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MSU listed just outside ESPN’s ‘Way-Too-Early’ Top 25 rankings for 2024-25 season

MSU basketball will start the offseason just outside the top 25 in the eyes of ESPN’s Jeff Borzello

Michigan State basketball will start the offseason just outside the top 25 in the eyes of ESPN’s Jeff Borzello.

Borzello — like so many of his college basketball writing peers — released his way-too-early rankings for next season on Tuesday, which had the Spartans just outside the top 25. Borzello put Michigan State on his “next in line” list suggesting the Spartans are just outside the top 25.

Borzello had _ teams from the Big Ten in his rankings, including Purdue (No. 6), UCLA (No. 19), Maryland (No. 20), Rutgers (No. 21) and Wisconsin (No. 24). Ohio State was also included in the “next in line” list.

Check out the complete rankings from Borzello by clicking on the post below:

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Where MSU and every other Big Ten team lands in Sports Illustrated’s ‘1-363 college basketball rankings’

See where Michigan State lands in Sports Illustrated’s preseason “1-363 college basketball rankings”

The college basketball season is nearly here so it’s time to see where the experts see Michigan State stacking up this year.

Sports Illustrated released its preseason rankings for every school in the country, with Michigan State landing outside of the top 25. But how far outside the top 25 were the Spartans and how do they compare to their Big Ten peers?

See where Michigan State and every other Big Ten team lands in Sports Illustrated’s 1-363 college basketball rankings released this week:

Michigan State basketball just outside top 10 in Andy Katz’ updated 2022-23 power rankings

Michigan State basketball will enter the 2022-23 season as a fringe top 10 team, according to college basketball analyst Andy Katz

Michigan State basketball will enter the 2022-23 season as a fringe top 10 team, according to college basketball analyst Andy Katz.

Katz released an updated batch of his “Power 36” rankings for the 2022-23 college basketball season where he has the Spartans just outside the top 10. Katz ranks Michigan State at No. 10 and has this to say about the Spartans:

“Joey Hauser is returning. Max Christie is on the fence. But the Spartans should be a Big Ten contender.”

The Spartans are listed as the second-highest Big Ten team in these rankings behind only Michigan at No. 5. Other Big Ten teams ranked include Purdue (No. 13), Indiana (No. 19), Illinois (No. 29), Ohio State (No. 30), Wisconsin (No. 34) and Rutgers (No. 36).

Check out his complete rankings by clicking on the tweet below:

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Michigan State basketball drops in latest AP Top 25 poll

See where Michigan State lands in this week’s AP Top 25 poll

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For a second straight week the Spartans have dropped a few spots in the Associated Press (AP) Top 25 poll.

Michigan State slid four spots down the rankings to come in at No. 17 this week. The Spartans were in the top 10 just a few weeks ago but losses in back-to-back weeks has them dropping.

Other Big Ten teams ranked this week includes Purdue (No. 3), Illinois (No. 13), Wisconsin (No. 14) and Ohio State (No. 16).

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