Florida, Michigan State reportedly ironing out home-and-home basketball series

Michigan State's Denzel Valentine (48) and Travis Trice

Conference basketball is fun, but when two big programs schedule a non-conference series, hoops fans everywhere win.

ESPN reports Michigan State and Florida are in discussions to play a home-and-home series set to start this season in East Lansing.

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The Gators won the most recent meeting between the schools in 2009, but the Spartans have the biggest victory in the six meetings between the school — the 2000 national championship game.

The programs are coming off very different seasons. Michigan State is fresh off a Final Four run, while Florida finished its season 16-17 (the school’s most losses since 1996-97) and lost coach Billy Donovan to the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. 

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