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Rutgers’ freshman stars Dylan Harper (2) and Ace Bailey (4) celebrate a win earlier this season against Seton Hall. Harper and Bailey are projected to be two of the top five picks in this coming NBA draft.
• What: Michigan State vs. Rutgers
• When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday
• Where: Madison Square Garden, New York
• TV/Radio: CBS/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 197 (MSU broadcast), 372 (Rutgers broadcast)
• Records/Rankings: MSU is 16-2 overall, 7-0 in the Big Ten and ranked No. 8 in both the Coaches Poll and in The Associated Press Poll, and is No. 14 per the college basketball analytics site Kenpom.com. Rutgers is 10-9 overall, 3-5 in the Big Ten and unranked by the major polls, while being rated No. 84 by Kenpom.
• Projected betting line: MSU -6 (via the Kenpom predicted score, which is where Vegas gets its line these days)
• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 723-297 in his 30th season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Rutgers — Steve Pikiell is 339-306-119 in his 22nd season as an NCAA head coach, including 142-132 in his ninth season with the Scarlet Knights.
• Series: MSU leads 13-3 all-time. MSU won the only meeting last season, but has lost three straight road games against Rutgers — either on Rutgers’ campus (2021 and 2022) or at Madison Square Garden (2023).
Projected lineups
MSU
C (10) Szymon Zapala (7-0) 5.7
F (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 7.9
G (3) Jaden Akins (6-4) 13.9
G (5) Tre Holloman (6-2) 8.1
PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 7.9
Rutgers
C (24) Lathan Sommerville (6-10) 7.2
F (4) Ace Bailey (6-10) 19.9
F (9) Dylan Grant (6-7) 5.0
G (2) Dylan Harper (6-6) 19.3
G (5) Tyson Acuff (6-4) 4.0
• MSU update: The Spartans are coming off one of their biggest wins of the season, 80-78 over Illinois at home on Sunday. Now, with extra time to prepare, they’ll take on an old nemesis — Madison Square Garden. They’ll take on Rutgers there, too. If they can get past the Scarlet Knights in the Garden on Saturday and…
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Author : Lansing State Journal
Publish date : 2025-01-24 12:29:00
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