College Basketball Team Reports: Michigan State Spartans

Izzo: [Thinks.] That 2001 team ... remember, Marcus Taylor was a hell of a player, [Zach] Randolph, [Jason] Richardson, [Charlie] Bell ... you know what,

Michael Rosenberg | Nov 12, 2013

College Basketball Team Reports: Michigan State Spartans /

If Keith Appling can be a steady hand for Michigan State, the Spartans could be in the hunt for a national title. — If Keith Appling can be a steady hand for Michigan State, the Spartans could be in the hunt for a national title :: Joel Auerbach/Getty Images

Izzo: [Thinks.] That 2001 team ... remember, Marcus Taylor was a hell of a player, [Zach] Randolph, [Jason] Richardson, [Charlie] Bell ... you know what, though? Maybe, maybe. One of the most talented.

Published Nov 12, 2013

MICHAEL ROSENBERG

Michael Rosenberg is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, covering any and all sports. He writes columns, profiles and investigative stories and has covered almost every major sporting event. He joined SI in 2012 after working at the Detroit Free Press for 13 years, eight of them as a columnist. Rosenberg is the author of "War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler and America in a Time of Unrest." Several of his stories also have been published in collections of the year's best sportswriting. He is married with three children.