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'Heart and soul' senior Tum Tum Nairn prepares for Michigan State basketball home farewell

Michigan State basketball will honor Tum Tum Nairn, Gavin Schilling and Ben Carter on senior night Tuesday vs. Illinois. Video by Chris Solari/DFP

EAST LANSING — Tum Tum Nairn arrived at Michigan State and immediately became the starting point guard on a Final Four Team as a freshman.

His greatest assist, however, might have come by giving up the job as a senior.

And that is saying a lot about Nairn, one of the Spartans’ rare three-time captains in program history who has been credited with everything from helping to recruit to getting Miles Bridges to come back for a second season.