Michigan State men's basketball has lacked a leadership presence in recent years, and Tom Izzo is trying to get it back.

The 2024-25 college basketball season is just over a month away, and that means preseason predictions and accolades are starting to trickle out before the Nov. 4 start date. Purdue was tabbed to win the Big Ten and received 20 first-place votes in the annual media poll conducted by The Columbus Dispatch and Indianapolis Star.

This year's Big Ten media preseason poll includes predicted order of finish, player, freshman and transfer of the year, and two all-conference teams.

Michigan State men's basketball coach Tom Izzo discussed the current state of his program and more when he addressed the media at Big Ten Basketball Media Days on Thursday.

Big Ten basketball is almost here, and with that comes the preseason media polls. On Wednesday, John Fanta posted the Big Ten preseason media poll on social media, and the media actually seems decently high on the Spartans heading into the season.

FOX Sports' John Fanta offers up five storylines from Big Ten Basketball Media Days, including Indiana's title chances and a new dominant freshman duo.

Thursday marked Men's Big Ten Media Days in Illinois. From morning to afternoon, the Big Ten had three coaches up at the podium at the same time to preview their respective teams. First-year Michigan head coach Dusty May was at the podium with Illinois' Brad Underwood and Wisconin's Greg Gard to talk about the 2024-25 Michigan Wolverines.

Michigan State basketball is gearing up for the start of the 2024-25 season, head coach Tom Izzo’s 30th season at the helm of the Spartans basketball program. With practice having started, Izzo is getting a feel for the team, and fine tuning the things that he believes needs to be fixed from the Spartans recent trip overseas to Spain.