Michigan State basketball will officially be returning to your Thanksgiving menu this year.
Earlier reports from this offseason were confirmed on Wednesday when Michigan State formally announced an upcoming Thanksgiving Day matchup with Arkansas this season. The game will be played at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich., with tipoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET on November 26.
The game will be televised on CBS and follow the Detroit Lions’ annual Thanksgiving matchup that kicks off earlier in the day.
In early April, both Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo and Arkansas head coach John Calipari stated this game would be happening — which was a notable twist from the original agreement. Michigan State hosted Arkansas in a ranked matchup last year at the Breslin Center, and was originally scheduled to head to Fayetteville, Ark. this upcoming season as a the second-leg of a home-and-home series. That return game by the Spartans has now been postponed for at least one season now that the two will meet in the Motor City this year.
This is a super fun matchup between two teams that will start next season near the top of the rankings. This is one of many tough non-conference games for the Spartans this upcoming season, and will be a treat on Thanksgiving for Spartans to watch on the national stage.
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