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Iowa forward Payton Sandfort (20) shoots as Oregon guard Jadrian Tracey (2) defends Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.
• What: Michigan State at Iowa
• When: 8 p.m. ET Thursday
• Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena
• TV/Radio: FS1/Spartan Sports Network radio, including WJIM 1240-AM and WMMQ 94.9-FM; SiriusXM Ch. 81 (MSU broadcast), 380 (Iowa broadcast)
• Records/Rankings: MSU is 24-5 overall, 15-3 in the Big Ten and ranked No. 7 in the Coaches poll and No. 8 in The Associated Press poll, and is No. 9 per the college basketball analytics site Kenpom.com and No. 11 in the NCAA’s NET rankings. Iowa is 15-14 overall, 6-12 in the Big Ten and unranked by the Coaches and AP voters. The Hawkeyes are No. 73 via Kenpom and No. 67 in the NET.
• Projected betting line: MSU -7 (via Kenpom’s projection)
• Coaches: Michigan State — Tom Izzo is 731-300 in his 30th season as a head coach, all with the Spartans. Iowa — Fran McCaffery is 546-382 in his 29th season as a head coach, including 295-205 in 15 seasons with the Hawkeyes.
• Series: MSU leads 77-60 all-time. This is the first meeting this season. MSU lost the only meeting last season, 78-71, at Breslin Center. The last time the Spartans played in Iowa City, they led by 13 points with 93 seconds remaining and lost in overtime.
Projected lineups
MSU
C (10) Szymon Zapala (7-0) 4.9
F (0) Jaxon Kohler (6-9) 7.9
G (3) Jaden Akins (6-4) 12.9
G (11) Jase Richardson (6-3) 11.0
PG (1) Jeremy Fears Jr. (6-2) 6.8
Iowa
C (13) Ladji Dembele (6-8) 4.3
PF (7) Seydou Traore (6-7) 6.0
SF (20) Payton Sandfort (6-8) 16.1
G (4) Josh Dix (6-6) 14.0
G (3) Drew Thelwell (6-3) 9.8
• MSU update: The Spartans can clinch at least a share of their first Big Ten title in five years with a win at Iowa on Thursday night. If Michigan falls to Maryland on Wednesday night, MSU will be playing for the title outright. The Spartans have gotten here by winning five straight games — at Illinois, Purdue, at Michigan, at Maryland and, most…
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Author : Lansing State Journal
Publish date : 2025-03-05 21:40:00
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