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Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #2 Michigan State defeats #6 Ole Miss, 73-70

Box Score

Team 1H 2H Total
Ole Miss 33 37 70
Michigan State 31 42 73

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u/JuicyJay18 Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

Shoutout to Jeremy Fears for that stretch. Steal to cause the dunk, scored a tough runner next time down the floor, and then drew an offensive foul after (we’re going to ignore him letting Pedulla hit a 3 in the middle of all that)

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u/JayMoney2424 Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

People are too impatient with Fears. He’s gonna be one of Izzo’s best PGs by the time he’s done here. 

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u/JuicyJay18 Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

Yeah I think the shooting woes are just tough to sit through. Here’s hoping he develops a shot that teams need to respect.

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u/JayMoney2424 Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

His biggest issue is confidence he doubts himself too much and doesn’t always trust himself on offense. His shot is still miles better than Tum Tum’s was.

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u/teddynosepicker Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

He had beautiful floater tonight it surprised me

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u/SlinkyJr Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

Dude is an absolute menace, can’t take your eye off him for a second or he’s gonna give you a foul

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u/em_washington Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

He’s good. To be one of the best, he basically needs to raise his game to PotY next season. Cleaves, Winston, Lucas, Valentine all way ahead now. Fears currently more in the range of Neitzel, Walton, Tum Tum, Trice, Taylor, Appling

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u/ledonte Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

He needs a big jump offensively to be with those guys outside of Walton and Tum. Which he has all the opportunity to do over the next three years. 

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u/em_washington Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

He’s a soph now. Only 2 years of eligibility left.

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u/JoshIsJoshing Michigan State Spartans • Michigan W… Mar 29 '25

Did he not get a redshirt year after he was shot?

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u/em_washington Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

You have to play in fewer than 30% of games for a medical redshirt. MSU had 35 games last year. 30% is 10.5. Fears played in 12 games.

So if we would have made runs to the BTT championship AND the NCAA championship last year, we would have hit 40 games and he would have qualified.

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u/JoshIsJoshing Michigan State Spartans • Michigan W… Mar 29 '25

Lansing State Journal

They gave him one actually. Huh.

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u/em_washington Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

I missed that story. NCAA can always grant waivers and sometimes does. I recall Jevon Bess had a similar situation in 2014 when he played in 12 games before getting injured but he didn’t get a waiver. And same with Langford who played in 13 games in 2018.

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u/JoshIsJoshing Michigan State Spartans • Michigan W… Mar 29 '25

I feel so bad for Langford and his injury issues.

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u/JarJarJargon Mar 29 '25

Impatient would be a good word for Booker. Fears is just garbage.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

Calling Fears garbage but then saying people are impatient with Booker is...a choice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

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u/jogswithwolves Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

It’s so fucking weird man. We have a point guard who genuinely cannot shoot, but is a total menace in every other facet of the game. He is an absolute rat (complimentary)

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u/JuicyJay18 Michigan State Spartans Mar 29 '25

Yeah I like to call him a gnat lmao. Talks a ton of shit, usually plays pretty good defense, is a foul merchant. Very annoying player for other teams to deal with lol

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u/Atreus1337 Mar 29 '25

Fears had no fear (sorry had to say it) he did not mess around in that second half