Michigan State basketball vs. Nebraska tipoff: Matchup analysis and a prediction

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From right to left, MSU’s Xavier Booker, Frankie Fidler, Jase Richardson and Carson Cooper surround Minnesota’s Femi Odukale during Wednesday night’s MSU win in Minneapolis.

• What: Michigan State vs. Nebraska

• When: Noon Saturday

• Where: Breslin Center

• TV/Radio: Big Ten Network/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; Sirius/XM Ch. 390 (MSU broadcast), 389 (Nebraska broadcast)

• Records/Rankings: MSU is 7-2 and ranked No. 25 in the Coaches Poll and just outside the top 25 in the Associated Press poll, though both of those polls are hastily done and groupthink. As the season goes along, Kenpom.com and the NET rankings will be more credible measurements. Nebraska is 6-1 and unranked in both major polls, but receiving votes in both.

• Betting line: MSU -5.5

• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 714-297 in his 30th season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Nebraska — Fred Hoiberg is 184-151 in his 11th season as a collegiate head coach, including 69-95 in his sixth season with the Huskers.

• Series: MSU leads 23-10 all-time, including 16-4 since the Huskers joined the Big Ten. MSU, though, lost last season’s only meeting, 77-70 at Nebraska, after the Spartans had won 11 straight against the Huskers.

Nebraska’s Connor Essegian, a Wisconsin transfer, has made 20 of 45 3-point attempts this season for the Huskers.

Projected lineups

MSU

C (10) Szymon Zapala (7-0) 5.3

F (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 8.4

G (3) Jaden Akins (6-4) 12.4

G (5) Tre Holloman (6-2) 7.7

PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 7.8

Nebraska

C (34) Braxton Meah (7-1) 4.3

PF (4) Juwan Gary (6-6) 10.7

SF (3) Brice Williams (6-7) 18.4

G (0) Connor Essegian (6-4) 14.7

PG (24) Rollie Worster (6-5) 8.9

• MSU update: The Spartans are fresh off a 90-72 win at Minnesota on Wednesday night in their Big Ten opener, which was just about a wire-to-wire domination of the Gophers. MSU has a chance to get to 2-0 in the Big Ten if it can beat Nebraska, before stepping back out of conference play for…

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Author : Lansing State Journal

Publish date : 2024-12-06 21:22:00

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