Michigan State opens the NCAA Tournament against an unfamiliar team but against a familiar player. The Spartans face Davidson for the first time in program history and point guard Foster Loyer, the former Spartans captain who transferred to play for the Wildcats this season.

GAME INFORMATION

Who: No. 7 Michigan State (22-12) vs. No. 10 Davidson (27-5)

When: 9:40 p.m.

Where: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, S.C.

Latest line: Michigan State -1

HOW TO WATCH

TV Network: CBS (Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill, Tracy Wolfson)

Streaming options

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Major cable providers

Comcast: Channel 9/233(HD) | Streaming

Spectrum: Channel 6/781(HD) | Streaming

Dish: Channel 2-70 | Streaming

DIRECTV: Channel 6 | Streaming

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HOW TO LISTEN

Radio Network: Spartan Media Network

Affiliates: WJR-AM 760 Detroit; WJIM-AM 1240/WMMQ-FM 94.9 Lansing; 22 other Michigan-based affiliates listed on MSUSpartans.com

Live streaming: MSUSpartans.com | iPhone app | Android app

Satellite: Sirius Ch. 136; XM Ch. 203; SiriusXM.com Ch. 966

GAME NOTES

• Friday will mark the first time the two programs have ever met in their history. Davidson coach Bob McKilllop is in his 33rd season as the head coach of the Wildcats, while Tom Izzo is in his 27th season as the head coach of the Spartans.

• In the 34 NCAA Tournaments in school history, Michigan State has a 26-8 record in its opening game of the event. Last year, the Spartans lost their opening game of the event in a play-in game to UCLA.

• Spartans point guard Tyson Walker is expected to play against Davidson after leaving the Spartans’ Big Ten tournament semifinal loss to Purdue due to a sprained ankle.

• Davidson starting point guard Foster Loyer spent three seasons at Michigan State before transferring to Davidson prior to the 2021-22 season. He earned second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors and enters the game averaging a team-best 16.4 points per game while shooting 44.5 percent from 3-point range and a NCAA-best 93.4 percent from the 3-point line.

• The winner of Friday’s game will play the winner of No. 2 seed Duke against No. 15 seed Cal-State Fullerton in a Sunday second-round game.

PRE-GAME LINKS

Tyson Walker to play for Michigan State in NCAA Tournament opener

Like it or not, Foster Loyer stands in the middle of Michigan State-Davidson NCAA Tournament matchup

Is ‘Mr. March’ due? Only one Sweet 16 for Tom Izzo and Michigan State since 2015

Draymond Green will make Steph Curry dress up as Sparty if MSU beats Davidson

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