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Couch: A look at Izzo's Michigan State players in the NBA Draft, Jamie Feick through Deyonta Davis

Michigan State has had 4 players selected in the NBA draft lottery since it began in the 1985 season. Here's how their pro careers went or are going. Phil Friend, Lansing State Journal

Come Thursday night, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Miles Bridges could become the earliest pair of Michigan State players selected in the NBA Draft during the Tom Izzo era. They’ll be far from the first pair.

Under Izzo, first-round picks almost always happen in twos: Mateen Cleaves and Morris Peterson, Jason Richardson and Zach Randolph, Shannon Brown and Maurice Ager, Adreian Payne and Gary Harris.