The Final Four Is Not On The Schedule - A Podcast Discussing Michigan State Basketball.

July 10, 2026: Kaleb Glenn had a rough start to his MSU career by rupturing his patellar tendon before the season started last year. That injury required surgery and caused Glenn to miss the entire year. Although he was back to practicing in February, he never had a chance to make it onto the court during an actual game. This season, the FAU transfer is hoping to make quite the splash with his abi...

July 1, 2026: An annual summer rite of passage for every Michigan State Spartan is playing in the local pro-am league - Moneyball. It allows fans an early look at new players and where current players have changed their body or added to their game. There are a lot of things you can’t take from these games - whether someone can defend or rebound - but how the players have worked to add muscle or mo...

June 23, 2026: It was only a few weeks ago that we were discussing just how unusual it was for a league with 18 teams to not have any coaching changes. Yet here we are in late June with a surprise departure from Michigan’s head coach, Dusty May, who leaves to join the Dallas Mavericks. Reportedly, assistant coach Mike Boynton, Jr. will become the interim coach for the team this season. While the c...

June 18, 2026: The biggest strides most college players make are in the off season when they can work on specific parts of their game or conditioning. We’ve definitely seen that process at MSU where players radically improve between seasons. Other times, we’ve seen players just get stuck because of a string of injuries in the summers. The most notable of recent years was Travis Trice who never was...

June 11, 2026: Shon Morris has been broadcasting Big Ten games for over 35 years. As a studio analyst and court side color commentator, Shon has watched the Big Ten expand from 10 to 18 teams and the nature of player compensation and movement change dramatically. We spoke to Morris at length about how the game has changed and his thoughts on the league. Shon broke down what he like about MSU headi...

June 5, 2026: Jack Ebling of the Drive with Jack show returns to help us understand the turmoil in the MSU administration and what it means for MSU athletics. With the departure of Michigan State president, Kevin Guskiewicz, does that mean that AD J Batt is soon to follow? How did we get here? Will this impact Spartan athletics? In addition to getting a better handle on what’s happening at the uni...

May 28, 2026: Today we talked about MSU’s current roster in the decision by Jeremy Fears, Jr. and Anton Bonke to withdraw from the NBA draft. Fears and Bonke waited until the last possible day to make their declaration but they will be on the squad for the 2026-27 season (as we anticipated). Next up is the 2027 high school recruiting update. This is an ever changing list but strangely, it appears...

May 21, 2026: The episode we’ve all been (sort of) dreading is here where we discuss the final 3 teams in the Big Ten including national champion, Michigan. We reviewed the seasons for Illinois and Nebraska. However, Jeremy Fears, Jr., and whether or not he will return to the Spartans was our first point of discussion. What are his chances of getting drafted? What are his draft strengths and weakn...

May 14, 2026: Senior Writer at the Sporting News, Mike DeCourcy, joins us for an expansive discussion on college basketball including NIL, the NCAAT expansion, and the Big Ten. Also, congratulations to Mike DeCourcy who will be entering a semi-retirement after the World Cup this year. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we recommend you go to get y...

May 7, 2026: Today we discussed the season recaps for the Big Ten teams #9-5. We’ve finally gotten to the teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Iowa’s surprising Elite 8 run, Wisconsin’s flame out in the first round and Purdue redeeming it’s mediocre conference performance with an Elite 8 appearance as well. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we re...

April 30, 2026: If there’s one truth to the chaos of college athletics its that it can always become more chaotic. That seems to be the case now as the NCAA is on the verge of granting 5 years of eligibility to all athletes. Unfortunately for MSU and its situation at the 5 spot - it looks like the NCAA will not make the rule retroactive meaning that Carson Cooper would not be eligible for another...

April 22, 2026: A lot happened in just a day as Michigan State lost a guard in the portal - Divine Ugochukwu, and then they added a center - Anton Bonke. It is entirely possible that MSU’s roster is mostly set now as they head into May. Divine exits a very crowded guard position group both at the point and shooting guard. Bonke comes in from the university of Charlotte as a 7’2” 270# center origin...

April 17, 2026: Today’s show is on the portal with MSU and its search for a 5. Anton Bonke arrives on campus today but there are other names floating around as possible solutions for the Spartans’ hole in the middle. We dive into what happened with Sherrell, Bidunga, and the other bigs. As well as discuss the chance for maybe some more Cooper? It’s always a little bit rough reviewing the seasons o...

