2024 Tournament PreviewMichigan State started the year with a home loss to James Madison, and a tough early season schedule led to losses to Duke, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nebraska. The Spartans bounced back to beat Baylor and started Big Ten play 9-6, but then barely scraped into the tournament after dropping four of five to close the regular season and losing in the conference tourney quarterfinals. Despite the up-and-down, coach Tom Izzo's team has no bad losses and ranks eighth in defensive efficiency, per KenPom. Senior guard Tyson Walker (18.2 ppg), who shoots 37.3 percent from 3-point range, leads four scorers in double figures, but the Spartans really lack a big man. A 6-11 five-star freshman, Xavier Booker (3.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg) hasn't panned out, and it's been a revolving door at the five all year. As such, MSU ranks outside the top 130 in both offensive and defensive rebounding rates, which is undoubtedly the team's biggest question.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency 1.13 58 0.94 14
Pace 70.2 (125)
Effective FG% 52.85 (107) 47.28 (72)
Turnover % 14.61 (123) 15.51 (173)
Off Reb % 35.93 (32) 22.04 (4)
FTA/FGA 40.27 (51) 29.59 (107)
3P% 27.18 (340) 30.38 (72)
2P% 59.23 (18) 48.43 (111)
FT% 80.42 (12) 72.99 (241)
3PA/FGA 34.56 (283) 40.31 (217)
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Michigan State
Big Ten
Rankings
NET: #21 RPI: #20 RW: #23
Record
Overall: (10-2) Conference: (2-0) Quad 1: (1-2) Quad 2: (2-0) Quad 3: (3-0) Quad 4: (4-0)
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Projected Record: 23-7 (14-5)
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