{"id":7773,"date":"2023-10-10T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=7773"},"modified":"2023-10-10T18:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T22:09:23","slug":"tyson-walker-knew-right-after-kansas-state-loss-that-he-was-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=7773","title":{"rendered":"Tyson Walker knew right after Kansas State loss that he was coming back"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tyson Walker is a key piece in Michigan State&#8217;s 2023-24 national title puzzle and he knew all along that he&#8217;d be back.<\/h2>\n<p>As the final buzzer sounded on Michigan State&#8217;s 2022-23 season in the Sweet 16, just one made three away from knocking off No. 3 seed Kansas State, Tyson Walker left the floor heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>The senior guard had a chance to hit the clutch shot to send the game to another overtime, but a fumbled exchange denied that and he watched as Kansas State went the other way to seal the win. The Spartans were\u00a0<em>that<\/em> close to making the most winnable Elite Eight in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, Walker knew he had a big decision to make about his future. Would he try his luck in the NBA draft or return for one final run with his teammates? It was the million-dollar question on everyone&#8217;s minds this offseason. But Walker knew all along what he was planning on doing. He knew he was coming back for one last ride.<\/p>\n<p>He said as much at Big Ten Media Days on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyson Walker after the lost to Kansas State said he instantly knew he wanted to return to Michigan State for his final season.<\/p>\n<p>On his decision to come back he said, \u201cI just wanted to do more. I want to be remembered a little more. I feel like I haven\u2019t done enough. I got some\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e1ZPO3aQVr\">pic.twitter.com\/e1ZPO3aQVr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michigan State Content (@msucontent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/msucontent\/status\/1711844354338291816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just wanted to do more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the most Tyson Walker quote of all time. He is so competitive that he couldn&#8217;t let a loss like the Kansas State one where Michigan State probably should&#8217;ve won end his college career. He wants to come back and end on a high note and even said that he has some lofty goals.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a reason Walker is such a fan favorite in East Lansing. He&#8217;s beloved by all MSU fans because of his competitiveness and will to win. The old cliche is that he &#8220;hates losing more than he likes winning&#8221; and that&#8217;s absolutely true here.<\/p>\n<p>Walker is a preseason All-Big Ten selection and one of the best players in America. He wants to be remembered for being an MSU legend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyson Walker has some unfinished business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[59,190,189,504,202],"class_list":["post-7773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","tag-featured","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news","tag-tyson-walker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}