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Xavier Tillman - A man amongst boys

Usually every Michigan State Spartans basketball player has his own single moment, a play that defines his career, that lives on in highlight reels forever and that will be tied to his name for generations to come. You know, the Mo Ager dunk versus J.J. Redick and Duke in 2005, Miles Bridges‘ game winner his sophomore year against Purdue, stuff like that. For Xavier Tillman, this moment might have come fairly early during his freshman year. In a season that he mostly spent watching from the bench he managed to grab the attention with a play that probably more than any other embodies what playing for MSU and Tom Izzo is like.