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Michigan State

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: Michigan State Spartans, Michigan State
Program History
Coach: Tom Izzo

2021 Team Stats (20 games)

72.2
PPG
73.2
Opp
-1.0
Margin
43.8%
FG%
33.3%
3P%
74.3%
FT%
36.9
RPG
17.4
APG
12.4
TO
79.7
Pace

Model Outputs

2020-2021
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1660 (#7) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1484 (#19) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.7 More → +39.4 (#18) HCA +2.7
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.325 (#66) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff -5.1 More → 0.361 (#42) NetEff -5.1
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +0.9 More → 0.526 (#59) AdjNet +0.9
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +0.9 More → 0.526 (#59) AdjNet +0.9

2021 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2020-11-25 vs Eastern Michigan Eagles W 83 - 67
2020-11-28 vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish W 80 - 70
2020-12-04 vs Detroit Mercy Titans W 83 - 76
2020-12-06 vs Western Michigan Broncos W 79 - 61
2020-12-13 vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies W 109 - 91
2020-12-20 @ Northwestern Wildcats L 65 - 79
2020-12-25 vs Wisconsin Badgers L 76 - 85
2020-12-28 @ Minnesota Golden Gophers L 56 - 81
2021-01-02 @ Nebraska Cornhuskers W 84 - 77
2021-01-05 vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights W 68 - 45
2021-01-08 vs Purdue Boilermakers L 54 - 55
2021-01-14 @ Iowa Hawkeyes - Preview
2021-01-23 vs Illinois Fighting Illini - Preview
2021-01-31 @ Ohio State Buckeyes L 62 - 79
2021-02-02 @ Iowa Hawkeyes L 78 - 84
2021-02-13 vs Iowa Hawkeyes L 58 - 88
2021-02-23 vs Illinois Fighting Illini W 81 - 72
2021-02-25 vs Ohio State Buckeyes W 71 - 67
2021-03-04 @ Michigan Wolverines L 50 - 69
2021-03-07 vs Michigan Wolverines W 70 - 64
2021-03-11 @ Maryland Terrapins L 57 - 68
2021-03-18 vs UCLA Bruins L 80 - 86

2021 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
A. Henry A. Henry F 20 31.4 14.9 5.8 3.6 1.4 1.3 2.8 11.9 12.3 76 3.0 9.4 46.6 32.1 77.3 0.9 55.0 50.4
J. Hauser J. Hauser - 20 21.8 10.6 6.3 1.6 0.4 0.3 1.8 7.5 9.8 -52 -1.9 -3.4 48.0 33.8 73.7 -0.32 60.3 56.3
J. Langford J. Langford G 19 27.3 9.7 3.3 1.9 0.6 0.3 1.1 9.3 5.4 -50 -1.9 -2.7 37.9 34.3 80.0 0.38 48.1 44.4
Rocket Watts Rocket Watts - 20 23.6 8.6 1.8 3.0 0.1 0.0 1.4 9.3 2.7 5 0.2 0.3 34.2 26.5 81.2 0.74 42.8 39.0
G. Brown G. Brown F 18 20.1 7.6 2.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 5.2 5.4 92 3.7 7.3 52.1 44.4 93.3 0.95 67.6 64.9
Malik Hall Malik Hall - 20 17.6 5.0 4.2 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 3.4 6.9 - - - 52.2 50.0 69.7 0.08 61.9 58.2
F. Loyer F. Loyer - 14 17.1 4.6 1.4 2.6 0.1 0.0 0.6 4.0 4.2 12 0.6 1.5 32.1 34.9 93.3 0.18 51.9 45.5
J. Marble J. Marble - 19 9.1 3.7 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.8 2.6 2.6 -33 -1.2 -5.1 56.0 0 66.7 -0.17 59.1 56.0
M. Bingham Jr. M. Bingham Jr. F 20 11.2 3.6 2.8 0.3 0.3 1.4 0.5 2.3 5.8 71 2.8 4.2 52.2 0 72.7 1.05 59.5 52.2
T. Kithier T. Kithier F 18 12.4 3.1 2.8 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.8 4.7 9 0.3 1.3 69.7 0 76.9 0.3 72.3 69.7
A.J. Hoggard A.J. Hoggard G 19 12.8 2.7 1.5 2.2 0.5 0.2 0.9 2.9 3.2 -63 -2.4 -7.0 30.4 15.4 71.4 -0.44 39.1 32.1
Mady Sissoko Mady Sissoko - 19 5.2 1.1 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.6 2.2 -17 -0.7 -4.9 58.3 0 40.0 0.02 53.8 58.3
J. Hoiberg J. Hoiberg G 11 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.3 10 0.7 9.0 18.2 0.0 42.9 0.43 24.9 18.2
Steven Izzo Steven Izzo - 7 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.4 -0.6 - - - 0.0 0.0 0 - 0.0 0.0
Davis Smith Davis Smith - 7 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 19 0.6 1.0 0.0 0 0.0 1.14 0.0 0.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG