Which Michigan State basketball players can return after its 2025 March Madness exit?
The 2-seed Spartans saw their season come to an end Sunday night in Atlanta in the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament, losing to 1-seed Auburn 70-64.
MSU has three players out of eligibility, including mainstay shooting guard Jaden Akins, and are expected to see freshman standout Jase Richardson depart for the NBA.
The Spartans have a two-man 2025 recruiting class.
Here's an early look at MSU's projected roster entering the 2025-26 season, the 31st under head coach Tom Izzo.
Michigan State basketball roster for 2025-26 season
Out of eligibility
- Guard Jaden Akins
- Forward Frankie Fidler
- Center Szymon Zapala
Michigan State basketball players eligible to return
Listed eligibility as of 2025-26 academic school year
- Guard Kur Teng, sophomore
- Forward Jesse McCulloch, sophomore
- Forward Brennan Walton, sophomore
- Forward Colin Walton, sophomore
- Guard Jeremy Fears Jr., redshirt sophomore
- Guard Gehrig Normand, redshirt sophomore
- Forward Coen Carr, junior
- Forward Xavier Booker, junior
- Forward Jaxon Kohler, senior
- Guard Tre Holloman, senior
- Center Carson Cooper, senior
- Guard Nick Sanders, senior
