3 biggest takeaways from Michigan State basketball’s trip to Spain

Michigan State basketball has capped off their overseas trip to Spain after going 2-1 against some high level, professional competition.

While everyone is paying the most attention to how the team looked on the court, it was also fun to follow them along throughout all of their excursions between games as well. But we’re here to talk about basketball and how we feel the team looks after this trip. And in all honesty, I feel infinitely better about this team post Spain than I did before they arrived.

So let’s dive into the top three takeaways I have from this trip, beginning with the emergence of Michigan State’s next star point guard.

Note: Click the corresponding game number for individual takeaways from game 1, game 2 and game 3.

1. Jeremy Fears Jr. is the point guard we’ve been waiting for

Let me preface by saying that Jeremy Fears Jr. isn’t the elite point guard we hope he can become yet. He has a lot of work to do before he reaches that level, but considering he’s only entering his redshirt freshman season that is more than OK.

But putting that aside, I think Fears showed that he is the next great point guard we’ve been waiting for since Cassius Winston graduated.

Fears showed great control of the offense and was even able to score a fair amount of points as he averaged 6.7 points per game. I know that isn’t the most impressive average, but many of them came at the most opportune times which you love to see.

Fears also looked like vintage Michigan State point guards with the way he pushed the ball in transition, which is another thing you love to see.

Now his play wasn’t perfect in Spain, especially when it came to taking care of the ball, but there are going to be growing pains for a young guy like Fears who is coming off a major injury. But there’s no denying that Fears showed glimpses of how great he can become, and that is probably the biggest development of this trip for Michigan State in my eyes.