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Jeremy Fears, a guard at Michigan State, was named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by conference coaches and media on Monday. Fears averaged 15.2 points and led college basketball with 9.4 assists per game in his previous season. He returned to school after declaring for the NBA draft to pursue a national championship.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
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Jeremy Fears, a guard for Michigan State, has been named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year by both conference coaches and media panels. This recognition comes after Fears had an impressive season where he earned second-team All-America honors and led college basketball with 9.4 assists per game while averaging 15.2 points for Michigan State as a redshirt sophomore last year. Notably, Fears broke the school's NCAA Tournament record set by Magic Johnson with 16 assists in one game and holds the single-season assist record at Michigan State with 328 assists.
Fears had initially declared for the NBA draft but decided to return to lead his team toward a national championship. The All-Big Ten preseason team also includes players from Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, UCLA, USC, and Wisconsin.
Written for “Michigan State Basketball News” on 2026-10-06,
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Michigan State guard Jeremy Fears has been named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year.
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The fourth-year player was selected on Monday by the conference’s coaches and a media panel, coming off a season that earned him second-team All-America and All-Big Ten recognition.
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that → select → recognition
The All-Big Ten preseason team also includes David Mirkovic and Andrej Stojakovic of Illinois, Maryland’s Pharrell Payne, Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney of defending champion Michigan, John Mobley of Ohio State, UCLA’s Trent Perry, Rodney Rice of USC and Wisconsin’s Nolan Winter.
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Fears led college basketball with 9.4 assists a game and averaged a team-high 15.2 points for the Spartans as a redshirt sophomore last season.
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Fears → lead → sophomore
He set the school’s NCAA Tournament record with 16 assists in a second-round win against Louisville, surpassing the mark set by former Michigan State superstar Magic Johnson, and finished with a single-season school record with 328 assists.
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He declared for the draft, but chose to return to chase a national championship with a team that might have a shot to end the season at the Final Four in Detroit.
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Fears was limited to 12 games in his first season of college basketball after being shot in the leg when he went back home to Joliet, Illinois, for 2023 holiday break.
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he → limit → break
His brother, Jeremiah Fears, is entering his second NBA season with New Orleans Pelicans after they drafted the former Oklahoma star with the No. 7 overall pick last year.
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