Home court advantage proved to be a bigger factor than rust for the Spartans in their first round matchup against Bucknell at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.
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Tag: Miles Bridges
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Miles Bridges leads Michigan State to NCAA Tournament win over Bucknell
Miles Bridges scored a game-high 29 points to lead Michigan State to a 82-75 win over Bucknell in a first-round NCAA Tournament game at Little Caesars Arena.
Source: MLive.com
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Time for Michigan State’s Miles Bridges to back up NCAA title talk
If the end is near, Miles Bridges won’t say. And Cassius Winston won’t try and talk his longtime friend into staying at Michigan State for one more year. “Nah, never. I count my blessings that I got lucky with this one,” Winston said with a laugh. “Yeah, this is about all we’re gonna get out of Miles Bridges.”
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Bridges Named to NABC All-District First Team
Miles Bridges was selected to the All-District Seven First Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) on Tuesday afternoon. This is the second-straight year that Bridges has earned NABC District Seven First Team honors. He was joined on the first team by Keita Bates-Diop of Ohio State, Carsen Edwards of Purdue, James Palmer of Nebraska and Tony Carr of Penn State.
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Michigan St hopes Bridges attacks defense in NCAA Tournament
Miles Bridges can soar for slams, dribble to set up shots and make 3-pointers from all angles. He can also drift, defer and drive his coach crazy. Tom Izzo has been privately and publicly prodding Bridges to do more with the ball, going as far as saying he needs to be more of a jerk on the court and more selfish. “As we keep saying to him all year long, ‘Just be more aggressive,’” Izzo said Tuesday .Bridges, though, pushes back at times. “I can’t do it without my teammates,” he said softly.
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Miles Bridges U.S. Basketball Writers Second Team All-American
Michigan State men’s basketball sophomore guard/forward Miles Bridges was named a Second Team All-American by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) on Monday afternoon.
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Bridges Tabbed as Finalist for Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award
Michigan State sophomore men’s basketball player Miles Bridges was named one of five finalists for the 2018 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Wednesday afternoon. Named after Hall of Famer and 11-time NBA All-Star Julius Erving, the annual honor in its fourth year recognizes the top small forwards in Division I men’s college basketball.
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Bridges, Winston Selected to USBWA All-District Team
Michigan State sophomore men’s basketball players Miles Bridges and Cassius Winston were among a group of 11 players selected to the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District V Team, announced on Tuesday afternoon. The District V team is comprised of student-athletes from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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Miles Bridges Selected to National Ballot for Wooden Award
Michigan State sophomore men’s basketball player Miles Bridges was one of 15 players selected to the National Ballot for the John R. Wooden Award®. Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the list is comprised of 15 student-athletes who are candidates for the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award Trophy as the most outstanding college basketball player in the United States.
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Miles Bridges Named Second-Team All-American by the Sporting News
Michigan State sophomore men’s basketball player Miles Bridges was named a Second Team All-American by The Sporting News on Monday afternoon by the media outlet. The recognition from the Sporting News plays a factor for the official consensus NCAA team.
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Michigan State basketball needs more from Miles Bridges to win titles
“I’ve just been missing shots and not focusing on the little things that I was focusing on earlier,” Bridges said after practice Wednesday. “I gotta get to the basket more and get to the free-throw line more.”
Source: Detroit Free Press
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Miles Bridges Named Semifinalist for Citizen Naismith Trophy
Michigan State men’s basketball sophomore guard/forward Miles Bridges was named one of 10 national semifinalists competing for the 50th Citizen Naismith Trophy for Men’s College Player of the Year.
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Spartan Speak: Miles Bridges’ eligibility, Christian Dawkins’ reliability, Big Ten tourney
Graham Couch and Chris Solari are ramping up for the Big Ten tournament in the Big Apple. But before that, Graham and Chris address the latest in the Yahoo! Sports reporting of Miles Bridges’ mother receiving improper benefits and how that’s affecting the Spartans (or not at all), before then moving on to previewing the Big Ten tournament.
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MSU: Miles Bridges reinstated by NCAA after making $40 payment
“In the course of Friday’s internal investigation, while it was determined that the allegations detailed in the Yahoo Sports report were not true, the MSU compliance office did uncover an NCAA violation,” MSU said in a statement. “Per standard operating procedures, Miles Bridges was declared ineligible and MSU applied for reinstatement. On Saturday afternoon, MSU received word that Bridges had been reinstated by the NCAA.
Source: Detroit News
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Michigan State rallies around Miles Bridges as it captures an outright Big Ten title
If Michigan State handled an outside distraction well and didn’t let it affect its play on the court, it’s because by now its players have practice doing so. Sunday’s win marked the end of a regular season that’s been filled with off-court questions.
Source: MLive.com
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Couch: Miles Bridges, Michigan State’s star, is worth believing. Here’s why.
After denying he knew Christian Dawkins at all or that an alleged meeting in Los Angeles ever took place, Bridges was asked whether he knew Lou Dawkins, a bigger name in Michigan basketball lore — the coach of Saginaw High School’s two state championships with Draymond Green, a college assistant for the last seven seasons at Northern Illinois and now Cleveland State. “The only thing I know about him is didn’t he own the Michigan Hurricanes for AAU?” Bridges said, looking up for an answer.
Source: Lansing State Journal
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Miles Bridges ‘nervous’ as playing status was sorted out
Miles Bridges admitted he was scared on Friday morning. It was early that day news started breaking that his mother’s name was included in a report on the FBI’s investigation into college basketball corruption. “I was shocked,” Bridges said. “I didn’t know anything.”
Source: Detroit News
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Michigan State investigation finds allegation against Miles Bridges’ mom ‘completely not true’
The Michigan State compliance department launched that investigation on Friday, hours after a Yahoo! report revealed that an expense report filled out by Christian Dawkins included a claim of a $400 in advance to Bridges’ mother, Cynthia, and a meal worth $70 to Bridge’s parents in May 2016. Within a day, Michigan State’s compliance department had completed an investigation and found the allegation to be not true,
Source: MLive.com
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Miles Bridges ‘cleared for competition’ by MSU after allegations
In a statement on Saturday, interim athletic director Bill Beekman said the university consulted with the NCAA before clearing the MSU star. “After learning of the allegations in yesterday’s Yahoo! Sports article, our compliance office conducted a thorough internal review. Michigan State presented its findings to the NCAA, and Miles Bridges has been cleared for competition moving forward, beginning Sunday at Wisconsin,” Beekman said.
Source: Detroit Free Press
