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ity officials are reviewing plans for a two-building Park Place project, another in a long string of proposed redevelopments that aim to dramatically reshape the neighborhood around Abbot Road and Albert Avenue.

Plans for the west building include a 12-story tower with 80,000 square feet of commercial space, a restaurant, a movie theater and a public plaza. The eastern portion of the development would replace Dublin Square with a 15-story tower including retail and office space.

Both building plans include rental apartments and condominium units for sale. Vlahakis Development and Royal Apartments USA back the project.

After the announcement of Park Place in August 2018, the developers passed their first bureaucratic hurdle in December, purchasing property from the Downtown Development Authority, or DDA. However, as with any proposed development, challenges remain before the master plan can become a reality.

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The developers seek a special use permit to begin development of the towers, a move that would allow the project to bypass a city ordinance restricting building heights to six stories or 96 feet.

Special use permits allow for buildings to be eight stories or 112 feet, except in cases where the city council finds ‘significant public benefit’ where the height allowance is extended to 140 feet.

However, the zoning district where developers would build Park Place is exempted from that bonus height allowance, which blocks the project from proceeding.

A proposed ordinance would eliminate that exception and expand the 140-foot bonus height to the rest of the B-3 City Center District. The ordinance failed in last Tuesday’s city council meeting 2-2.

Vlahakis Development president Paul Vlahakis said he believes the council will reconsider the ordinance in the next month or two.

Plans for Park Place East, at 159 feet, are still above that limit. A separate ordinance was introduced this month aiming to resolve that issue by increasing the bonus height limit to 160 feet.

Park Place West, at 135 feet, is just below the current maximum.

Planning, Building and Development Director Tim Dempsey agreed it is likely the council will revisit the issue of increased building heights, whether through individual ordinances or a comprehensive review of downtown height requirements.

Vlahakis said he believes the planned heights are necessary to sell the condominium units at the top of the towers.

“When you have such an expensive piece of dirt, it’s very difficult to make the numbers pencil out unless you can add more leasable space,” he said.

Another reason for increasing the height from the original plans was the city’s desire to raise an overhang above the proposed public plaza, Vlahakis said.

“The city wanted a 24-foot ceiling over the public plaza, so in order for us to give them that we had to push the building up,” he said.

Dempsey said the raised ceiling suggestion was important to create a sense of openness in the plaza.

“To do that adequately, you’ve got to go up at least a couple stories,” he said.

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the towers’ heights need to be increased after closed-door discussions they had with Vlahakis before developers purchased the DDA property.

At a Jan. 23 meeting, commissioner Dale Downes was outspoken against the Park Place plans.

Going nearly 50 feet over the city’s height guidelines “just seems, to me, excessive,” he said. “I think you would have a better argument if you hadn’t exceeded (the height restrictions) by 20 percent.”

Downes said Park Place West — the shorter tower — was more palatable but still felt the developers did themselves a disservice by exceeding the height requirement.

The commission requested a shadow study, which renders the shadow of the proposed buildings to determine the impact building height could have on natural light received by residential properties below.

Vlahakis defended the project’s proposed heights and disagreed with the perceived consequences of new towers downtown.

“I think people are really getting tripped over this height thing. It’s really not anything that is going to negatively impact anybody in the community — certainly no one on the ground,” he said.

Commission Chair Daniel Bollman didn’t reject the plans outright but requested more information from the developers including the shadow study.

“Our packet in terms of the documents that we were provided with is incomplete,” he said.

Ultimately, even if the city were to maintain its current height restrictions, Vlahakis plans to continue moving forward with Park Place.

“Will we just scrap the project? Probably not,” he said.

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The main public concern at the commission meeting was not about height, but traffic.

Aron Sousa, an Oakwood neighborhood resident and an associate professor of medicine at MSU, said after meeting with neighbors that the “fundamental concern” of most of them was the increased traffic the project would create.

Dempsey said there were unanswered questions about a traffic impact study, as well as the plan’s impact on public parking availability.

