In the middle of the summer, Michigan State basketball fans get a slight break from the doldrums of the offseason with some Moneyball Pro-Am action.
Unfortunately, Tuesday’s games were suspended after a dangerous situation involving poor floor conditions that nearly led to a serious Coen Carr leg injury just last week.
Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press had the video from last Thursday’s near-injury.
This was Coen Carr from Thursday. Slipped but was ok and dunked a lot more after. https://t.co/4mEn8aaxVY pic.twitter.com/6meqXGTcM6
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) July 14, 2026
Fans were obviously upset by the news, but they also realized that a few nights of highlights during a pointless pro-am are not worth Michigan State’s national title hopes. You can’t seriously sit here and watch that video and still believe that Moneyball made the wrong move by suspending Tuesday night’s games following the poor floor conditions.
According to Nathaniel Bott (above), it’s unclear if Moneyball will resume as scheduled on Thursday.
Tom Izzo has to be thrilled with this decision
Could you imagine what Izzo would have said if Carr had gone down with a torn ACL or some other serious leg injury because he slipped on a wet spot during Moneyball in the middle of July? That would have cost Michigan State its national title hopes for the upcoming season and Izzo probably would have never let his guys partake in the event again.
Izzo probably took one look at that video and made a call to Moneyball. He probably nearly had a heart attack watching Carr’s leg slid out from underneath him like that following a casual play.
I get that the humidity from this insane Michigan heat wave is probably causing the poor floor conditions, but if this persists even into Thursday, I think there’s a real conversation about just canceling the rest of the event and figuring out next year’s plans later.
MSU just needs one year without an injury
Nothing you’ve ever experienced as a sports fan will prepare you for what Michigan State basketball fans experience with leg and foot injuries almost every single year.
Just recently, Jaxon Kohler needed foot surgery and missed half a season, Jeremy Fears Jr. was shot in the leg and missed half of his true freshman year, Kaleb Glenn injured his leg before last season and missed the whole year, Divine Ugochukwu went down late in the season with a foot injury and missed the final month and the NCAA Tournament, and the latest injury is Kur Teng in a walking boot (he should be fine by the season).
If Carr had been seriously injured on the play above, fans would have probably lost their collective minds and swore off Moneyball altogether. Fortunately, he was fine.
I don’t think playing with fire is something that Izzo wants to do so I can see why Moneyball was quick to suspend play on Tuesday and consider changes to its upcoming schedule because of the floor conditions. They probably don’t want to feel the wrath of Izzo after a star player goes down with a potential season-ending injury.
It’s good to see that Moneyball actually cares about the players.
But let’s fix this floor issue, shall we?
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