Spartans at 12 in College basketball’s Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings for 2017-18
Shortly after his team’s second-round tournament loss to Kansas, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, proud as he has ever been, told reporters his young, injured and occasionally overwhelmed 2016-17 group “gave me everything they could give me.” Even if star NBA prospect Miles Bridges fulfills his one-and-done potential (and he seems to be genuinely weighing the options, so stay tuned), three freshmen that arrived with him last summer will form the core of a really good Michigan State group for years to come.
Source: ESPN