In addition to the former DDA property and other private properties purchased for the project, three city parking lots would be rezoned to complete the project. Some city parking would remain, however.

Lot 8 north of the People’s Church has 80 spaces in it, according to Dempsey. Lot 15 on the north end of the project has 50 spaces and Lot 4 south of Dublin Square has 33.

Lot 8 would connect Albert Road to Valley Court, as developers would convert the in-between portion of Evergreen Road into a pedestrian walkway, according to Vlahakis.

Half of Lot 4 would become the public plaza, while the other half would be leased out. Lot 15 would become an entrance to the parking area in Park Place West.

Park Place would also include an automatic parking structure. The developers played a demonstration video for the commission.

Vlahakis says the system has been working in California for over a decade.

“I spent quite a bit of time on the phone with the city manager at the city of West Hollywood, and they absolutely love the system,” he said.

In total, the project would provide 458 total parking spaces, around 100 of which are planned to be public.

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operations being shut down in 1967, 1975, 1978, 1994, 2011 and 2014.

According to an official statement on MSU’s website, the parameters include wind chills below 20 degrees or winds reaching 75 mph. A Category 1 hurricane sustains winds of 74 mph.

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JAN. 27, 1967 The expected six to eight inches of snow turned into 24, causing evening classes to be canceled Jan. 26, and MSU’s first ever shutdown the next day.

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JAN. 26 AND 27, 1978 The university completely shut down after a blizzard left the Lansing area covered in nearly 18 inches of snow.

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JAN. 19, 1994 Classes were canceled after students protested outside of President M. Peter McPherson’s residence at Cowles House, chanting “Hell no, it’s 40 below” and “Frostbite is not right.”

Temperatures reached 20 degrees below zero with wind chills in the evening hitting 60 degrees below zero, the only other time MSU has canceled classes due to extreme cold.

FEB. 2, 2011 MSU shut down for the fifth time in its history after reports that 10-16 inches of snow were to be expected. This coupled with the frigid temperatures caused the university to cancel classes.

JAN. 6 AND 7, 2014 University activities were shut down and students had an extra day and a half of winter break as a snowstorm and bitter cold temperatures left campus frozen.

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tanding on the far side of the stage, someone’s hands move swiftly and decisively to words ringing out from the podium at the center.

Sometimes they’re recognizable, but to most hearing people, they are a blip in peripheral vision, and rarely thought of.

American Sign Language interpreters are doing a hugely important job, particularly when it comes to politics, according to Annie Urasky, Director of the Division on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing at the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.

“Prov iding inter preters as an accommodation ensures equal access to the information relayed at events,” Urasky, who is deaf, said via email. There was not an interpreter available at the time of the interview.

She went on to say when A SL interpreters are there translating in real time, it allows the deaf and hard of hearing to be full participants in events rather than having to wait for information most others get straight away.

A study from the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education estimates that 1 in 20 people, or roughly 10 million Americans are deaf or hard of hearing. For scale, that’s greater than the population of New York City by almost two million people.

Of them, about one million people use ASL as their primary language.

ASL interpreter James Cech, who fellow interpreter Stacey Hachey called a “superstar” in the interpreting field, works across Michigan to bridge the gap in communication between the deaf and the hearing.

“Asking somebody’s who’s deaf to wait has some cultural backstory,” Cech said.

“Deaf people have been pretty typically told, ‘Oh, we’ll tell you later.’ Historically, they have often not been provided interpreters and have worked hard and struggled for many years fighting for their rights to have interpreters.

“Language access is enough of a reason. But also because what these political leaders do impact their lives. It’s important to know what they’re saying.”

Urasky said one change in the right direction has been a push for more captioned videos on social media.

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sphere. It is not guaranteed within it, either.

For example, The State News checked the first ten results on YouTube for President Donald Trump’s inaugural speech. Only one was open-captioned, though it did not include the entirety of the address.

Most videos, including those from major outlets such as C-SPAN, The Wall Street Journal and ABC, were not captioned at all.

The State News could not find video of an ASL interpreter working at the event.

