Valentine, Hield Lead AP's All-America Team
Whenever talk of the best college basketball player this season came up so did two names: Denzel Valentine of Michigan State and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma.
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Whenever talk of the best college basketball player this season came up so did two names: Denzel Valentine of Michigan State and Buddy Hield of Oklahoma.
The award will be presented to the men's and women's college basketball players of the year on April 8 in Los Angeles.
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Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Penn State and Wisconsin have played as a six-team league for three years.
The evening semifinal — the Michigan State-Alabama Cotton bowl — drew a 9.6 rating for ESPN compared to 15.2 for the previous season's Sugar Bowl semifinal.
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo says he will assist freshman Deyonta Davis as he considers entering the NBA draft.
The 6-foot guard from University of Detroit Jesuit is the second straight Mr. Basketball award winner to sign with Michigan State and the fifth since 2009. Muskegon's Deyonta Davis won the award last year.
Senior Denzel Valentine did a bold and courageous thing when he guaranteed that the Spartans would win this tournament.
The Spartans' spotlight as the biggest flop of the first round is one of many reasons it's time to reboot March Madness. Time to frame around the 32 teams left competing for a title.
The arenas tend to be larger for the NCAA Tournament. The media spotlight is brighter. Tensions rise with seasons on the line.
Virginia has been here before, traveling down to Tobacco Road to play its NCAA Tournament games as a No. 1 seed.
Davis has been relatively under the radar for Michigan State by ranking fifth in scoring and third in rebounding.
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"I don't see him doing anything against anybody's will," Izzo told reporters after practice Tuesday afternoon at Breslin Center.
Kansas is No. 1 for the third straight week. and fifth overall, while Michigan State, not one of the NCAA field's top four seeds, is second followed by North Carolina and Virginia.
The Spartans should be a No. 1 seed if you ask me... but that's not the whole story.
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Kansas turns the revenge tables on Michigan State to win it all.
Players from Monmouth, St. Bonaventure and even Michigan State got the bad news the way so many folks do these days — through social media.
Tom Izzo is days away from being showered with praise as he is annually for his ability to win during the NCAA tournament.
The Dec. 31 semifinals will start an hour earlier than they did last season and the Orange Bowl will now be played in prime time on Friday, Dec. 30, instead of during the day on Dec. 31.
Michigan State (26-5), which got the other two first-place votes, remained second and was followed by Villanova, Virginia, Xavier, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia and Indiana.
Denzel Valentine has done it all for Michigan State, and the senior is The Associated Press Player of the Year in the Big Ten.
Magic Johnson, Draymond Green and Denzel Valentine.
This battle features two senior candidates who are also have garnered national player of the year consideration: Michigan State's Denzel Valentine and Iowa's Jarrod Uthoff, though Valentine appears to have the edge.
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The latest update from the Great Lakes Water Authority says a new steel pipe has been installed.
Support is coming in from far and wide to respond to the disaster since Friday's fatal storms.
President Trump told CBS News the U.S. war with Iran is "very complete," and said the U.S. "could do a lot" about the Strait of Hormuz.
Michigan farmers face intense pressure to sell land as developers offer huge payouts, and state programs struggle to help keep farms intact.
Gas prices in Michigan jumped up 56 cents in the past week, in keeping with gas price spikes across the country, AAA says.
One man and two women were killed in Branch County, a 12-year-old boy was killed in Cass County, as tornadoes struck Southwest Michigan on Friday.
Strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are expected across southeast Michigan Tuesday night into Wednesday as a powerful storm system moves through the Great Lakes.
Support is coming in from far and wide to respond to the disaster since Friday's fatal storms.
No tornado watch was issued for Michigan on Friday, even though the NWS later determined a supercell spun out four tornadoes.
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Union Vice President Laura Dickerson confirmed that the worker, TJ Sabula, "has no discipline on his record."
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In Metro Detroit, drivers are paying about $2.90 per gallon, which is 2 cents less than last week and 29 cents less than at the same time last year.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
A restaurant celebrating rock music in the era of the legendary band Kiss is set to open in Royal Oak.
Six Flags is selling off some of its North America amusement parks, including Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Faster Horses, a multi-day country music festival, will not return this summer to Michigan International Speedway.
Michigan farmers face intense pressure to sell land as developers offer huge payouts, and state programs struggle to help keep farms intact.
Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has reached a deal with the Department of Justice as part of a high-stakes antitrust trial.
Two men from Pennsylvania are facing federal charges for the incident. Video captured someone yelling "Allahu Akbar" just as a protester threw an "ignited device" during an anti-Islam demonstration in New York City.
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Michigan Medicine will drop thousands of Blue Cross Blue Shield members if a deal isn't reached.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Water testing has detected "low levels" of Legionella bacteria at two more Oakland County government buildings.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
Henry Ford Health and Teamsters Local 332 remain locked in a labor dispute over a nurses' contract.
Tarik Skubal is thinking about pitching again for the United States in the World Baseball Classic after the Detroit Tigers ace had previously planned to make just one start.
John Gibson and Cam Talbot combined to make 31 saves, Dominik Shine scored his first NHL goal and the Red Wings beat the Devils 3-0 on Sunday night.
Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan both fired their men's basketball coaches on Sunday, parting ways with former assistants under Michigan State coach Tom Izzo.
Yaxel Lendeborg scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Morez Johnson Jr. had 18 points, leading No. 3 Michigan in a 90-80 win over No. 8 Michigan State to give the Big Ten champions a 15th straight conference win Sunday.
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Rose talks about a new TV series being filmed in Detroit called "South West High," which revolves around a fictional high school in the Motor City.
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Claressa Shields talks about giving back to the community and her efforts to increase equity for women in sports.
The roundtable discusses the impact of the high-profile game for advertisers, including Detroit-based Rocket and Redfin.
For the first time, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield unveils her proposal for the city's 2027 fiscal year budget.
A boil water advisory in Novi and Walled Lake, Michigan, continued for a third day after a major water main break over the weekend.
Michigan's gas prices jumped up 56 cents in the past week, in keeping with gas price spikes across the country, AAA-The Auto Club reported.
Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the second son of former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been named Iran's new supreme leader, Iranian state media reported. Natalie Brand reports.
Communities in Southwest Michigan continue to pick up the pieces after tornadoes left four people dead on Friday.