1st Look At The 2026-27 Michigan State Spartans Men’s Basketball Team

This is usually one of my least favorite articles to write as it means the season has ended for Tom Izzo and the Men’s Basketball Team. This year, it feels even tougher for me as we just said goodbye to the guys who were freshmen when I first started working for The Only Colors. But, as they say, life goes on. And, as Coach Izzo stated in his post-game press conference, he is already looking ahead to next season. So we will do the same.

As I do each year, I am going to make a projection of what next year’s rotation could look like. The assumptions I always work with for this first look is that 1) all 4-year players are out of eligibility and will not be returning (Covid years are fortunately a thing of the past so I think I can stop saying this), and 2) all players who have played less than four years will be back. I am not going to predict any transfer portal activity (other than to predict that there will be activity).

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The five players who were seniors this season and who will not be returning are Carson Cooper, Jaxon Kohler, Nick Sanders, Denham Wojcik, and Trey Fort.

There are ten returning players: Coen Carr, Jeremy Fears Jr., Kur Teng, Jesse McCulloch, Cam Ward, Jordan Scott, Divine Ugochukwu, Kaleb Glenn, and Brennan and Colin Walton.

In addition to the returning players, Tom Izzo is bringing in one of the nation’s best recruiting classes, 2nd according to 247Sports, with four 4-star freshmen joining the team. Those names are Carlos Medlock Jr., Jasiah Jervis, Julius Avent, and Ethan Taylor.

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As I started to think about next year’s lineup, the easy assumption to make was that the three returning players who finished this season as starters – Fears, Scott, and Carr – would slot into their same positions next season. In that case, MSU would have continuity at point guard and on the…

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