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MSU's Joshua Langford learning to play in Miles Bridges' shadow

Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch, Detroit Free Press / LSJ MSU beat writer Chris Solari and Free Press columnist Shawn Windsor analyze the Spartans' upcoming NCAA tournament matchup with Syracuse. Graham Couch / Lansing State Journal

Joshua Langford walks as if he stubs his toe with every step. The halt in the middle of his gait gives him the look of a retiree, ambling toward an afternoon of shuffleboard.

No wonder his coach, Tom Izzo, says Langford has an old-man game. In the vernacular of basketball, that's a euphemism for an earth-bound player.