
In many respects, this is a breakout season for Michigan State guard Jeremy Fears—he’s doubled his scoring average from a year prior (7.2 to 14.9) and ranks fourth in all of Division I in win shares.
However, Fears’s profile has grown for less savory reasons as well. After the Spartans’ loss to Michigan Friday, Wolverines coach Dusty May called the guard’s play “dangerous” after he appeared to trip Michigan forward Yaxel Lendeborg (Izzo downplayed the sequence afterward). On Wednesday, Fears received a technical foul for kicking Minnesota guard Langston Reynolds in the groin.