Tom Izzo spent much of the offseason having to defend moves he didn’t make.
While most college coaches spent the months of April and May restocking their rosters with transfers, Izzo largely stood pat. After previous bellyaching about the portal’s impact on the game, the Spartans didn’t take a transfer in the spring. In fact, the team’s lone roster move once the season ended was the addition of late-stock-rising freshman Carson Cooper, the clear 10th man in a 10-man Spartan rotation.
In all, MSU lost its top three scorers from last year’s team, restocked with three freshmen all ranked outside the top 50 in 247Sports’ rankings, and left three scholarships open.