College basketball · Team · 2018-19

Michigan St.

Big Ten
32–7
Rated 6th of 353

Top-10 offense, top-25 defense

They win at both ends — 7th in adjusted offense and 13th in adjusted defense of 353 Division I teams in 2018-19.

+28.3Net rating6th of 353

Points per 100 possessions, adjusted offense minus adjusted defense · Final ratings for 2018-19 · last updated May 5, 2026, 9:50 AM ET

Ratings · 2018-19

How good, and how they get there

ADJ O120.67th of 353 · 2nd of 14 in the Big Ten
ADJ D92.313th of 353 · 3rd of 14 in the Big Ten
TEMPO67.1202nd of 353 · 6th of 14 in the Big Ten
WIN PROB95.6%6th of 353 · 2nd of 14 in the Big Ten
WAB+10.63rd of 353 · 1st of 14 in the Big Ten

The four factors

Their strongest factor is eFG% allowed — 43.9, 4th of 353.

Effective field goal rateOffense 19th, defense 4th of 353
55.243.9
Turnover rateOffense 169th, defense 342nd of 353
18.514.9
Offensive rebound rateOffense 26th, defense 91st of 353
33.926.4
Free-throw rateOffense 166th, defense 40th of 353
33.627.5

Each bar is the team’s place among all 353 Division I teams, so a longer bar is better on both sides — even where the better number is the smaller one (turnovers committed, everything allowed). The tick marks the median team. Free-throw rate is free throws attempted per 100 shots.

Roster · 2018-19

Who carries it

Cassius Winston plays the most — 83.3% of the team’s minutes.

PLAYER

CLASS

Pure PG · 6-1 · 18.8 points a game in 39 games

83.3

29.5

120.0

+9.6

—

PF/C · 6-7 · 7.9 points a game in 39 games

75.6

15.4

110.6

+7.6

—

Wing G · 6-5 · 9.9 points a game in 36 games

71.8

14.2

120.9

+4.8

—

PF/C · 6-8 · 10.0 points a game in 39 games

59.7

20.1

122.9

+10.9

—

Wing G · 6-6 · 6.0 points a game in 39 games

54.9

15.7

105.6

+4.6

—

PF/C · 6-9 · 12.9 points a game in 34 games

44.8

29.6

106.9

+4.6

—

Wing G · 6-6 · Played 35% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

35.9

—

Wing G · 6-5 · Played 23% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

23.7

—

Wing F · 6-7 · Played 16% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

16.2

—

C · 6-8 · Played 11% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

11.4

—

Marcus BinghamC · 6-11 · Played 5% of his team’s minutes; a rating needs 40%

5.3

—

Ratings print for players with 40% of their team’s minutes and enough games; the rest show “—”. Tap a highlighted name to open his college file; the others open once their records are linked.

Results · 2018-19

Every final

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24.

Game-by-game results start in 2023-24. The margin is the final score difference; tournament opponents show the seed they carried.

The AP path

Where the poll had them

AP ranks start in 2023-24.

2025-26Opened at No. 22, peaked at No. 7 and closed at No. 8 — ranked in all 32 regular-season games.
2024-25Opened unranked, peaked at No. 7 and closed at No. 7 — ranked in 23 of 33 regular-season games.
2023-24Opened at No. 4, peaked at No. 4 and closed unranked — ranked in 6 of 33 regular-season games.

The coach · 2018-19

How he wants to play

Tom Izzo

Head coach · year 24 at Michigan St. · 606–232 career

TEMPO—Possessions per 40 minutes, adjusted
3PA RATE—Share of his team’s shots taken from three

No tempo is on file for his 2018-19 season. No three-point attempt share is on file for his 2018-19 season.

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