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Sports
wanted a challenge.
Two years ago, Ishbia entered
Michigan State University's basketball
program as a walk-on.
The coaches gave him "preferred"
status, so he was virtually assured of a
spot on the team. But he had no
scholar4iip, nor a guarantee that he'd
ever see action.
"But I decided to take a chance and
play up here. I just wanted to live out
my dream," Ishbia explains, "to play
with the best players possible. And it
turned out real well. I wouldn't trade
it for anything right now."
That's because Ishbia played a part
— a small part perhaps
— in the Spartans' run
to last season's NCAA
championship.
After red-shirting last
season, Ishbia saw his
first college action this
year. He played in 18
games, including brief
appearances in the
NCAA regional final at
the Palace of Auburn
Hills and the NCAA
title game against Florida. He scored
a total of nine points this season.
Winning the NCAA champi-
onship "was an amazing feeling,"
Ishbia said. "Weeks later, it finally
hits you that you won the whole
thing. I didn't play that much but
with the team I was on, you feel like
you're a part of it, and more a part
of it than most teams.
"It's like a family atmosphere. It
was just amazing. I felt like I was out
there playing the whole game when I
just played the last 30 seconds."
Ishbia's main contribution to the
Spartans came behind the scenes, in
practice, where he helped prepare the
front-line players.
"Most of the time I ran the scout
team," he explains. "I would either be
the other team's point guard or the
other team's shooting guard and just
imitate what they do and run their
plays against our defense, just try to
show them what Wisconsin or what
Florida would do in the game.
"So, with Wisconsin I was Jon
Bryant, the shooting guard. I just ran
off picks the whole time, making
Charlie (Bell) or Mateen (Cleaves)
chase me. And then I'd be a point
guard another game and Mateen
would guard me and I'd just try to
run the plays."
Going head-to-head with Cleaves,
an All-American, was particularly
challenging, Ishbia said.
"It's kind of fun because I didn't
have much to lose. He's supposed to go
out and get me. But there were a couple
days where I was on my game and he
wasn't exactly on his and I got a couple
baskets and started talking some trash to
him." Even though Ishbia saw little
game time, he was gratified that his
teammates recognized his contributions
to the Spartans' success.
"It just brings me satisfaction
knowing that, in some way, I helped
out. The guys on the team, like
Mateen, Morris (Peterson), they
make you feel so much a part of it.
It's not like I'm just at the end of
the bench and I'm a
second-class citizen. I
became real close to
Mateen through the
year, and he's a star.
What's he have to
talk to some walk-on
for? But he's real nice
to me. He goes out of
his way for me, like I
would do for him."
The playing time
Ishbia received this
season was also important, especially
after he didn't play a minute during
freshman year.
"I went from being a star in high
school to being nobody up here, just sit-
ting at the end of the bench," he says. "I
went from one extreme to the other. So
it was tough. This year, at least, I got a
chance to play in the games. I got a little
gratification out there, rather than just
in practice all the time."
So where does he go from here?
Will Ishbia's playing time continue to
increase? "I really don't know," Ishbia
admits.
MSU is graduating Cleaves, its
starting point guard. But a strong
freshman class, led by one of the
nation's top high school players, guard
Marcus Taylor, arrives next fall.
Whatever happens, Ishbia's primary
goal is to help MSU win, even if that
means helping freshmen like Taylor
move up on the depth chart.
"Anybody who is competitive
would love to play as much as possi-
ble," Ishbia says. "But I can help in
other ways, so it's fine with me if I
don't play more. I'd like to help out
Marcus (Taylor). I'll probably help
him learn the plays, because I under-
stand that pretty well.
"That's fine with me. But there's
always a chance that I could play
more. I'm going to just try to work
hard and see if I can make more con-
tributions." ❑
Ishbia's
teammates
recognized his
contributions.