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MICHIGAN

East Lansing youngest ever Mayor Nathan Triplett reflects on first term

“The local government work ended up being one of those interesting situations in life where circumstances align themselves to change your path,” Triplett recalled while looking back at his career. “When a seat opened up on the city council, several people encouraged me run for it, which to be completely honest was not something I had contemplated at the time.”

BASKETBALL

Column: Travis Trice of 2015 is beginning to look like Shabazz Napier of 2014

Travis Trice might be this year’s Shabazz Napier. It’s a premature comparison at the moment but if the senior MSU guard continues to play the way he has, his legacy will mirror that of the Connecticut Huskie who torched the Spartans in the Elite Eight. Tell me that this doesn’t sound familiar: A skinny, six-foot guard dominates NCAA tournament games for stretches of time and knocks down NBA-range threes to lead his No.

BASKETBALL

MSU expecting Oklahoma to run, run and run some more

On Sunday against Virginia, head coach Tom Izzo had to game plan for Virginia's slow, methodical offense eats up much of the shot clock.  On Friday against Oklahoma, Izzo expects the exact opposite. "Run, run, run, run, run, man," Izzo said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. "I think we could have a test run for the 20?second shot clock in this game.