EAST LANSING — Everything Tom Izzo did to rebuild Michigan State basketball during an offseason of turnover was calculated.

Need shooting? Add Trey Fort.

Need a backup point guard? Bring in Divine Ugochukwu and Denham Wojcik.

Need size? Pick up Kaleb Glenn (although he was injured in June and will miss the season).

All functional, but not flashy, moves. They all, though, serve a singular purpose: Provide support for the Spartans’ core four.

Izzo decided to stick with the four primary returning pieces from last year’s team that went 30-7, won the Big Ten regular-season title by three games and advanced to the Elite Eight. That puts the onus on feisty point guard Jeremy Fears Jr., electric wing Coen Carr, sturdy Jaxon Kohler and steady Carson Cooper to replicate and build on last se

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