mlive.com —  “He’s done everything we’ve asked of him,” Dwayne Stephens said. “He’s been accountable. He’s been to class -- everything that everyone else does. He made a poor decision, and unfortunately it was a public poor decision. I think he’s learned from it and is moving forward.” read more »
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mlive.com —  Michigan State coach Tom Izzo had flown to Hampton, Va. to recruit and was considering going to another tournament before he thought better of it and stayed through the weekend. That’s because Izzo was watching one of the Spartans’ top recruits and knew Kentucky’s John Calipari and Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski were there at the site as well. read more »
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detroitnews.com —  Michigan State will join Seton Hall, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma as host schools for the 2013 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic at the Barclays Center in New York, according to a report. read more »
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mlive.com —  Draymond Green believes Michigan State will be successful next season even though numerous Big Ten teams are looking strong in the post-Draymond era. read more »
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nba.com —  Draymond Green, whose Michigan State career ended last month with his name being mentioned in the same sentence as Magic Johnson, Steve Smith and Mateen Cleaves, had this little game within a game he liked to play with some of the Spartans' opponents. read more »
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theonlycolors.com —  The 2014 Basketball Recruiting Hotlist is not mysterious. The word has been out for some time that Tom Izzo has a core group of players he’s looking at and this list has moved very little in the past few months. The list is also shorter than in the past because MSU’s target pool is very focused. read more »
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espn.go.com —  Dick Vitale ranked the Spartans at sixth with mentions of Keith Appling and Gary Harris. The Spartans Sweet Sixteen opponent, Louisville, is ranked number one and Indiana is the top B1G school at three. Michigan is one spot ahead of the Spartans at five. read more »
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mlive.com —  Michigan State starting center Adreian Payne is doing fine after recently being involved in a car accident, a team spokesman confirmed Sunday. read more »
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lansingstatejournal.com —  Shortly after Denzel Valentine helped Sexton earn its second straight Class B high school boys basketball state title, coach Carlton Valentine reflected back to some adversity Denzel had overcome three years earlier. read more »
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mlive.com —  Minutes after the start of the spring evaluation period, Michigan State assistant coach Dane Fife was in position. He arrived at the Adidas Storm Classic dressed in a Spartans T-shirt and walked upstairs to the balcony overlooking three courts filled with AAU players, hovering near where point guard recruit Demetrius Jackson was going through warmups. read more »
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lfpress.com —  Alan Anderson is a live-in-the-moment kind of guy. It's not so much what he has always been as what basketball has made him. Since signing as an undrafted free agent with the Charlotte Bobcats in 2005 and spending two years with the organization, one at the NBA level, the other with the Bobcats D-League team, Anderson has never been with the same team for more than a season. read more »
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mlive.com —  Gary Harris was among the 24 players to accept invitations to USA Basketball's Under-18 national team training camp, it was announced Thursday. Harris is scheduled to compete for one of 12 roster spots on a team that will play in the FIBA Americas U18 Championship in Sao Sebastiáo do Paraiso, Brazil from June 16-20. read more »
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sportsillustrated.cnn.com —  Parker is determined to follow his own path, keeping all the adulation in perspective. Most nights, he tries to accommodate his young fans. He poses for pictures and signs autographs to show his appreciation. "I can see myself as a role model,'' Parker says. read more »
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mlive.com —  Half of Michigan State's four-player recruiting class received recognition Wednesday when signees Matt Costello and Gary Harris were named to the ESPNHS honorable mention list for the website's All-American elite team. read more »
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