Michigan State is now on the list of national title contenders. That comes with national title-contender expectations on a game-by-game basis. The Spartans (3-0), currently ranked No. 5 in the country, are on the heels of a huge win over second-ranked Duke.

Jeremy Fears Jr. was on a mission playing in front of his hometown crowd at the Champions Classic. Led by a brilliant effort from Fears, the National Player of the Year frontrunner, No. 5 Michigan State hit No.

Tom Izzo gets another shot at Duke, Grant McCasland welcomes a Final Four program to Lubbock and Kansas faces Kentucky with a new hole in its backcourt.

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Jeremy Fears Jr. had 18 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds as No. 5 Michigan State shut down No. 2 Duke for a rugged 79-73 win.

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Sparty beat the Blue Devils with a new weapon — offense. That should terrify the rest of the Big Ten, if not the nation at large.

EAST LANSING – This is shaping up to be a pretty good week for Tom Izzo and the Spartans. Two days after No. 5 Michigan State beat No. 2 Duke in the Champions Classic in Chicago, the program on Thursday signed both of its 2027 commits in five-star point guard Antonio Pemberton and four-star center Jaydn Jenkins.