With Jase Richardson entering the NBA draft, Tre Holloman in the portal and Jaden Akins graduating, Michigan State basketball has big shoes to fill.

Michigan State has blown this one open. There will be no upset for Bryant. Jaden Akins soars in for a slam down the left. It's 81-57 with 3:10 left. Bulldogs timeout. Spartans with 21 second ...

And yet? Someone, at some point, steps up. On Sunday night? First, Tre Holloman did. Then Jaden Akins did. Then Frankie Fidler did. Even Szymon Zapala did, after falling to the end of the rotation.

Jaden Akins scored 16 points, Tre Holloman added 14 and Fidler had 10 points. That helped offset a 1-for-10 shooting performance by Richardson, who scored all six of his points in the last 1:32 to ...

SHAWN WINDSOR: Tom Izzo had a come-to-Jesus meeting with himself. It worked. 3:10, 2H: Jaden Akins says it's time to prepare for New Mexico Jaden Akins soared to the rim for a violent left-handed dunk ...

Izzo is heading to his 16th Sweet 16 in his 27th consecutive NCAA appearance and the second in the last three years. Jaden Akins scored 16 points, Tre Holloman added 14 and Fidler had 10 points. That ...

Because Jaden Akins and Tre Holloman were there to make sure this game went the right way. As were guys like Frankie Fidler and Szymon Zapala, two guys who are at the end of the rotation these days.