“American democracy is based on an informed and engaged citizenry. Without access to events, full participation can be difficult, if not impossible for some,” Urask y said. “ T hat f undamentally undermines the basic tenets of American democracy.”

Accessibility, she said, can often be an afterthought.

At another inauguration, however, it was a different story.

Hachey, taking turns with a fellow interpreter, was on stage during the entire 2019 inauguration ceremony in Lansing, Michigan. She interpreted in Detroit at the Cobo Center celebration later that day as well.

“The big events like the inauguration do tend to be covered,” Hachey said.

She added that Urasky’s division at Michigan Department of Civil Rights is working with the governor’s office for greater accessibility during the upcoming State of the State address on Feb. 12.

“They’re trying to get that so it’s actually interpreted on the television instead of having that community trying to read the captions, they’re trying to get it so that the interpreter will actually be on the screen,” Hachey said.

When reached for comment, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office said there would be an ASL interpreter present at the State of the State address and closed captioning will be provided, though they did not specify whether or not the interpreter would be on screen.

Still, having an ASL interpreter at most public political events is not commonplace.

“It should be best practice for ASL interpreters to be available at all events open to the public. But that is a

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The word ASL is signed.

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“It always makes a big difference to the deaf community who uses ASL when they know that an interpreter is going to be provided because typically they’re not.”

Stacey Hachey ASL interpreter

difficult thing to ensure for all levels of government,” Urasky said.

Currently, Michigan law states that an ASL interpreter is only required at public events if they are prior-requested.

“It always makes a big difference to the deaf community who uses ASL when they know that an interpreter is going to be provided, because typically they’re not,” Hachey said. “It’s not the first thing that’s thought of.”

The word interpret is signed.

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FROM THE COVER The deaf communit y being an afterthought at public events like political rallies, inaugurations or on television came up in conversations with Urasky, Hachey and Cech. Despite progress being made in accessibility the past few years with the 2007 Deaf Persons Interpreter Act, much of the world is walled off from them.

“Too often, accessibility for the deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing communities is seen as a burden,” Urasky said. “Individuals who are deaf, deaf-blind and hard of hearing live in a society that is largely inaccessible to them.

“They should not be limited in their ability to fully engage and participate as citizens, and their ability to not hear should not be a barrier to accessing services, engaging in educational oppor tunities, or other w ise experiencing what the world has to offer.”

Cech sees his part in making that happen very simply.

“The biggest value of my role in any environment where a deaf person needs to advocate for themselves is that they can just do it,” Cech said.

“They can just be them, and I’m there.”

The word advocate is signed.

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Teal ribbons on backpacks tell story

BY CLAIRE MOORE CMOORE@STATENEWS.COM

It’s a common thing to catch a glimpse of when walking across Michigan State’s campus — a flash of something tiny and teal on the backpack of a student walking to class.

The bright ribbons stand out on bags and coats, placed there by students to show solidarity with sexual assault survivors. Teal — the color representative of sexual assault awareness — took on further meaning at MSU in 2018 as the university dealt with the fallout from the Larry Nassar crisis.

Kelly Schweda, director of MSU’s Prevention, Outreach and Education network, or POE, said they’ve been one of several programs to distribute the ribbons over the months.

They’re not limited to just teal ribbons, either.

POE also distributes pins and teal ribbons intercut with purple, symbolic of domestic violence awareness in addition to sexual assault awareness. Schweda said she sees them on students’ backpacks all the time.

“I’ve been seeing it almost constantly,” Schweda said. “And I think that everyone has different reasons for doing that.”

Schweda said it’s not just POE that’s been giving out the ribbons. Other programs, like MSU’s Sexual Assault Program, or SAP, have been holding ribbon campaigns for a “number of years.” Schweda, who previously worked in MSU’s Student Life office, said the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention program has been handing them out since 2008.

But it’s “never been like the amount that we’ve given and the reception we’ve had with support now,” Schweda said.

Human biology sophomore Anna Bowling has a teal ribbon pinned to the top of her backpack.

She’s had it there since last year, when she picked it up as a freshman.

