I personally feel like this assessment of MSU basketball is correct and on-point. The only omission is that MSU was a pretty realistic FF team in 2020 if not for COVID.

Uniforms for Saturday’s game at Illinois.

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Michigan State men's basketball has officially signed two top-100 prospects in the 2025 class: Jordan Scott and Cam Ward.

Read head coach Tom Izzo’s thoughts on the Spartan signees and learn more about the prospects here:

The Spartans are back in action this week and I am suddenly feeling a lot better about the season. As I looked deeper into some of the numbers, the better I felt. Michigan State is a slight underdog this week, and my computer is picking a 6-point loss, but I think MSU has a good shot.

As I explain in the piece, there is a ton of potential upside in this week's game and very little downside. A win could put MSU on a solid trajectory for a nicer than expected bowl game. A loss would stink, but the Spartan's will still have a great chance to get to .500, make a bowl, and over achieve.

Coming off a bye week, this is a good position to be in.

As for the theme, I am honestly surprised that I haven't pulled this one out for previous match-ups with the Illini. This one has fun.

Enjoy!