Tom Izzo said Xavier Booker is sick but that Jase Richardson (knee) is good to go for No. 9 Michigan State basketball's game ...

Michigan State's "strength in numbers" will be tested vs. Oregon with Jeremy Fears Jr. and Xavier Booker listed as ...

Spartans head coach Tom Izzo met with the media on Thursday and said key reserve big man Xavier Booker is battling the flu ...

Starting point guard Jeremy Fears is unlikely to play for the No. 9 Spartans (18-4, 9-2 Big Ten) against Oregon on Saturday ...

The No. 9 Michigan State Spartans (18-4, 9-2) could potentially be without one of their stronger role players in the post as sophomore forward Xavier Booker's s ...

Michigan State forward Xavier Booker (34) goes to the basket against, from left, UCLA guards Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey Jr. and ...

Freshman Jase Richardson dropped 29 points on Oregon in first Spartans start in front of wild crowd, dad and Michigan State ...

Tom Izzo keeps preaching “strength in numbers,” with a playing rotation that goes 10 deep. There also are stories in numbers.

But the ninth-ranked Spartans didn’t leave California without a bit of a cost. Xavier Booker was not at Thursday’s workout because of illness, and Izzo said even he got back to campus feeling ...