“I got it from the front service desk at my residence hall,” Bowling said. “They had baskets of them out for people to grab, and you could grab

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as many as you wanted and give them to friends.”

She said she’s kept hers there for so long because she wants to show solidarity with survivors of sexual assault.

“It’s just such a relevant topic on our campus right now and I wanted a way to show survivors and people who have been impacted by what happened that I’m with them, I hear them and I want to help with the healing process in any way that I can,” Bowling said.

While the Nassar scandal was ongoing, Bowling said she was heartbroken. She grew up close to East Lansing and said she’s been part of the MSU community all her life.

“Having that whole tragedy be kind of branded with MSU now, it breaks my heart,” Bowling said.

Bowling pointed out how, over the past several months, the student body has made efforts to push for institutional change at the university.

“It’s also been really cool to see how the student body and the surrounding community has come together to support survivors and push to make the university a better place and the best it can be,” Bowling said.

Nursing freshman Claire McCormick found

her teal ribbon in MSU’s Main Library. She also found a button while she was at work at Sparty’s in Snyder Hall.

McCormick said she didn’t know all of the details of the Nassar scandal because this is her first year at MSU. That didn’t stop her from putting the teal button and ribbon on her backpack to show support for the Nassar survivors.

“I just thought it would be nice to show support to the victims that were affected by ... Nassar,” McCormick said.

The Associated Students of MSU, SAP, POE, the Residence Halls Association and others have all played a role in distributing these ribbons, Schweda said.

“A lot of people are using it as a way to show solidarity and support ... as kind of a tribute to all survivors and survivors that are people that they know,” she said.

That’s indicative of people trying to raise awareness for an issue campuses face across the nation, Schweda said.

“I really feel like people are using it as we move forward as a campus,” she said. “They act as a reminder not to forget.”

Communications junior Hanah Kaplan sports a teal ribbon on her backpack on Jan. 22, 2019 at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building. PHOTO BY CJ WEISS

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MSU Dance Team wears teal during nationals, dedicates dance to survivors

BY JAYNA BARDAHL JBARDAHL@STATENEWS.COM

At the 2019 National Dance Team Championship in Orlando, Florida, the Michigan State Dance Team showcased a different color in their costumes. Instead of wearing green, the Spartans wore teal to dedicate their number to survivors of sexual assault.

The team placed 13th in the Division 1 Jazz finals, making it the first time the team has advanced since 2016.

“We were very proud of how we did. In the end, our big team goal was that it doesn’t matter how we place, it doesn’t matter what the judges think of it, we are doing this for us, we are doing it for our school and most importantly we are doing it for the survivors,” team captain Nicole Murray said. “That’s all our team really cared about ... shining light on them coming forward and them being survivors.”

Last February, in the aftermath of the Larry Nassar scandal, Murray came up with the idea to dedicate the dance to survivors of sexual assault.

She shared this idea with her team, and they liked the concept.

“I feel like, it was something we all were experiencing together on campus,” senior team member Madison Wagberg said. “Whether it was hearing it on the news or hearing people talk about it in public, it was shining a bad light on our university and we wanted to do something that would say, ‘Just because this happened, we don’t stand for this.’”

Murray reached out to her former dance teacher, Lisa Fruchey, to choreograph the dance.

Fruchey had never worked with MSU’s team before.

“They were really passionate about telling this story about the survivors of this sexual assault,” Fruchey said. She said she was honored to contribute to the number.

Murray and Wagberg said their favorite part of the dance was when the team stood together, arms linked at the front of the stage, at a transition in the song “Warrior” by Demi Lovato.

“That’s the point in the music where it turns, and it’s talking about how she’s strong now and she’s stronger than she’s ever been,” Wagberg said. “We all were together holding hands and we thought that was really powerful.”

Fruchey described how adding emotion like this to the dance came easily with the teams’ collective dedication to performing a dance with such a strong message.

“I probably have never choreographed a piece

where all of my dancers and myself were on the same page, with the exact same story, feeling the same way,” Fruchey said. “There’s frustration in it, there’s hurt — the movement tries to imitate those different emotions, it tries to take the audience through that story.”

