Chris Solari

Michigan State football/men's hoops reporter for Detroit Free Press, Heisman/Naismith voter.

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Created this a year ago and parked it. Find me there next. But I'll leave you here with this: Steve Finamore died today. Awful. One of the last conversations we had was about how freeing it felt for him to quit social media and how life is too short for unnecessary bullshit. ✌️

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Julius Avent scored 30 in his Moneyball debut Tuesday and he already has 38 with 5 mins left in the first game tonight. Trey Fort had a high of 58 last year here for a grain-of-salt comparison.

[Graham Couch @Graham_Couch]

🎙️NEW SPARTAN SPEAK POD: @ChrisSolari and I analyze what we saw from MSU's basketball team at the Moneyball Pro-Am, then dig into the mess with MSU's administration and departures of Kevin Guskiewicz and J Batt.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts or ⬇️
https://t.co/1jR4rSKPLP

[Jeff Kohler @tradingaddicts]

Work left to do, might as well do it at home.
💚🤍💜💙🤍

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

The magistrate judge in the House case has denied plaintiff attorneys Jeffrey Kessler and Steve Berman’s challenge of the CSC over associated entities.

MMRs and sponsors will remain associated entities and are subject to scrutiny through the clearinghouse.

Big win for NCAA.

[Pete Nakos @PeteNakos]

Opendorse's annual NIL report estimates that more than one-third of Power 4 NIL money comes from above the cap dollars.

States the total average Power 4 NIL budget, including above the cap, is:

Big Ten: $48.2M
SEC: $44.5M
ACC: $29.4M
Big 12: $24.3M

https://t.co/P0jTd9jOYp

[Michigan State Hockey @MSU_Hockey]

Congratulations to Associate Head Coach Jared DeMichiel and Director of Athletic Performance Will Morlock on being named to Head Coach Adam Nightingale's Team USA coaching staff for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Championships this winter!

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

MSU basketball's Jaxon Kohler agrees to deal with Utah after NBA Draft https://t.co/0cePIoofpY

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

MSU basketball's Carson Cooper signing with Memphis after NBA Draft https://t.co/SqwuSsfbGE

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

MSU senior forward Jaxon Kohler has agreed to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 deal with his home state Utah Jazz, per his father Jeff Kohler.

[Brett Siegel @BrettSiegelNBA]

Michigan State big man Carson Cooper will sign a two-way contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, sources confirm to @ClutchPoints.

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

My top 25 undrafted NBA free agents:

Noam Yaacov, Filou Oostende guard
Tobe Awaka, Arizona forward
Michael Ajayi, Butler forward
Elijah Mahi, Santa Clara wing
Carson Cooper, Michigan State big
Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana guard
Nate Bittle, Oregon big
Darrion Williams, NC State forward
Aaron Nkrumah, Tennessee State wing
Milos Uzan, Houston guard
Oscar Cluff, Purdue big
Quadir Copeland, NC State guard
Jaylin Sellers, Providence guard
Peter Suder, Miami (OH) wing
Jaxon Kohler, Michigan State forward
Chris Bell, California wing
Duke Miles, Vanderbilt guard
Tobias Jensen, Ulm wing
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State guard
William Kyle, Syracuse big
Mark Mitchell, Missouri forward
Rafael Castro, George Washington forward
John Camden, California forward
Graham Ike, Gonzaga big
Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech wing

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

NBA Draft ends. Neither Carson Cooper nor Jaxon Kohler were selected despite each working out for a number of teams. Would expect summer league invites for both soon.

[Michigan State Football @MSU_Football]

Grateful to spend time with some incredible families today 💚🤍

[Michigan State Hockey @MSU_Hockey]

Trey Augustine is your 2025-26 George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year at Michigan State!

Augustine is the 15th hockey athlete all-time to earn the George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year Award and the second in a row joining former teammate Isaac Howard!

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Yeah, just stuffing that No. 3 transfer portal change in the middle around practice time items as if it won’t be challenged in court.

[NCAA News @NCAA_PR]

FBS Oversight Committee introduces proposal to modify football calendar. https://t.co/60cqjscicb

[SHEETZ @sheetz]

Paul Skenes' new pitch may be his best yet. The Big Glizzy has entered the lineup at Sheetz. Available now!

[Michigan State Football @MSU_Football]

Chicago bound for B1G Media Days

[Michigan State Athletics @MSU_Athletics]

Congrats to our 2026 All-Sports Award winners 👏

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Why Jeremy Fears Jr. chose Michigan State basketball return over NBA

https://t.co/5QPJLDb77r

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Quick note off Moneyball last night. Talked briefly with MSU's Kur Teng, who had foot surgery after the season and isn't playing in summer pro-am. Junior guard said he's "kind of trickling in day by day" to offseason workouts and feels he will be back full-go in the next month.