April 10, 2026: It’s portal season but before that gets into full swing we wanted to have our annual MSU season review where we went deep into what we expected and what we got with the roster this year. We also closed the show with speculation about where MSU might go with additions at the portal for center. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? There’s only one place we r...

April 2, 2026: Tom Izzo isn’t done yet so that means the beat goes on at the Breslin Center as the coaching staff is already preparing for next season. Izzo and the staff headed to the Chipotle Nationals - the de facto high school national championship - this week to watch 3 MSU incoming freshmen. So if Michigan State is looking at next year’s additions let’s catch up with the freshmen and see how...

March 27, 2026: Michigan State’s season came to an end in the Sweet 16 falling to the UConn Huskies, 67-63. It began as the roughest of games for the Spartans as they failed to hit any shots and Connecticut couldn’t miss from 3 (6/7 to start). MSU found itself in a 19 point hole late in the first half. Fortunately, they buckled down and managed to cut the lead to only 8 at the half, 36-28. The sec...

March 24, 2026: Michigan State is still dancing as they prepare to play Friday night in Tom Izzo’s 17th Sweet 16 as he has the 3 seed Spartans match up against the 2 seed UConn Huskies. For those with a good memory, the two teams already faced each other this year in Storrs, CT in an exhibition match that UConn won. Of course, UConn is only two years removed from back to back national titles. MSU...

March 21, 2026: Once again, Tom Izzo and Michigan State advance to the Sweet 16 and win the second game of the weekend. This time, a solid - but far from perfect - game over Louisville 77-69 send the Spartans to Washington, DC and two games away from another Final Four. It was a game where MSU committed a lot of turnovers and gave Louisville extra possessions to score which kept this a much closer...

March 20, 2026: Once again, Tom Izzo has put Michigan State into the second game of the weekend and has advanced to the round of 32. They will take on the 6 seed Louisville Cardinals who defeated South Florida 83-79 in a game they controlled until the last few minutes. The Cardinals are a lethal 3 point shooting team and can score points in bunches. Their tempo is incredibly fast as they look to g...

March 19, 2026: Michigan State advanced easily to the second round of the NCAA tournament with a win over Summit League champion, North Dakota State 92-67. MSU got out to a quick double digit lead in the first half and extended it to 20 at the half, 47-27. The second half was pretty much the same as the first with the Spartans pushing out to as high as 28 points behind 65% shooting in the lane and...

March 17, 2026: Michigan State opens their matchup against the North Dakota State Bison looking to impose their physical style early. Michigan State will want to control the pace with strong half-court defense, disciplined rebounding, and efficient offense in transition. When the Spartans are at their best, they force tough shots, dominate the glass, and turn defensive stops into quick scoring opp...

March 15, 2026: We’ve finally reached the first climax of the season and a time when a lot of fans start paying attention to college basketball - the bracket reveal. By all reasonable measures, Michigan State has had a very good season. They finished the year 25-7 on the year and secured a 3 seed. By any objective measure, a very solid year - maybe not great - but very, very good. Of course, a lot...

March 14, 2026: Michigan State opened its Big Ten Tournament run with a quarterfinal game against 6 seed UCLA and lost 88-84 behind some pretty poor defense and blistering hot shooting from the Bruins. Donovan Dent followed up his triple double performance the other night with another fantastic game scoring 23 points and adding 12 assists and 4 steals. Once again, the Spartans had some spotty peri...

March 13, 2026: Michigan State opens up its Big Ten Tournament play starting in the quarterfinals against the UCLA Bruins. The Bruins advanced as the 6 seed by defeating Rutgers on Thursday night. The Spartans will play in the final game on Friday and if they win will play the winner of the Nebraska-Purdue game. A lot of questions about this game as we will see if MSU adjusts the playing time of J...

March 11, 2026: Selection Sunday is only a few days away so we wanted to stop in one last time with America’s Number One Bracketologist - Bracket Dom. We got the scoop on the entire Big Ten, bid thieves, the bubble and more. Also, Dom gave us his thoughts on what he thinks of a 72 team expansion and the quality of this year’s bubble. Are you looking for collegiate apparel including Spartan gear? T...