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2007 College Basketball Predictions
2007 Michigan State Basketball Predictions &
Season Preview
Our 2007 Michigan
State Spartans predictions and
season preview will provide you
with the ins and outs of the
oddsmakers favorite to win a Big Ten
Championship this season.
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Tom Izzo put his team in some
elite company a season ago. Last
season marked the 10th straight year
Izzo’s crew has made the NCAA
Tournament. Only basketball
powerhouses Kentucky, Kansas, Duke,
and Arizona have longer current
streaks. We expect the Spartans to
make it number 11 this season and to
be in contention for a fifth trip to
the Final Four under Izzo.
The Spartans will win this season
with defense, depth, and
determination above all other
things. Oh yeah, and Izzo has a
little talent pool to work with. The
Spartans have four frontcourt
players who are 6’10’’ or taller as
well as high riser Marquise Gray who
is 6’8’’. This front court helped
Michigan State to one of its best
defensive seasons in school history
last season. With all of these guys
coming back, we can expect more of
the same. Drew Namick and Gray both
enjoyed healthy offseasons for the
first time in their college careers.
Namick led State with 55 blocks a
season ago. While these guys can
definitely get things done in the
defense and rebounding columns,
Michigan State needs a consistent
scorer to develop out of this
frontcourt group for this team to
challenge for a national title.
Hard nosed point guard Travis Walton
and big time scorer Drew Neitzel
should be even better this season as
freshman Kalin Lucas and Chris Allen
will now be available to spell them.
Keep Neitzel fresher is going to
make him nearly impossible to
defend. Expect this depth to have
Izzo wanting to push the pace more
both offensively and defensively.
Neitzel is a preseason Big Ten
Player of the Year candidate. This
smooth lefty can catch and shoot off
screens and create his own shot. His
quick first step allows him to
penetrate effectively to create
shots for others as well.
Teams better get ready to face
Izzo’s 94 feet of hell man-to-man
defense. He played this defense in
Michigan State’s 2005 run to the
Final Four. Izzo has not been shy
about his wanting to get out on the
break more this season. If the
freshman mature the way Izzo plans,
State may have a Final Four ticket
reserved.
Oddsmakers won’t adjust to Michigan
State’s anticipated more uptempo
game off the bat so we anticipate
State to be slightly undervalued in
the early going. Look to do make
college basketball picks on the
Spartans right out of the gates and
we anticipate them burying some
opponents.
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