Michigan State basketball<\/a> players are truly finishing their careers or coming back for one more year.<\/p>\nTyson Walker, Malik Hall, and Jason Whitens are all walking and partaking in Senior Day activities but all also have the option to return in 2023-24. None are decided and Joey Hauser is also a senior who could come back, but he won’t be partaking because he did last year before deciding to return.<\/p>\n
Will we see a senior show-out on Senior Day? Chris Holtmann may have to watch in horror (again) as the Spartans kiss the logo at the end of the game.<\/p>\n
Some fearless predictions for Saturday’s big game:<\/p>\n
1. Tyson Walker scores 20-plus again<\/h3>\n
Is there anyone hotter on the roster right now than Tyson Walker? Probably not. He has scored 20-plus points in three out of four games and 19-plus in four consecutive. He’s going to stay hot on Senior Day in East Lansing, scoring 25 points.<\/p>\n
The last time Walker faced Ohio State, he scored just 10 points, but he still shot the ball well, making 5-of-9 shots. He’ll shoot over 50 percent against the Buckeyes again on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
If this is his last home game, he’ll go out on a high note.<\/p>\n
2. Joey Hauser hits five 3-pointers<\/h3>\n
People forget that this is likely Joey Hauser’s last home game as a Spartan. While he does have the option to return next season for a sixth year, he’s likely going to pass up that opportunity as he almost left after last season and he’s had more success than he could have imagined this year.<\/p>\n
Hauser won’t partake in the Senior Day festivities because he did a year ago, but he’ll still make his presence at the Breslin Center on Saturday, hitting five 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
Is this prediction even really that fearless, though? He has hit four-plus threes in three out of five games, but a storybook ending to his home career just seems right.<\/p>\n
3. MSU scores 80 again<\/h3>\n
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Michigan State offense this hot. The Spartans have scored 80-plus in three straight games and they’re shooting a red-hot 57 percent from 3-point range during that span.<\/p>\n
Why not make it four in a row?<\/p>\n
With Walker staying hot, Hauser torching the nets, and AJ Hoggard having another high-assist game, Michigan State is going to roll to another great offensive performance.<\/p>\n
I see the Spartans winning, covering, and scoring 80 again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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