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Michigan State's Xavier Tillman ready for growing family, growing expectations

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Rosemont, Ill. — Early this summer Xavier Tillman realized he needed to drop a few pounds.

“After the honeymoon it was getting my weight back down,” Tillman said. “I was eating good.”

Not exactly something you expect to hear from a typical college junior, but Tillman really never has been the typical college student. It’s hard to be when you arrived on campus as a freshman already a dad and committed to not just being a student and playing basketball, but being a family man, as well.