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kenpom.com as announced Draymond Green as their Player of the Year. The award recipient is determined by an objective set of metrics outlined on the kenpom site.
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thelittlebrotherblog.com —
2011-12 was a magical season for Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans. An unranked team in the preseason opened its campaign against North Carolina on Nov. 11 and lost, it also lost to Duke. But after those two losses, the Spartans rattled off a fantastic season and took home a Big Ten regular-season title and tournament title.
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spartanstate.com —
The Kentucky Wildcats cut down the nets with a 67-59 win over the Kansas Jayhawks. Although the final score indicates a hard fought game, those watching it can definitively say that the young Wildcats never feared they would lose the game. It wasn't cockiness or arrogance, simply put the UK players knew they were better and played like it. Hence the new era of college basketball. Win with talent now or pay later.
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noise.typepad.com —
I think Derrick Nix will play his senior season at Michigan State. Just my opinion after Nix's early Tuesday arrest on drug charges, but I think he'll return from his indefinite suspension. That's based on two more things I think -- don't know -- about Nix's past and future.
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freep.com —
Michigan State junior center Derrick Nix stood in the locker room after a season-ending loss to Louisville, laid out his plan for the summer and next season, and took the first step toward grabbing the reins from graduating captain Draymond Green.
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espn.go.com —
The Spartans didn't make it to the Elite Eight, but they still finished the season ranked Number 7 in the Nation. Not bad for a team that started the year unranked.
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mlive.com —
Michigan State center Derrick Nix has been suspended indefinitely from Spartan basketball program following his arrest Monday night on charges of marijuana possession and operating a vehicle with the presence of drugs.
"Based on the information we have received, Derrick Nix has been suspended indefinitely from our basketball team, and his future with our program is uncertain," Izzo said in a statement released this afternoon. "He made an irresponsible decision that has put his future with our program in serious jeopardy."
Audio: Joe Rexros discusses situation on The Huge Show
Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely Hey Joe
Derrick Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely Detroit News
Derrick Nix arrested iSportsWeb
Report: Derrick Nix arrested, jailed Green Thoughts
Derrick Nix’s Future In Jeopardy Banks of the Red Cedar
Derrick Nix suspended from team following arrest Detroit Free Press
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"Based on the information we have received, Derrick Nix has been suspended indefinitely from our basketball team, and his future with our program is uncertain," Izzo said in a statement released this afternoon. "He made an irresponsible decision that has put his future with our program in serious jeopardy."
Audio: Joe Rexros discusses situation on The Huge Show
Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely Hey Joe
Derrick Nix arrested, suspended indefinitely Detroit News
Derrick Nix arrested iSportsWeb
Report: Derrick Nix arrested, jailed Green Thoughts
Derrick Nix’s Future In Jeopardy Banks of the Red Cedar
Derrick Nix suspended from team following arrest Detroit Free Press
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spartannation.com —
Izzo is already looking ahead. His 2013 team will be more talented and part of that reason is the incoming freshman class. Top to bottom you have to search a long lineage to find a class as talented as this one.
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siriusxmsports.posterous.com —
Mark Hollis joined College Sports Today to talk about the success of the college basketball season starting with the MSU-UNC game on an aircraft carrier
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mlive.com —
Draymond Green became the third player in school history to win national player of the year honors after the National Association of Basketball Coaches named him the Division I Player of the Year on Sunday. For Izzo, it was the eighth national coach of the year honor he received in his career. He had previously been the NABC's national coach of the year in 2001. Last month, CBSSports.com named him national coach of the year.
Green And Izzo Honored With NABC National Awards MSUSpartans.com
NABC names Green national player of year, Izzo coach of year Lansing State Journal
Green is MSU's 3rd national POY Hey Joe
NABC names Green nation's top player, Izzo top coach Green Thoughts
Green, Izzo earn more national honors State News
NABC selects Tom Izzo as coach of the year, Draymond Green player of the year Detroit News
Tom Izzo, Draymond Green earn NABC honors Detroit Free Press
Green named Spartans' third national player of year Lansing State Journal
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Green And Izzo Honored With NABC National Awards MSUSpartans.com
NABC names Green national player of year, Izzo coach of year Lansing State Journal
Green is MSU's 3rd national POY Hey Joe
NABC names Green nation's top player, Izzo top coach Green Thoughts
Green, Izzo earn more national honors State News
NABC selects Tom Izzo as coach of the year, Draymond Green player of the year Detroit News
Tom Izzo, Draymond Green earn NABC honors Detroit Free Press
Green named Spartans' third national player of year Lansing State Journal
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theonlycolors.com —
Briefly: preseason unranked team earns two banners for the Breslin rafters, beating the conference favorite (and eventual Final Four participant) two out of three times and the program's arch-nemesis three out of three times in the process of doing so. As an added bonus, you have the team's senior leader producing more basketball value than any other player in the country, recording one of the four greatest individual seasons in the history of the program.
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banksoftheredcedar.com —
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind as to whether Mr. Green possesses the intangibles necessary to succeed in the NBA, but there most certainly have been skeptics as to whether he has the physical tools. At roughly 6′ 6″ and 230 pounds, Green is most accurately described as a “tweener”. He has the height of a shooting guard or forward, but the girth of a power forward. The question of where he would fit in the NBA has often been pondered, despite his success at the collegiate level.
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siriusxmsports.posterous.com —
Draymond Green, former Michigan State star, talked about his team's season and leadership qualities with Jason Horowitz and Bruce Pearl on SiriusXM College Sports Nation's Inside College Basketball live from Emeril's restaurant in New Orleans
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mlive.com —
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo finished tied for second in The Associated Press' Coach of the Year voting, as Missouri's Frank Haith won the award.
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