Now that the 2016-17 Michigan State basketball season is in the books, it’s time to reflect on the year that was. It wasn’t Tom Izzo’s best season as the Spartans’ head coach, but he may have had the best freshman big man in his career: Nick Ward.
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Who would have thought at the beginning of the season that we’d be talking about Ward in this regard? Definitely not me nor 90 percent of the fan base, but he flourished as the Spartans’ main big after injuries to Gavin Schilling and Ben Carter.