On top of perfecting the choreography before leaving for the national competition, Murray also reached out to the Go Teal campaign.

Amanda McCafferty, one of the creators of the campaign, gave the dancers teal ribbons, “No More” bracelets and prevention cards which they distributed to family, friends and other teams while in Orlando.

The team also spread awareness through their social media platforms, noting on Instagram that their dance is “dedicated to the survivors of sexual violence and the bravery that they have displayed.”

Murray said the team worked on the exact message the team wanted to send with their performance.

“We wanted it to not be focused on the negative of what actions happened,” Murray said, “and more about the light of (the survivors) — and how they overcame together.”

“We wanted it to not be focused on the negative... more about the light of (the survivors) — and how they overcame together.”

Nicole Murray MSU Dance Team captain

RIGHT: Michigan State Dance Team captain Nicole Murray at the 2019 National Dance Team Championship.

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POWER RANKINGS 1. MICHIGAN Record: 20-1 Big Ten record: 9-1 NET: 4 Best Win: @ Villanova (22) Worst Loss: @ Wisconsin (12)

Michigan has been perhaps the biggest surprise in the country this season. John Beilein’s reinvention as a master of defense, and the emergence of freshman forward Ignas Bradzeikis, have been the standout stories. The Wolverines’ demolition of defending national champion Villanova in Philadelphia stands out as perhaps the most impressive victory in the nation. In addition, redshirt junior guard Charles Matthews and junior point guard Zavier Simpson are two of the best defensive players in the Big Ten.

2. MSU Record: 18-3 Big Ten record: 9-1 NET: 6 Best Win: @ Iowa (27) Worst Loss: vs Kansas* (20)

Michigan State has dealt well with the losses of their two lottery picks from last season’s team, and junior point guard Cassius Winston is the reason why. He has been masterful in building a compelling Big Ten Player of the Year case.

The loss of junior guard Joshua Langford to a left foot injury could be the Spartans’ downfall, as he provides an important scoring punch. The Spartans are one of the top assisting teams in the country.

3. PURDUE Record: 14-6 Big Ten record: 7-2 NET: 11 Best Win: vs Michigan State (6) Worst Loss: vs Notre Dame* (95)

Though junior guard Carsen Edwards would be the story on most teams, Purdue’s biggest victory, over Michigan State, came because of the strength of their bench. This, and the fact that the Boilermakers have replaced four starters speaks to how good head coach Matt Painter is. He may be the most underrated coach in the country. Sophomore guard Nojel Eastern is a future star, and freshman center Trevion Williams is one of the most physical players in the conference.

4. WISCONSIN Record: 15-6 Big Ten record: 7-3 NET: 14 Best Win: vs Michigan (4) Worst Loss: @ Western Kentucky (129)

Senior forward Ethan Happ has been there, done that. He is probably going to win Big Ten Player of the Year, and as we saw in thier victory over Michigan, when they play their tempo, and sophomore guard Brad Davison is making shots, they are a difficult out for anyone. This Badgers team is starting to resemble the best of the Bo Ryan era, a great tribute to Greg Gard.

5. MARYLAND

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Record: 17-5 Big Ten record: 8-3 NET: 22 Best Win: vs Wisconsin (12) Worst Loss: vs Illinois* (113)

The NCAA uses a computerized ranking system to evaluate teams. It is referred to as NET in this article. The numbers in parentheses behind best win and worst loss are NET rankings. Throughout the rankings the * denotes a game played at a neutral site. The “best win” and “worst loss” listed are the opinion of the reporter and take into account the date and location of the game.

Maryland is going to be good, but right now, the Terrapins are one of the youngest teams in college basketball. Junior guard Anthony Cowan Jr. and sophomore center Bruno Fernando are two future professional players, but Mark Turgeon’s performance- and maybe job- will depend on the development of their freshmen, such as forward Jalen Smith and guard Eric Ayala.

