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Adelaide 36ers captain Adam Ballinger has quit the club and will play for the Melbourne Tigers after five seasons in South Australia. Ballinger played 120 games averaging 6.3 rebounds and 16.3 points per game. He was the club MVP four times and was captain for the past three seasons.
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For nearly a year, Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis has talked about the possibility of sending the basketball team overseas to play a game. He's considering a foreign tour, but more likely games that count, which would mean bringing another school along.
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The Olympics would allow Izzo to coach the greatest players in the world, while keeping his roots in East Lansing, as a "Spartan for Life." He could install his full complement of sets, but more important, he could manage the egos of the game's top players while commanding their respect due to his no-nonsense approach.
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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo might have benefited from the graduate transfer rule that enabled guard Brandon Wood to play his senior season without sitting out a year and help the Spartans win a Big Ten championship. But Izzo has also come out against the rule that enables players who graduate with eligibility remaining to seek waivers to transfer to another school and be able to play by enrolling in a graduate program not offered at the former school.
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Michigan State assistant coach Dwayne Stephens might be in the market for an agent after attending a multiday consortium last weekend that brought elite assistants together with university athletic directors in an effort to prepare college basketball's next generation of leaders.
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Before Draymond Green gets a chance to strut his stuff in the NBA, he played the role of a fashion model on the Michigan State campus at the Hidden Key Fashion Show. With football coach Mark Dantonio and Lupe Izzo, the wife of men's basketball coach Tom Izzo, watching from the front row, a colorfully-dressed Green walked the runway and drew cheers.
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Michigan State standout Draymond Green's journey to show how ready he is for the NBA makes a stop in Boston today. Green, along with Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure), Mike Scott (Virginia), Kevin Jones (West Virginia), Scott Machado (Iona) and Charlie Westbrook (South Dakota) will work out for Celtics executives today, according to Jeff Goodman of CBS Sportsline.com.
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On Tuesday afternoon, the NBA officially announced the names of the players invited to the Draft Combine being held in Chicago on June 7-8. The Michigan State Spartans will be represented by senior forward Draymond Green. Green averaged 16.1 points, 10.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game last season while leading the Spartans to Big Ten championships in the regular season and conference tournament, in addition to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
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"I really have a lot more interest in winning a national championship than anything else," Izzo said. "That pushes me, totally. I never give enough time to really think about (the NBA) because I still haven't accomplished what I want to accomplish here."
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"I'm not sure I would even have a shot at it, to be honest with you," Izzo said Monday. "I would think everybody would be interested. That's always been a dream and goal of mine. But I think they'll go with a pro coach, I really do."
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Michigan State will take its talents to South Beach and play at Miami on Nov. 28 as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge televised on ESPN's family of networks. The game pits Tom Izzo against Miami coach Jim Larranaga, who in 2006 led No. 11-seeded George Mason to an improbable run to the Final Four that began with a first-round upset win against the Spartans.
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Michigan State will host Texas at Breslin Center this coming season. Unknown is the date of the game, which was reported by ESPN.com, and whether it will be the start of a series between the two schools.
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