Since its creation, the Spartans are 9-12 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge with their last win against Louisville at home last season.
It appears as if both Brown and Bingham will get their chance to prove themselves as free agents in the NBA Summer League.
Michigan State guard Max Christie has been drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers as the 35th overall pick in the second round of the 2022 NBA Draft.
Thomas Kelley is "back with his Spartan family" as an assistant coach for MSU's men's basketball team.
Payne played four seasons at MSU, breaking out as a junior where he was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten.
Indianapolis and Minneapolis will be getting some postseason Big Ten sports.
The Spartans have lost two big men, senior Marcus Bingham Jr. and junior Julius Marble II, so far this offseason and will need as many bodies as possible in the frontcourt next season.
While the Lansing area has benefitted from Johnson’s success and outreach, the former scrappy guard from Sexton High School praises his hometown as well.
With senior center Marcus Bingham Jr.'s departure last month, Michigan State is tasked with adding more size after Marble's decision to transfer.
The Spartans will now begin the search for someone to fill Associate Head Coach Dwayne Stephens' role as the offseason starts shortly.
Michigan State guard Max Christie will enter his name into the NBA Draft, retain eligibility.
Bingham joins fellow senior Gabe Brown in the NBA draft waters after Brown announced his decision last week. Senior forward Joey Hauser is the only remaining senior yet to decide if he will exercise his extra year of eligibility.
According to multiple reports, Gabe Brown is heading to the NBA draft.
“Last year, I was mad at my team at the end,” Head Coach Tom Izzo said. “This year, I was proud of my team at the end.”
“The sad part is it wasn't a nine-point game,” Izzo said. “It was a game that went exactly like I hoped it would go.”
Now, the Spartans are left with conflicting feelings of being proud of the performance and the grief that the season is over at the hands of a team that played flawlessly in crunch time.
Michigan State's season comes to an end with a 85-76 loss to Duke.
The game marks Head Coach Tom Izzo's 16th head-to-head matchup with Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski.
“He played about as complete a game as any forward I've had here in a long time, if you look at all the things he did," Head Coach Tom Izzo said.
It certainly wasn’t the prettiest win possible for MSU, but all they could ask for was to be standing after the duel and not picking themselves up off the canvas to make sense of a completed season.