They teamed up to win a Big Ten regular-season championship at Michigan State and now Jaren Jackson Jr. and Miles Bridges are hoping to become the latest Spartans duo to be taken in the first round of the NBA Draft.
Jackson, the 6-foot-11 forward who left Michigan State after his freshman season, and the 6-7 Bridges, who played two seasons for the Spartans, are both expected to go in the top half of the first round when the draft commences on Thursday from the Barclays Center in New York.
With Jackson projected as high as the third pick and Bridges seen by most as going somewhere in the middle of the first round, it would be the sixth time Michigan State has had two players taken in the first round and the second time in the last five years.