East Lansing — If only someone could hop in a time machine and visit Jaden Akins when he was in middle school. When he held up a sign saying he dreamed of being a Michigan State basketball player.

Akins at times this season might have been a little worried about those set of circumstances, too. But in the biggest game of the season to date, when failure would dampen an otherwise brilliant ...

Michigan State Spartans’ Jaden Akins and Jase Richardson were named to the Big Ten all-conference third team. Akins also received Big Ten all-defensive team honors. The Spartans finished the ...