6. IOWA

CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 Record: 16-5 Big Ten record: 5-5 NET: 27 Best Win: vs Nebraska (28) Worst Loss: @ Minnesota (50)

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The Hawkeyes shoot a ton of threes, and when they are going in, look out. The big men, junior Tyler Cook and sophomore Luka Garza, are talented offensive players. Fran McCaffery loves freshman Joe Wieskamp, who has the tools to become an all-conference player in the future.

7. NEBRASKA Record: 13-8 Big Ten record: 3-7 NET: 28 Best Win: @ Clemson (54) Worst Loss: @ Rutgers (125)

Nebraska has slightly underachieved, and the loss of senior forward Isaac Copeland Jr. to a knee injury for the rest of the year is a killer.

The guard duo of seniors Glynn Watson Jr. and James Palmer Jr. will carry the Cornhuskers to some wins, but this team may never reach their ceiling.

8. MINNESOTA Record: 15-5 Big Ten record: 5-4 NET: 50 Best Win: vs Iowa (27) Worst Loss: @ Illinois (113)

Junior point guard Amir Coffey has always been touted as a star player, and he’s been good this year, but not enough to cause much of a stir.

The Golden Gophers’ best performance of the season came in a loss at Michigan, where senior forward Jordan Murphy played excellent. Richard Pitino might have to pull a rabbit out of his hat for this program to move forward.

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9. OHIO STATE

11. INDIANA

13. NORTHWESTERN

Record: 12-8 Big Ten record: 3-6 NET: 44 Best Win: vs Louisville (13) Worst Loss: @ Northwestern (59)

Record: 12-9 Big Ten record: 3-7 NET: 59 Best Win: @ Rutgers (125) Worst Loss: vs Fresno State* (82)

Chris Holtmann was never expected to replicate the magic ride of his first season as Buckeyes head coach, but even so, this season has been disappointing. Sophomore forward Kaleb Wesson is a good player with a pro body, but he hasn’t had enough help for this team to be an impactful one in conference.

This is the most disappointing team in the conference.

After a really bright start, Archie Miller’s second season has turned dramatically. Freshman folk hero Romeo Langford has been held in check, and the Hoosiers haven’t been the same since conference play started. They may well make the tournament, but something will have to change.

Coach Chris Collins is going to have to start over. Senior bigs Dererk Pardon and Vic Law are remnants of the team that made the tournament two years ago, but the rest of the team is young and not especially talented. The Wildcats could rise again in the brand-new Welsh-Ryan Arena, but it’s not going to be this year.

10. RUTGERS

12. ILLINOIS

14. PENN STATE

Record: 13-7 Big Ten record: 3-6 NET: 38 Best Win: @ Nebraska (28) Worst Loss: @ Rutgers (125)

Record: 10-9 Big Ten record: 3-6 NET: 125 Best Win: vs Nebraska (28) Worst Loss: @ Fordham (245)

Record: 7-13 Big Ten record: 0-9 NET: 86 Best Win: vs Virginia Tech (10) Worst Loss: vs Bradley* (219)

Record: 6-14 Big Ten record: 2-7 NET: 113 Best Win: vs Maryland* (21) Worst Loss: vs FAU (175)

While it might not be saying much, this is the best Rutgers team in recent memory. Sophomore guard Geo Baker is fearless, and junior forward Eugene Omoruyi’s return from a nasty-looking knee injury is propelling the Scarlet Knights to an outside chance at a tournament berth.

Illinois is a strange team. They’re incredibly young, with freshman guard Ayo Dosunmu and sophomore guard Trent Frazier leading the team. Though they’ve lost a lot of games-most by big margins-they’ve also beaten Maryland and hung with Gonzaga on neutral courts.

The Fighting Illini’s best days are ahead of them under Brad Underwood.

This Penn State team is a mess. The Nittany Lions might miss former guard Tony Carr more than they miss Saquon Barkley. Not only has the team been bad, they’ve been embarrassing, with coach Pat Chambers shoving freshman Myles Dread late in a loss at Michigan. Junior forward Lamar Stevens is a decent player, but this team often looks disinterested in what could be Chambers’ last season in State College.

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