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Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. moves the ball against Illinois during the first half on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.
• What: Michigan State at Illinois
• When: 8 p.m. (ET) Saturday
• Where: State Farm Center, Champaign, Illinois
• TV/Radio: FOX/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 195 (MSU broadcast), 84 (Illinois broadcast)
• Records/Rankings: MSU is 19-5 overall, 10-3 in the Big Ten and ranked No. 9 in both the Coaches Poll and in The Associated Press Poll, and is No. 23 per the college basketball analytics site Kenpom.com and No. 24 in the NCAA’s NET rankings. Illinois is 17-8 overall, 9-6 in the Big Ten and unranked in the polls. The Illini are No. 15 nationally, per Kenpom, and 12 in the NET rankings.
• Projected betting line: Illinois -4 (via Kenpom’s prediction, which is where Vegas gets its lines these days)
• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 726-300 in his 30th season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Illinois — Brad Underwood is 269-123 in his 12th season as an NCAA head coach, including 160-96 in his eighth season with the Illini.
• Series: MSU leads 66-64 all-time, having won the first meeting this season, 80-78, on Jan. 19 at Breslin Center.
Projected lineups
MSU
C (10) Szymon Zapala (7-0) 5.2
F (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 7.5
G (3) Jaden Akins (6-4) 13.4
G (11) Jase Richardson (6-3) 10.3
PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 7.4
Illinois
C (13) Tomislav Ivisic (7-1) 13.1
F (21) Morez Johnson (6-9) 6.8
F (3) Ben Humrichous (6-9) 8.6
G (4) Kylan Boswell (6-2) 11.5
G (32) Kasparas Jakucionis (6-6) 16.0
• MSU update: The Spartans have hit a familiar February swoon, losing three of their last four games, none more painful than Tuesday’s home loss to Indiana, which prevented Tom Izzo from breaking Bob Knight’s Big Ten wins record for the time being and, more importantly, put MSU’s Big Ten title hopes in peril. Izzo said Thursday it was his fault that his team wasn’t prepared for…
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Author : Lansing State Journal
Publish date : 2025-02-14 12:05:00
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