Michigan State Basketball vs. No. 2 Michigan: Starting lineups for both teams

Michigan State plays the first of two games against Michigan on Thursday night. Here are your starters.

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Michigan State Basketball faces arguably their biggest test of the season in less than 20 minutes, facing off against in-state rival Michigan, the No. 2 team in the country, on the road in Ann Arbor.

Like he has done all season, Tom Izzo will be tweaking the starting lineup for MSU in what has become a common occurrence for the Spartans.

Izzo will re-insert Rocket Watts back into the starting lineup at the point guard position, and go with Julius Marble and Malik Hall in the front court, likely to save Marcus Bingham Jr., who we think might be his secret weapon, to go up against Hunter Dickinson in the second half.

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Michigan State Starters

  • G Rocket Watts
  • G Joshua Langford
  • F Aaron Henry
  • F Malik Hall
  • F Julius Marble

Michigan Starters

  • G Mike Smith
  • G Franz Wagner
  • G Eli Brooks
  • F Isaiah Livers
  • C Hunter Dickinson

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