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CBB Summer Buzz: Michigan State
If experience wins championships, look for Sparty to make noise in March
Originally Published: July 23, 2009
By Mike Hume | ESPN Insider
Insider knows you're hot for hoops during the summer, so we bring you a closer look at five programs on the rise, five on the way down and five at a crossroads. Thursday, we continue our look at five on the way up with Michigan State. Friday: West Virginia.
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CBB SUMMER BUZZ 
Five Up
- July 20: Kentucky
- July 21: Texas
- July 22: Kansas
- July 23: Michigan State
- July 24: West Virginia
Five Down
- July 27: Louisville
- July 28: UCLA
- July 29: Memphis
- July 30: Arizona
- July 31: Syracuse
Five at a Crossroads
- August 3: North Carolina
- August 4: Duke
- August 5: Connecticut
- August 6: Maryland
- August 7: Oklahoma
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