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Much like watching a GriZ show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, we were all just waiting for the drop.
Not the musical drop that comes with a melodic saxophone, captivating your eardrums and shaking your body to its core. Instead, college basketball fans and bettors alike were anxiously waiting for the first release of the Wooden Award odds.
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Finally, on Sunday afternoon, the odds were released, and there was a familiar name sitting at the very top.
A name synonymous with excitement in East Lansing, but also a name synonymous with “rough” or “dirty” if you ask someone outside the Michigan State corridor.
The man I’m talking about is Jeremy Fears Jr.
Fears enters the season with the best odds in the nation to win the Wooden Award, opening at +850, which gives him an implied 10.5% chance to take home college basketball’s most prestigious individual honor.
The complete list looks like this:
To Spartan fans, there’s no surprise seeing Fears’ name atop the list. He was one of the best players in the nation last season and put a pretty underwhelming Michigan State squad on his back, personally carrying the Spartans as far as he could—which ended with a Sweet 16 appearance.
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Along the way, Fears shattered Michigan State’s single-season assists record, finishing with 328 assists. That broke Cassius Winston’s previous program record of 291, which had stood since the 2018-19 season.
Fears and Purdue’s Braden Smith found themselves in a Mark McGwire-Sammy Sosa type of race for the Big Ten’s all-time single-season assists record. In the end, Fears finished just 17 assists shy of Smith, who set the conference record during his final season at Purdue.
Now, Fears will have another opportunity to chase that mark and further cement his legacy in Big Ten history.
Of course, Fears isn’t just the best passer in the conference. His elite court vision is second to none, but his ability to score and consistently get to the free-throw line has become another major strength of his game….
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Publish date : 2026-06-29 15:31:00
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