Izzo and the Spartans went into the portal and signed 6’7” 220# Kaleb Glenn from FAU. Glenn was a former teammate of Jeremy Fears in AAU and for a year at LaLumiere in Indiana. He comes ia Louisville and then FAU where last season he received AAC 2nd team honors coming off the bench and averaging 51% from the field, 41...
Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 310
April 5, 2025: We have officially entered portal season for most of the country and it is more active than ever. For Michigan State, fans got their first taste of a player whom they love entering the portal - Tre Holloman. A player who seems to embody Tom Izzo and the program, Holloman entered the portal April 1st but (as of this programming) not yet committed to another program. Xavier Booker has left and is headed to UCLA in a move that is easy to understand. It seemed to us that he just neede...
Apr 05, 2025•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 309
March 30, 2025: Michigan State’s season came to an end today as they fall 70-64 to the Auburn Tigers in the Elite 8. The game’s story was probably national player of the year candidate, Johni Broome, who had 25 points and 14 rebounds in an extremely efficient performance only missing 3 shots from the field. In contrast, MSU shot less than 40% from two in this game and didn’t help themselves with poor shooting from 3 either. So what was an incredibly fun season with a Big Ten Championship comes t...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 308
March 29, 2025: Michigan State advanced to the Elite 8 with a win over Ole Miss and now gets the honor of playing the overall number one seed, Auburn. The Tigers advanced to the Elite 8 with a win over Michigan. Auburn had to do that after trailing Michigan by nearly double digits late in the second half - similar to MSU’s second half with Ole Miss. Of course, Auburn is a top rated offensive and defensive team and will be a big challenge for the Spartans. The Tigers also feature a national playe...
Mar 30, 2025•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 307
March 28, 2025: Michigan State advances to the Elite 8 with a hard fought win over 6 seed Ole Miss, 73-70. The script was switched this game where Ole Miss was pounding the Spartans on the offensive glass with a 12-5 edge. However, MSU was about the same with regard to turnovers where they only turned it over 10 times which was less than we suspected the Rebels would need in order to win. The difference in the game came down to the free throw line where MSU hit 19 to Mississippi’s 9 and were ice...
Mar 29, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 306
March 26, 2025: Michigan State looks to keep their NCAA Tournament run going as they face 6 seed Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 for a chance to play for the Final Four. However, the Rebels will be a challenge for MSU as they dismantled their first two opponents, North Carolina and Iowa State. They accomplished that on the back of nearly an uncharacteristic 50% 3 point shooting. There are a number of ways for the Spartans to get an advantage over Ole Miss. First, the Rebels are a putrid offensive and d...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 305
March 24, 2025: Michigan State took on 10 seed New Mexico in the second round of the NCAA Tournament and got just about all they could handle before dispatching the Lobos 71-63 late Sunday night. The Lobos had a lead as big as 10 points in the first half but only managed to score one field goal over the final 9 minutes of the half leading to just a 2 point advantage over MSU into the locker room. The second half went the way of most MSU games this season as the Spartans wore down their opponent ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 304
March 22, 2025: Michigan State moved on to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a win over Bryant and now face the 10 seed New Mexico Lobos in the South region. New Mexico is from the Mountain West and coached by former Big Ten Minnesota coach Richard Pitino. Similar to the 2019 tournament, MSU will face Richard Pitino in the second round. New Mexico is led by all everything point guard, Donovan Dent, who was the Mountain West player of the year. The Lobos are an excellent defensive team...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 303
March 22, 2025: Michigan State took on the Bryant Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament and won 87-62. Bryant proved to be a formidable opponent pushing the Spartans throughout the entire first half and beginning of the second. The Bulldogs led by as much as 5 in the first half but a late flurry from the Spartans gave them a 5 point lead heading into half time. The first half star of the game for Michigan State was Coen Carr who was everywhere on the boards and scoring in the paint ...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 302
March 18, 2025: As expected, Michigan State got their number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament and will face the 15 seed Bryant Bulldogs from the America East Conference. Bryant has only been a Division I program for 17 years and this is their second appearance in the Big Dance. New head coach, Phil Martelli, Jr., is in his second year and was an assistant the last time Bryant received a bid. Bryant won the regular season and conference tournament so this is a team used to winning. They boast one of...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 301
March 17, 2025: Michigan State got their expected at-large bid to the NCAA tournament last night and will be the 2 seed in the South. Their first round opponent is Bryant who we will go into in greater depth over the next few days. But 7 other Big Ten teams made the field and we discussed their draw in some depth. Also, Bracket Dom joined us once again to discuss the strange development in this year’s selection committee where North Carolina made the dance and West Virginia was left out. Adding ...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 300
March 15, 2025: Michigan State had their 8 game winning streak against Big Ten opponents broken today as the Spartans fell to the Wisconsin Badgers, 77-74. Wisconsin had a huge showing from their star player, John Tonje, who finished the game with 32 points. Most bracteology sites have MSU slated for a 2 seed whether they won the game or not. So MSU will wait for selection Sunday to find out their seeding, matchup, and location in their record breaking 27th straight appearance. Are you looking f...
