2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Doug Wojcik (6th overall season) |
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Home arena | Breslin Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn State | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purdue | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 24, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2024–25 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team will represent Michigan State University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans will be led by 30th-year head coach Tom Izzo and will play their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference
Previous season
[edit]The Spartans finished the 2023–24 season 20–15, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place.[1] As the No. 8 seed in the Big Ten tournament, MSU defeated Minnesota in the second round[2] before losing to top-seeded Purdue in the quarterfinals.[3] The Spartans received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 9 seed in the West region, extending Izzo's record-setting streak to 26 straight tournament appearances.[4] They defeated Mississippi State in the first round before losing to No. 1-seeded North Carolina.[5] The Spartans were led by Tyson Walker who averaged 18.4 points per game and Malik Hall who averaged 12.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.
Offseason
[edit]Coaching changes
[edit]On April 3, 2024, assistant coach Mark Montgomery was named the head coach at Detroit Mercy.[6] On June 6, Tom Izzo announced that former Michigan assistant coach Saddi Washington had been named an assistant coach with the Spartans.[7] Izzo also announced that assistant coach Doug Wojcik had been promoted associate head coach.[8] Recruiting director Jon Borovich and video coordinator Austin Thornton were elevated to assistant coaches.[7]
Departures
[edit]On April 4, senior center Mady Sissoko announced he had entered the transfer portal.[9] On April 29, Sissoko announced he would transfer to California.[10] On April 18, Tom Izzo confirmed that senior point guard A. J. Hoggard would not return for his fifth year at MSU.[11] On May 18, Hoggard announced he would transfer to Vanderbilt.[12]
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Malik Hall | 25 | F | 6'8" | 225 | GS | Aurora, IL | Graduated |
A. J. Hoggard | 11 | G | 6'4" | 210 | Sr | Coatesville, PA | Graduated/Transfer to Vanderbilt |
Mady Sissoko | 22 | F | 6'9" | 250 | Sr | Bafoulabé. Mali | Transfer to California |
Tyson Walker | 2 | G | 6'0" | 175 | GS | Westbury, NY | Graduated |
Recruiting class
[edit]On April 3, 2023, four-star shooting guard Kur Teng committed to MSU for the 2024 season.[13] On April 20, four-star center Jesse McCulloch announced he too would play for MSU in 2024.[14] On October 15, four-star shooting guard Jase Richardson, son of former MSU star Jason Richardson, announced he would join the Spartans in 2024.[15] Richardson became the first son of a player who played for Izzo as head coach to commit to MSU.[16]
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Jesse McCulloch C |
Cleveland, OH | Lutheran High School East | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | April 20, 2023 (verbal) | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 82 | ||||||
Jason "Jase" Richardson, Jr. SG |
Miami, FL | Columbus High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | October 15, 2023 (verbal) | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 88 | ||||||
Kur Teng SG |
Manchester, NH | Bradford Christian Academy | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | April 3, 2023 (verbal) | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: 87 | ||||||
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Incoming transfers
[edit]On April 23, 2024, Omaha small forward Frankie Fidler announced he would transfer to Michigan State.[17] This marked he first time since 2021 that the Spartans had a transfer join the team – MSU being one of the few schools to not accept many transfers in the new transfer portal era.[18] Fidler averaged 20.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game with Omaha in the 2023–24 season.[17] On May 14, Longwood center Szymon Zapal announced he will transfer to Michigan State.[19] Zapal spent three years at Utah State before playing at Longwood in the 2023–24 season.[20]
Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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Frankie Fidler | SF | 6'7" | 205 | Sr | Bellevue, NE | Omaha | |
Szymon Zapala | C | 7'0" | 240 | GS | Zabrze, Poland | Longwood |
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]On May 1, 2024, Tom Izzo announced that the Spartans would take 10-day trip to Spain as the team had previously done in 2015. The Spartans will once again participate in the Champions Classic.[21] They will also participate in the Maui Invitational for the fifth time and the first time since 2019.[22] On May 2, the Big Ten announced the conference opponents for the 2024–25 season as the conference expands to 18 teams. Each school will play seven teams at home, seven on the road, and three teams both on the road and at home.[23] The Spartans will face Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Washington, and Wisconsin at home while facing Iowa, Maryland, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, UCLA, and USC on the road. MSU will play Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota home and away.[24] On August 8, the school announced the team would play an exhibition game against Tom Izzo's alma mater, Northern Michigan, at the school's football stadium, the Superior Dome on October 13.[25]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Spanish exhibition trip | |||||||||||
