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msn.foxsports.com —  Kalin Lucas was gone. History. Lucas was prepared to say goodbye to East Lansing following a three-year career at Michigan State. His focus was on the NCAA tournament, but he had already basically made the decision the NBA would be his next stop. read more »
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freep.com —  As Michigan State basketball players complete summer workouts, news about their progress is out. read more »
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lansingstatejournal.com —  Four months have passed since Lucas felt the tendon pop late in the first half of MSU's eventual NCAA second-round win over Maryland on March 21 in Spokane, Wash. He was told it would require four to six months of rehab and that it might be a year before he is 100 percent back to his former self.

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lansingstatejournal.com —  Four months and a day from the left Achilles' tendon rupture that ended Kalin Lucas' junior season abruptly, he was in an exercise pool at Michigan State's football building, running against a current to strengthen a left foot that is free of pain.

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espn.go.com —  According to Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, an assistant on the national team since 2006, Coach K pushed to solely fill the USA Select Team that will compete against the national team with collegiate upperclassmen. "Hopefully we didn't miss anybody," Boeheim said. read more »
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sports.espn.go.com —  Andy Katz takes a look at the college players that will be vying for spots in the 2011 NBA draft. He places Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers among the top candidate. Lucas has to come back from an achilles injury, but Katz says that Summers will "be the next big thing out of Michigan State" and will "be a hot commodity for the Spartans." read more »
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bleacherreport.com —  Though opinions vary when it comes to ranking teams and its players, it's hard to argue the fact that Tom Izzo has produced dozens of solid college ball players during his 15-year tenure. read more »
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freep.com —  Kalin Lucas just couldn’t do it. Couldn’t enter his name in the NBA draft. He wanted to come back to Michigan State for a chance to finish what he couldn’t in the past two NCAA tournaments. The decision makes Lucas an anomaly. read more »
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freep.com —  Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo thought his turn as a musical theater star would be a one-time-only deal last year. But there he was again last week, playing himself in a revival of "Izzo Goes to Broadway." read more »
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spartyon.fantake.com —  Roe underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in mid-April, and is on the fast road to recovery, according to coach Tom Izzo. He described Roe’s attitude as “being on cloud nine” after the procedure and years of agonizing, pesky knee pain. read more »
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mlive.com —  Michigan State basketball players Kalin Lucas and Delvon Roe both are progressing ahead of schedule, and the possibility that the Spartans could play national champion Duke in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge has been described as a “probability, not a possibility,” MSU coach Tom Izzo said Wednesday.
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freep.com —  The Spartans likely will be ranked in the top five to open the 2010-11 season and will have a team capable of advancing to the Final Four in Houston. Here's how the roster shapes up for next season, assuming Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers return for their senior seasons read more »
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statenews.com —  Junior guard Kalin Lucas had just left the Spartans’ second-round NCAA Tournament game with a season-ending ruptured Achilles’ tendon in his left leg. Although the Spartans were leading 48-39 going into halftime, the loss of their leader weighed heavily on them and head coach Tom Izzo. read more »
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statenews.com —  “It is one of the reasons I came back — the new jerseys,” said Lucas, a junior guard on the men’s basketball team on the mend from an Achilles’ tendon injury.
“We’re going to put our stamp on these.” read more »
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mlive.com —  "They both want to hang together, try to win a championship. They want to follow in the footsteps of a (Mateen) Cleaves and (Morris) Peterson. And, there's no question that they're not right at the top of those draft picks yet and I think they thought another year would be beneficial for them," Izzo said. "It was a mutual thing and that made me feel good because I definitely would've been OK with them testing the (NBA) waters. read more »
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