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 299
March 14, 2025: Michigan State took care of business in their first game in the Big Ten Tournament beating Oregon in convincing manner, 74-64 in the quarterfinals. The Spartans came out with good energy and despite letting Oregon keep it close throughout the first half, they closed the half strong heading into the locker room up 10. From there, it was pretty even as Oregon made a quick push to cut the lead to 1 but just as quickly gave it all back and MSU cruised into the finish line with a 10 p...
Mar 14, 2025•52 min•Ep. 298
March 13, 2025: Michigan State begins its quest for a second banner tomorrow as it opens Big Ten Tournament play as the one seed against 8 seed Oregon. As you may recall, Oregon had a sizable half time lead over the Spartans at the Breslin Center in their only matchup this season. But then MSU put the clamps down and Jase Richardson went wild leading to a very comfortable win for the good guys. Oregon advanced to the quarterfinals by edging out Indiana in front of a very partisan crowd in Indian...
Mar 13, 2025•47 min•Ep. 297
March 9, 2025: Michigan State hosted Michigan to close the season on Senior Day and pounded the Wolverines 79-62 to win the Big Ten outright by 3 games. The 3 game margin is similar to Purdue’s the last three years and 17 Big Ten wins marks a record for the MSU program. The win came largely on the back of a blistering first half by the Spartans where they clamped down on the Wolverines on defense and were hitting on all cylinders on the offensive end as well. Frankly, UM just looked shell shocke...
Mar 09, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 296
March 7, 2025: Michigan State returns to East Lansing for senior day against hated rival Michigan. They also return already as outright champs of the Big Ten with an opportunity to win the league by an amazing 3 games. Not bad for a team projected to finish 5th preseason. Since the last meeting of the teams in Ann Arbor, they’ve both gone in opposite directions. MSU has not stopped winning whether on the road or at home and UM has lost most of thosegames getting blown out once at home and losing...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 295
March 6, 2025: Michigan State was severely tested by the Hawkeyes in Iowa City on senior night in a game MSU needed to win in order to win the Big Ten Title outright. The Spartans got the job done 91-84 with a blistering second half to the second half where they scored 43 points in the final 12 minutes of the second half. Iowa led at half by 7 and was up by as many as 14 points where they had flipped the script and were looking more like MSU with their attacking style at the rim and rebounding. ...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 294
March 5, 2025: Michigan State heads to Iowa City for its last road game of the year against a flailing Hawkeye team. The game has Big Ten title implications as a win assures MSU with no worse than a tie for Tom Izzo’s 11th Big Ten title. And this Iowa team is really struggling on both ends of the court - especially the boards where they are almost inconceivably bad. Iowa’s star big man, Owen Freeman, is out for year now and Iowa has really been struggling inside. They Hawks have gone 2-6 since h...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 293
