Michigan State Spartans Insider Podcast: Impressions of Spartans' Transfer Portal Activity
Michigan State has gained a ton of ground so far in the winter window of the transfer portal, addressing mutiple areas of need as Jonathan Smith looks to make a leap in Year 2 at the helm.
Michigan State has earned 12 commitments from the portal, just one less than the number of outgoing transfers.
On this episode of the Michigan State Spartans Insider Podcast, our Aidan Champion and host Bryan Anthony Davis dive into the Spartans' activity in the portal so far.
You can watch the episode below:
On the basketball side of things, Michigan State men's basketball comes off its fifth straight win, an 86-69 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday that put the Spartans at 10-2 heading into Christmas.
Below is a partial transcript from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo's opening statement from his postgame press conference:
Izzo: "Man, nothing's easy. I really like that team. We said it on film. We actually did a pretty good job on a couple guys. [Baba] Miller, one. The big kid inside got in some foul trouble, did a decent job with him. I thought Jeremy [Fears Jr. ] did a hell of a job on [Leland] Walker. I really like Walker, too. But Miller is a good player. We did not do a good job on [Tre] Carroll. He was really good. And I think he is really good. I think that team has a chance to win a lot of games. This will probably be a good test for us. It wasn't good when you're going home for Christmas, because there was a couple sleepless nights on these guys. I told some of you I thought they were good. And yet, we started out the second half 4-of-17. Missed a gazillion layups -- putbacks for Szymon [Zapala] and Jax [Jaxon Kohler], of all people. And they really -- 4-of-17, I don't know how we. I'm trying to figure out how we scored 86 points. But again, we shot pretty well from the free throw line. We offensive rebounded, we didn't turn it over too much. I mean, it was a good win for us; I didn't like the way it was played at all the time. I thought we got stagnant with the ball. But I was really impressed with Jeremy. And Coen [Carr] will probably never shoot another 3, so he can leave the history of Michigan State -- it will be 100%. ... I appreciate our fans appreciating him. And you saw our players. Last time I saw an eruption like that was when Steven [Izzo] hit a shot. That was pretty cool. I think that tells you a lot about how they feel about each other. And that was really important to me and, I think, to our coaching staff. So, Coen, no doubt, was the star of the game. Jaden came around the second half and did some good things."
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