August 15, 2024* 1:00 pm |
Madrid All-Stars | W 94–87 | 21 – Booker | 12 – Kohler | 6 – Fears Jr. | Madrid, Spain | |||||
August 18, 2024* 1:00 pm |
Valencia All-Stars | W 105–59 | 20 – Carr | 8 – Zapala | 7 – Holloman | L'Alqueria del Basket Valencia, Spain | |||||
August 20, 2024* 12:00 pm |
KK FMP | L 110–115 | 18 – Fidler | – | – | Olimpic Arena Spain | |||||
Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 13, 2024* 1:00 pm |
at Northern Michigan | Superior Dome Marquette, MI | |||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 4, 2024* TBA |
Monmouth | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | |||||||||
November 7, 2024* TBA |
Niagara | Breslin Center East Lansing, MI | |||||||||
November 12, 2024* TBA, ESPN |
vs. Kansas Champions Classic |
State Farm Arena Atlanta, GA | |||||||||
November 25, 2024* 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
vs. Colorado Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
November 26, 2024* TBD, ESPN/ESPN2 |
vs. Memphis or UConn Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
November 27, 2024* TBD, ESPN/ESPN2 |
vs. Auburn, Dayton, Iowa State, or North Carolina Maui Invitational |
Lahaina Civic Center Honolulu, HI | |||||||||
December 17, 2024* TBA, TBA |
vs. Oakland | Little Caesars Arena Detroit, MI | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Michigan State suffers another close loss in final regular season game vs. Indiana, 65-64". Yahoo Sports. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan State 77-67 Minnesota (Mar 14, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ "Purdue 67-62 Michigan State (Mar 15, 2024) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ kyleaustin2@mlive.com, Kyle Austin | (March 17, 2024). "Michigan State earns No. 9 seed as it extends NCAA Tournament streak to 26". mlive. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Michigan State basketball falls to North Carolina in NCAA tournament, 85-69". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "Detroit Mercy hires Spartans asst. Montgomery". ESPN.com. April 3, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ a b kyleaustin2@mlive.com, Kyle Austin | (June 6, 2024). "Saddi Washington joins Michigan State as newest assistant coach". mlive. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Solari, Chris. "Michigan State basketball: Tom Izzo hires former Wolverines assistant Saddi Washington". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan State basketball: Mady Sissoko enters transfer portal with 1 year remaining". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ Solari, Chris. "Michigan State basketball center Mady Sissoko transferring to California for final year". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Zucker, Joseph. "Tom Izzo: A.J. Hoggard Won't Return to MSU If He Doesn't Enter 2024 NBA Draft". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ "Former Michigan State Guard A.J. Hoggard Commits to Vanderbilt". Spartan Nation. May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Michigan State basketball lands 4-star guard Kur Teng for 2024". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ^ Lounsberry, Matthew. "BREAKING: Four-star 2024 center prospect commits to Tom Izzo, Michigan State". Sports Illustrated Michigan State Spartans News, Analysis and More. Retrieved April 20, 2023.
- ^ "Richardson, son of ex-Warriors guard, picks MSU". ESPN.com. October 15, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ Austin, Kyle (October 15, 2023). "Four-star guard Jase Richardson, son of Jason Richardson, commits to Michigan State". mlive. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- ^ a b kyleaustin2@mlive.com, Kyle Austin | (April 23, 2024). "High-scoring forward transfer commits to Michigan State". mlive. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tom Izzo, Michigan State land big-time scorer in Omaha transfer Frankie Fidler". FOX Sports. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ Solari, Chris. "Former Longwood, Utah State center Szymon Zapala transfers to Michigan State basketball". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Kenney, Madeline. "Michigan State basketball lands center Szymon Zapala from transfer portal". The Detroit News. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
- ^ Staudt, Tim (November 14, 2023). "2024 Champions Classic Finds New Home". WILX. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ Lounsberry, Matthew (April 4, 2023). "Tom Izzo, Michigan State men's basketball accept invite to 2024 Maui Invitational". Sports Illustrated Michigan State Spartans News, Analysis and More. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ "Expanded Big Ten reveals men's basketball opponents. Here's where IU and Purdue are headed next year". wthr.com. May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ Solari, Chris. "Here's who Michigan, Michigan State basketball will face in 2024-25 as Big Ten expands". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved May 8, 2024.
- ^ mwenzel2@mlive.com, Matt Wenzel | (August 8, 2024). "Michigan State basketball to play at Northern Michigan's Superior Dome". mlive. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
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