Tag: Basketball Coaches Poll

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The 2019-20 NCAA Men’s Basketball season has come to an abrupt end, and this week, the final basketball polls have been released. Michigan State ended the season at No. 9 in the AP Poll, and in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll they will end the season at No. 12.

The Spartans went on a tear to the finish the season on their way to earn a share of the 2019-20 Big Ten Regular Season Championship. They managed to knock off Maryland, Penn State, Ohio State, and Iowa to close out an unprecedented and historic season.

There is still a lot up in there when it comes to next year, but the Spartans currently have the fourth best odds to win the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. A lot of that will come down to Xavier Tillman Sr. and if he decides to return for one more season. Tillman was just projected to be a first round NBA Draft pick by SB Nation.

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With major Big Ten wins this week, especially a massive road win over Maryland, Michigan State Men’s Basketball has moved back up the polls to No. 17 from No. 24 in the USA TODAY NCAA Coaches Poll. The Spartans also knocked off Iowa by 8 points at home in the Breslin Center, leading to a strong end of the season for MSU.

The Spartans have picked up plenty of momentum to end the year after an uneven season had left them catapulting down the rankings after starting the season as the consensus number one team in the country for the first time ever. Without Joshua Langford or Joey Hauser available, the Spartans have resorted to playing freshmen like Rocket Watts and Malik Hall big minutes and those players have started to come into their own after a near full season of experience.

Michigan State will face another ranked Big Ten rival tomorrow in Penn State before closing the regular season against Ohio State.

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