CHICAGO -- Big Ten Media Days provides a golden opportunity to pepper the who's who about the pressing issues in college athletics. Private equity in college sports? NCAA Tournament expansion? The 5-in-5 eligibility snafu? Transfer portal rules? Revenue sharing? It was all discussed ad nauseam.

Lost in the sauce might be ... the hoops.

"Can I hit you with an actual basketball question?" I asked Thursday.

"Yeah," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo says with a laugh. "Hell of a theory!"

Here's what we gleaned.

Michigan State's SG competition is a three-man race

Jeremy Fears Jr . is Michigan State's starting point guard, and Coen Carr , Jaxon Kohler and Carson Cooper will form an intimidating, physical frontline trio. But it's a three-man race for the last starting spot between vetera

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