What does this mean for MSU

With the transfer, adding Joey Hauser to Michigan State's basketball program raises questions. So, of course, it's time to create a made-up mail bag.

And it's gone …

What does adding transfer Joey Hauser mean for the Michigan State Basketball team? – Gabe

It's potentially a good fit at the right time. The transfer of Marquette, which announced Tuesday its arrival in the state of Michigan, will be suspended next season. Hauser is a 6-foot-9, 230-pound lying player who scored more than 42% of his 3-point shots in his only season at Marquette, averaging 9.7 points and 5.3 rebounds per game .

It would be perfectly suited to offensive next season. But he'll sit down, according to NCAA rules. This is what the people of MSU also expect. After all, what would be his case if he appealed to play immediately? He is a child from Wisconsin, who left the state of Wisconsin and could have been transferred to the University of Wisconsin with his older brother, who was transferred to Virginia. In other words, the family reconciliation card is out.

On the defensive, however, this year of transfer as a member of the MSU scouting and training team could serve him well. The collapse of Marquette at the end of the season had a lot to do with the defense. I've watched the Golden Eagles repeatedly in the far right. It was like watching Iowa in defense. Hauser was one of them. At the MSU, he will live for a year in a system where your defense will measure much your value. Being a four man at the MSU means being in the right place in defense against Tom Izzo's gaps. Kenny Goins has become the model of what MSU wants to do: to be able to expand his defenses in an offensive way, but also to cover the field and defensively cover defenses. Hauser, based on what I've seen in Marquette, is not that kind of player yet.

Nevertheless, on the offensive, he would have perfectly replaced Goins. In a year, however, it will be a more necessary addition. Think of the MSU 2020-21 basketball roster: Cassius Winston, Joshua Langford and Kyle Ahrens will be gone. Perhaps also Aaron Henry, he has a good year. Xavier Tillman, I believe, is a pro. He's probably a four-year-old, but the NBA will accept him when he's ready, if he continues to progress at the rate he's had so far. Thus, after next year, MSU will have an unproven backyard, with Foster Loyer, Rocket Watts and rookie Jalen Terry, with Gabe Brown on the wing, with Malik Hall and, inside, Thomas Kithier, Marcus Bingham Jr. and Julius Marble. This group, in itself, intrigues and could well be happening. But Hauser offers proven punching and shooting performance.

Joey Hauser averaged nearly 10 points per game for Marquette as a rookie last season. He is transferred to the state of Michigan. (Photo: Brian Fluharty / USA TODAY Sports)

The player most affected by Hauser's arrival is Bingham. But if Bingham is worried about Hauser, he does not understand who he is. It's a burgeoning player, in my opinion, someone who needs to strengthen his strength to have a major impact. If he does, he's a guy who just has to do it, every time that happens. He is 6-11, with a wingspan of 7-4, and can shoot. He is only competing with himself for playing time.

The addition of Hauser puts an end to any slim possibility of Nick Ward's return. There is no open scholarship. If MSU had to add a seated transfer, I thought it might be better to plan a guard. But Hauser is a serious talent. And he could have three years to give MSU. He will have at least two and then MSU will be able to apply for his year in red shirt. He enrolled early in Marquette after an operation at the ankle.

Hauser does almost nothing for the chances of MSU's 2019-20 national title. The Spartans will be ranked No. 1 in the pre-season and would still like Bingham to emerge in this powerhouse. What Hauser does is that the MSU team is the next year more powerful and more formidable – and helps to make 2020-21 another Izzo team capable of making an unexpected race in March.

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Juwan Howard, a former Miami Heat assistant and a member of Michigan's Fab Five, is Wolverine's new head coach of basketball. (Photo: Steve Mitchell | TODAY Sports USA)

Should MSU be worried about Michigan hiring Juwan Howard as a basketball coach? – Tom, from Bath Township

The MSU program under Tom Izzo is far beyond fear. When the MSU program is no longer under Izzo, fear can become a thing again. That said, it could become interesting. Check that it will become interesting. From Michigan's point of view, how is all this going? The keen sense of coaching Juwan Howard, his recruitment, the reinstatement of the Fab Five in the program, etc. – and the rivalry with MSU, owned by Michigan last time Howard participated in the program. Times are very different.

Recruitment battles could become more frequent than they were in John Beilein's day, depending on Howard's staff and recruitment priorities. But it's ridiculous to think that Izzo, after 22 consecutive NCAA tournaments, eight finals and eight Big Ten championships, should fear a new coach just because he was part of the cultural revolution of college basketball there is more than 25 years. If Izzo, Dwayne Stephens, Dane Fife, Mike Garland and Co. can survive the best of Beilein's time – a seasoned and talented head coach – they'll be fine even though Howard here takes a rookie out of the state . and there they might not have lost otherwise.

I think Howard could be really good in Michigan. I do not think that will prevent MSU, under Izzo, from being excellent.

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Jayden Reed was the second All-MAC team in first year at Western Michigan. It transfers to MSU. (Photo: Raj Mehta / USA TODAY Sports)

MSU football has also added a transfer. What are your thoughts on this kid? – Gabe again

Jayden Reed, from western Michigan, is a good choice. He is a guy who immediately produced at the WMU and showed a talent for coming back, and he will have three years left after being away this season. What's interesting is that WMU has produced more big receivers in the last 15 years than MSU and, at this position – a diva position – you can access the NFL as easily from the Mid-American Conference than the Big Ten. It was not until the last year of Aaron Burbridge at the MSU that I could cover a double at the MSU as well as one of the top three guys I covered at the WMU at their peak (Greg Jennings, Jamarko Simmons and Jordan White). And the list of NFL Productive Wideouts from the MAC is long and recent.

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